LOS ANGELES – UCLA senior defender Erik Holt has been named to the 2018 MAC Hermann Trophy List, it was announced by the United Soccer Coaches and Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) on Thursday.

The MAC Hermann Trophy, presented by World Wide Technology, is the most prestigious individual award in college soccer and is presented annually to the most outstanding male and female players of the year. This year's winners will be announced Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis.

Entering his second season as captain of the squad, Holt is coming off a junior campaign in which he led the Bruins back line en route to All-Pac-12 First Team honors. He was central to all four of UCLA's shutouts last season and recorded three points, including his first career goal on Sept. 1 at then-No. 6 Maryland.

The San Diego native is vying for UCLA's fourth-ever MAC Hermann Award. The most recent winner was Leo Stolz in 2014, who joined previous recipients Sasha Victorine (1999) and Brad Friedel (1992).

The MAC Hermann Trophy Watch Lists are compiled by members of the United Soccer Coaches Men's and Women's NCAA Division I All-America Committees. Fifteen semifinalists will be named for both the men's and women's MAC Hermann Trophy near the end of the college season based on voting by NCAA Division I coaches and from those candidates, three finalists will ultimately be placed on the ballot for the coveted award.

For more information about the MAC Hermann Trophy, including a list of past winners, visit MACHermannTrophy.org.