American Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year

The American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year are annual awards given to the best attacking, midfield, defensive, and goalkeeping players in the American Athletic Conference during the NCAA Division I men's soccer season.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: Hermann Trophy NCAA Tournament MOP
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the AAC Player of the Year award at that point

Offensive Player of the Year

Season	Nat.	Player	School	Class	Reference
2013	JAM	Romario Williams	UCF	Sophomore	[1]
2014	CAN	Cyle Larin	UConn	Sophomore	[1]
2015	VEN	Mauro Cichero	SMU	Sophomore	[1]
2016	FIN	Matias Pyysalo	UCF	Junior	[2]
2017	FIN	Matias Pyysalo (2)	UCF	Senior	[3]
2018	USA	Cal Jennings	UCF	Junior	[4]
2019	USA	Cal Jennings (2)	UCF	Senior	[5]
2020	EST	Alex Meinhard	Tulsa	Freshman	[6]
2021	EST	Alex Meinhard (2)	Tulsa	Sophomore	[7]
2022	NOR	Knut Ahlander	SMU	Senior	[7]
2023	BRA	Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos	Memphis	Junior	[7]
2024	MLI	Mamadou Diarra	Florida Atlantic	Senior	[8]

Defensive Player of the Year

Season	Nat.	Player	School	Class	Reference
2013	USA	Jimmy Ockford	Louisville	Senior	[1]
2014	JAM	Sergio Campbell	UConn	Senior	[1]
2015	USA	Bradley Bourgeois	Tulsa	Senior	[1]
2016	NGA	Prosper Figbe	South Florida	Sophomore	[2]
2017	USA	Jordan Cano	SMU	Senior	[3]
2018	USA	Jacob Hauser-Ramsey	UConn	Senior	[4]
2019	USA	Eddie Munjoma	SMU	Junior	[5]
2020	FRA	Pierre Cayet	Temple	Senior	[6]
2021	ESP	Mariano Fazio	Tulsa	Junior	[7]
2022	ESP	Mariano Fazio (2)	Tulsa	Senior	[7]
2023	DEN	Mads Westergren	SMU	Junior	[7]
2024	USA	Jackson Kim	Memphis	Graduate Senior	[8]

Midfielder of the Year

Season	Nat.	Player	School	Class	Reference
2013	ESP	Adria Beso Marco	UConn	Junior	[1]
2014	ESP	Adria Beso Marco (2)	UConn	Senior	[1]
2015	CAN	Kwame Awuah	UConn	Junior	[1]
	USA	John Lujano	SMU	Senior	[1]
2016	SCO	Adam Wilson	Cincinnati	Sophomore	[2]
2017	VEN	Mauro Cichero	SMU	Senior	[3]
2018	USA	Jacob Hauser-Ramsey	UConn	Senior	[4]
2019	FIN	Yoni Sorokin	UCF	Junior	[5]
	BRA	Gabriel Costa	SMU	Sophomore	[5]
2020	FIN	Yoni Sorokin (2)	UCF	Senior	[6]
	NOR	Knut Ahlander	SMU	Junior	[6]
2021	ESP	Henry Sach	Tulsa	Junior	[7]
2022	NOR	Knut Ahlander	SMU	Senior	[7]
2023	USA	Bailey Sparks	SMU	Junior	[7]
2024	USA	Lleyton Imparato	Memphis	Junior	[8]
	USA	Pedro Faife	USF	Sophomore

Goalkeeper of the Year

Season	Nat.	Player	School	Class	Reference
2013	JAM	Andre Blake	UConn	Junior	[1]
2014	SER	Spasoje Stefanović	South Florida	Freshman	[1]
2015	USA	Michael Nelson	SMU	RS-Sophomore	[1]
2016	SER	Spasoje Stefanović (2)	South Florida	Junior	[2]
2017	USA	Michael Nelson (2)	SMU	RS-Senior	[3]
2018	GER	Yannik Oettl	UCF	Sophomore	[4]
2019	GER	Yannik Oettl (2)	UCF	Junior	[5]
2020	GER	Yannik Oettl (3)	UCF	Senior	[6]
2021	ESP	Alex Lopez	Tulsa	Freshman	[7]
2022	ESP	Alex Lopez (2)	Tulsa	Sophomore	[7]
2023	USA	Cole Johnson	SMU	Senior	[7]
2024	CRO	Filip Sabatti	Memphis	Junior	[8]

References

1. American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Record Book. Providence, Rhode Island: The American Athletic Conference. 2018. pp. 2–3.
2. "Men's Soccer Regular Season Awards Announced". The American Athletic Conference. November 9, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
3. "Men's Soccer Regular Season Awards Announced". The American Athletic Conference. November 8, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
4. "UCF, UConn Garner Men's Soccer Regular Season Awards". The American Athletic Conference. November 6, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
5. "American Athletic Conference Announces 2019 Men's Soccer Awards". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
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