Wake Forest Athletics
Parks Named to Women’s MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List
8/18/2022 4:14:00 PM | Women's Soccer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Wake Forest women's soccer goalkeeper Kaitlyn Parks has been named to the 2022 Women's MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List.
Parks is one of 10 players on the list to previously earn All-America recognition from the United Soccer Coaches, which she did at the conclusion of the 2021 season. The then-redshirt-sophomore was the first Wake Forest player since 2011 to earn All-America recognition and became the third to be named to the Second Team.
A standout from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Parks led a young Wake Forest backline by starting 20 of the 22 matches. Parks earned 14 wins with nine clean sheets, tied for the second-most in program history and 15th most in the nation. Parks earned a 0.78-goals against average, giving her the third-best goals-against average in a single season in program history. She posted a .795 save percentage with 58 saves on 183 shots faced.
Parks and the Demon Deacon defense recorded 12 shutouts, tying for the most since 2017 and set a record for most consecutive shutouts when they began the season with eight. Parks helped limit the opponent's offenses to a combined 17 goals, a new program record for fewest goals allowed in a single season.
Earlier in the 2021 season, Parks was the first player in ACC history to be announced as the Defensive Player of the Week in consecutive weeks. Wake Forest joined Florida State (three nods), Virginia (two nods), Duke, North Carolina and Clemson as the only ACC schools to earn All-American recognition (nine total selections) last season.
The Hermann Trophy, presented annually by the Missouri Athletic Club, is the nation's highest individual honor recognizing the National Player of the Year as determined by the voting of Division I coaches who are members of United Soccer Coaches.
Parks is one of 10 players on the list to previously earn All-America recognition from the United Soccer Coaches, which she did at the conclusion of the 2021 season. The then-redshirt-sophomore was the first Wake Forest player since 2011 to earn All-America recognition and became the third to be named to the Second Team.
A standout from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Parks led a young Wake Forest backline by starting 20 of the 22 matches. Parks earned 14 wins with nine clean sheets, tied for the second-most in program history and 15th most in the nation. Parks earned a 0.78-goals against average, giving her the third-best goals-against average in a single season in program history. She posted a .795 save percentage with 58 saves on 183 shots faced.
Parks and the Demon Deacon defense recorded 12 shutouts, tying for the most since 2017 and set a record for most consecutive shutouts when they began the season with eight. Parks helped limit the opponent's offenses to a combined 17 goals, a new program record for fewest goals allowed in a single season.
Earlier in the 2021 season, Parks was the first player in ACC history to be announced as the Defensive Player of the Week in consecutive weeks. Wake Forest joined Florida State (three nods), Virginia (two nods), Duke, North Carolina and Clemson as the only ACC schools to earn All-American recognition (nine total selections) last season.
The Hermann Trophy, presented annually by the Missouri Athletic Club, is the nation's highest individual honor recognizing the National Player of the Year as determined by the voting of Division I coaches who are members of United Soccer Coaches.
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