KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Marshall’s Matthew Bell and Morris Duggan have been named semifinalists for the 2023 MAC Hermann Trophy, as announced by the United Soccer Coaches and Missouri Athletic Club (MAC). Voting was done by Division I men’s soccer coaches. 
 
The MAC Hermann Trophy is the most coveted individual honor in NCAA Division I soccer and has been awarded annually since 1967. There are 15 semifinalists with Marshall being one of the two schools with a pair of nominees along with SMU. 
 
Bell was named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive and Player of the Year after tallying a single-season program record 12 assists and 10 goals for 32 points. Bell, a first-team all-conference honoree, became just the second player in program history to register multiple seasons of 10 or more goals and is the only player in program history to record at least 10 goals and 10 assists in a season.

Duggan captained and anchored a defense that had the most shutouts with 11 during the season to earn the league's Defensive Player of the Year and first-team all-conference honors. The senior played over 1,200 minutes on the backline, tallied a pair of goals during the season with one at Georgia Southern (Oct. 1) and one at then-No. 5 WVU (Oct. 18). The German defender also registered a pair of assists with one each against High Point (Sept. 8) and Coastal Carolina (Oct. 13).
 
Three men's finalists will be named for the award on Wednesday, Dec. 13 after voting by NCAA Division I coaches who are members of United Soccer Coaches. The 2023 MAC Hermann Trophy winner will then be announced at a press conference at the historic Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis on Jan. 5, 2024, followed by a dinner to celebrate all of the 2023 finalists.