Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year

College men's soccer award

Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year
History

Awarded for	the most outstanding attacking male soccer player in the Big Ten Conference
Country	United States
First award	1991
Most recent	Peter Mangione, Penn State

Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Year
History

Awarded for	the most outstanding defensive male soccer player in the Big Ten Conference
Country	United States
First award	2009
Most recent	Femi Awodesu, Penn State

The Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year is an annual award given to the top performing college soccer player in the Big Ten Conference. In 2009, the award was split into two honors: the offensive and defensive players of the year.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: ISAA Player of the Year (1984–1995) Hermann Trophy (1967–present) Soccer America Player of the Year Award (1984–present) TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award (2011–present)

Winners

Player of the Year (1991–2008)

Season	Player	School	Position
1991	Steve Sergi	Penn State	Midfielder
1992	Nigel Sparks	Penn State	Defender
1993	Chris Kelly	Penn State	Forward
1993	Brian Maisonneuve	Indiana	Midfielder
1994	Brian Maisonneuve* (2)	Indiana	Midfielder
1995	Stuart Reid	Penn State	Forward
1996	Reid Friedrichs	Michigan State	Goalkeeper
1997	Lazo Alavanja	Indiana	Midfielder
1998	Lazo Alavanja (2)	Indiana	Midfielder
1999	Aleksey Korol*	Indiana	Forward
2000	Ryan Mack	Indiana	Midfielder
2001	Pat Noonan	Indiana	Forward
2002	Pat Noonan (2)	Indiana	Forward
2003	Knox Cameron	Michigan	Forward
2004	Justin Cook	Ohio State	Forward
2005	Brian Plotkin	Indiana	Midfielder
2006	Josh Tudela	Indiana	Midfielder
2007	Xavier Balc	Ohio State	Forward
2008	Doug DeMartin	Michigan State	Forward

Offensive Player of the Year (2009–present)

Season	Player	School
2009	Jason Yeisley	Penn State
2010	Will Bruin	Indiana
2011	Chris Hegngi	Ohio State
2012	Eriq Zavaleta*	Indiana
2013	Tomislav Zadro	Wisconsin
2014	Connor Maloney	Penn State
2015	Jason Wright	Rutgers
2016	Gordon Wild	Maryland
2017	Chris Mueller	Wisconsin
2018	Jack Hallahan	Michigan
2019	Nebojša Popović	Michigan
2020	Victor Bezerra	Indiana
2021	Peter Mangione	Penn State
2022	MD Myers	Rutgers
2023	Peter Mangione	Penn State

Defensive Player of the Year (2009–present)

Season	Player	School
2009	Mark Blades	Northwestern
2009	Doug Verhoff	Ohio State
2010	David Tiemstra	Ohio State
2011	David Tiemstra (2)	Ohio State
2012	Chris Ritter	Northwestern
2013	A. J. Cochran	Wisconsin
2014	Nikko Boxall	Northwestern
2015	Liam Doyle	Ohio State
2016	Alex Crognale	Maryland
2017	Grant Lillard*	Indiana
2018	Andrew Gutman*	Indiana
2019	Jack Maher	Indiana
2020	Jackson Ragen	Michigan
2021	Daniel Munie	Indiana
2022	Daniel Munie	Indiana
2023	Femi Awodesu	Penn State

Midfielder of the Year (2013–present)

Season	Player	School
2013	Tyler Arnone	Michigan
2014	Jay Chapman	Michigan State
2015	Tanner Thompson	Indiana
2016	Tanner Thompson (2)	Indiana
2017	Eryk Williamson	Maryland
2018	Giuseppe Barone	Michigan State
2019	Aaron Molloy	Penn State
2020	Marc Ybarra	Michigan
2021	Ben Bender	Maryland
2022	Laurence Wootton	Ohio State
2023	Laurence Wootton (2)	Ohio State

Goalkeeper of the Year (2013–present)

