UPDATED: Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 at 3:01 p.m.

Syracuse goalie Alex Bono was named one of three finalists for the Hermann Trophy, an award given to the nation’s top player, on Friday. He was also named the Orange’s first National Soccer Coaches Association of America first-team All-American in more than 60 years.

The honors come two days after Bono was placed on the NSCAA All-South region team.

Bono is the first goalkeeper to be named a Hermann Trophy finalist since 2003 when the NSCAA began naming only three finalists, and will find out if he is the first winner on Jan. 9 at the trophy’s presentation and banquet at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis. UCLA midfielder Leo Stolz and North Carolina forward Andy Craven were also named finalists.

In November, Bono was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year after setting single-season school records in goals-against average (0.55) and shutouts (12). He led Syracuse to its first-ever No. 1 ranking in November and to the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament.

“It’s truly an honor,” Bono said in an SU Athletics release on Friday, about being a Hermann Trophy finalist. “Not many goalies are fortunate enough to be in the conversation for player of the year. The credit goes to my coaches and the guys playing defense in front of me. I’m grateful to them because it’s their hard work that has helped put me in this position and allowed me to have the success that I’ve had.”