Thompson led IU in scoring during the 2014 season with six goals. He also tallied three assists, which gave him a team-leading 15 points this season in 22 matches.
Thompson also led the team in total shots with 74 and shots on goal with 28.
Thompson started in all 22 matches this season for IU after starting only one match in 2013 while ?appearing 19 times.
Thomspon was also named to the All-Big Ten first team. He was one of two Big Ten players named a semifinalist along with Michigan State’s Jay ?Chapman.
Of the 16 players named semifinalists, Thompson was one of four sophomores and one of five midfielders.
The trophy is awarded to college soccer’s best player. The trophy used to be awarded as two separate awards, the Hermann Trophy and the Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year.
In 2002, the two awards combined along with the NSCAA Player of the Year award to make a unified award for college soccer’s best player.
IU players who have won the Hermann trophy are Angelo DeBernardo in 1978, Armando Betancourt in 1981, Ken Snow in 1988 and 1990 and current Associate Coach Brian Maisonneuve in 1994.
IU players who have won the honor of Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year include Snow in 1988 and 1990 and current IU Coach Todd Yeagley in 1994.
The only IU player to win the award since 2002 is Danny O’Rourke, who won in 2004.
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