Season	Player	School
2013	Andrew Wolverton	Penn State
2014	Tyler Miller	Northwestern
2015	Chris Froschauer	Ohio State
2016	Cody Niedermeier	Maryland
2017	Jimmy Hague	Michigan State
2018	Trey Muse	Michigan
2019	Andrew Verdi	Indiana
2020	Roman Celentano	Indiana
2021	Roman Celentano (2)	Indiana
2022	Keagan McLaughlin	Ohio State
2023	Kris Shakes	Penn State

References

^ "Big Ten Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 15. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Big Ten Conference Announces Men's Soccer Postseason Awards". BigTen.org. November 11, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Big Ten Conference Announces Men's Soccer All-Big Ten Teams and Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. November 10, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Big Ten Conference Announces Men's Soccer All-Big Ten Teams and Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. November 8, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Big Ten Conference Announces Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. November 14, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. November 12, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Big Ten Conference Announces Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. November 6, 2015. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Big Ten Conference Announces Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. November 4, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Big Ten Announces Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. November 3, 2017. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Big Ten Announces 2019 Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. November 8, 2019. Archived from the original on November 8, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Big Ten Announces 2018 Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. November 2, 2018. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Big Ten Announces 2020-21 Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. April 9, 2021. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
^ "Big Ten Announces 2021 Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. November 5, 2021. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "Big Ten Conference Announces 2022 Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. November 4, 2022. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
^ "Big Ten Announces 2023 Men's Soccer Postseason Honors". BigTen.org. November 3, 2023. Archived from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2023.

v t e Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year
Player of the Year	1991: Sergi 1992: Sparks 1993: Kelly & Maisonneuve 1994: Maisonneuve 1995: Reid 1996: Friedrichs 1997: Alavanja 1998: Alavanja 1999: Korol 2000: Mack 2001: Noonan 2002: Noonan 2003: Cameron 2004: Cook 2005: Plotkin 2006: Tudela 2007: Balc 2008: DeMartin
Offensive Player of the Year	2009: Yeisley 2010: Bruin 2011: Hegngi 2012: Zavaleta 2013: Zadro 2014: Maloney 2015: Wright 2016: Wild 2017: Mueller 2018: Hallahan 2019: Popović 2020: Bezerra 2021: Mangione 2022: Myers 2023: Mangione
Defensive Player of the Year	2009: Blades & Verhoff 2010: Tiemstra 2011: Tiemstra 2012: Ritter 2013: Cochran 2014: Boxall 2015: Doyle 2016: Crognale 2017: Lillard 2018: Gutman 2019: Molloy 2020: Ragen 2021: Munie 2022: Munie 2023: Awodesu
Midfielder of the Year	2013: Arnone 2014: Chapman 2015: Thompson 2016: Thompson 2017: Williamson 2018: Barone 2019: Maher 2020: Ybarra 2021: Bender 2022: Wootton 2023: Wootton
Goalkeeper of the Year	2013: Wolverton 2014: Miller 2015: Froschauer 2016: Niedermeier 2017: Hague 2018: Muse 2019: Verdi 2020: Celentano 2021: Celentano 2022: McLaughlin 2023: Shakes

v t e Big Ten Conference men's soccer
Current teams	Indiana Hoosiers Maryland Terrapins Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Northwestern Wildcats Ohio State Buckeyes Penn State Nittany Lions Rutgers Scarlet Knights UCLA Bruins Washington Huskies Wisconsin Badgers
Championships & awards	Big Ten Tournament Coach of the Year Freshman of the Year Player of the Year
Seasons	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Tournaments	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e Men's college soccer awards (United States)
National Soccer Hall of Fame United Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame
National players of the year	Hermann Trophy Soccer America Player of the Year TDS Player of the Year Academic All-America of the Year ISAA Player of the Year
Individual awards	All-Americans Most Outstanding Player CLASS Award Jerry Yeagley Award Mike Berticelli Award United Soccer Coaches College Coach of the Year
Conference players of the year	ACC American Atlantic 10 Big Ten Conference USA Ivy Mid-American Pac-12 Summit Sun Belt
Conference freshmen of the year	ACC Atlantic 10 Big Ten Conference USA Mid-American Pac-12 Southern Summit
Conference coaches of the year	ACC Atlantic 10 Big Ten Conference USA Mid-American Northeast Pac-12 Summit Sun Belt

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