Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Soccer Freshman of the Year

Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Freshman of the Year
Awarded for	the best freshman in the Atlantic 10 Conference
Country	United States
First award	1987
Currently held by	Andrew Armstrong, Dayton

The Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Soccer Freshman of the Year award is an annual award given to the top freshman soccer player in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The award was first given out in 1987.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
Division (X)	Indicates which division the soccer program is in; East or West

Winners

Freshman of the Year (1987–present)

Danleigh Borman was the A10 Men's Soccer Freshman of the Year in 2004.

Tyler Gibson was the A10 Freshman of the Year in 2010.

Season	Player	School	Position	Reference
1987 (E)	Peter McEvoy	UMass	Defender	[1]
1987 (W)	Danny Kelly	Penn State	Midfielder	[1]
1988 (E)	Lino DiCuollo	Rutgers	Defender	[1]
1988 (W)	Mario Lone	George Washington	Forward	[1]
1989 (E)	Jeff Zaun	Rutgers	Defender	[1]
1989 (W)	Chris Majewski Renzo Massa	George Washington	Midfielder	[1]
1990	Chris Cotton	Temple	Forward	[1]
1991	Rob Johnson	Rutgers	Forward	[1]
1992	Steve Masten	George Washington	Forward	[1]
1993	Alan Branigan	Rutgers	Midfielder	[1]
1994	Karstin Bremke	UMass	Defender	[1]
1995	Chris Jones	George Washington	Midfielder	[1]
1996	Maringo Vlijter	Xavier	Midfielder	[1]
1997	Koen Kuiken	Xavier	Midfielder	[1]
1998	Nicholas McCreath	Rhode Island	Forward	[1]
1999	Anthony Curtis	Rhode Island	Midfielder	[1]
2000	Andrew Kulinski	Saint Joseph's	Forward	[1]
2001	Arnar Johannsson	George Washington	Forward	[1]
2002	Steven Barten	Xavier	Midfielder	[1]
2003	Zach Varga	Duquesne	Goalkeeper	[1]
2004	Danleigh Borman	Rhode Island	Defender	[1]
2005	Eric Sweetin	Saint Louis	Midfielder	[1]
2006	Ron Viviano	Saint Louis	Defender	[1]
2007	Colin Baker	Saint Joseph's	Forward	[1]
2008	Yoni Berhanu	George Washington	Defender	[1]
2009	Alex Sweetin	Saint Louis	Midfielder	[1]
2010	Tyler Gibson	Charlotte	Midfielder	[1]
2011	Giuseppe Gentile	Charlotte	Forward	[1]
2012	Jared Martinelli	Temple	Midfielder	[1]
2013	Steffen Kraus	George Mason	Goalkeeper	[1]
2014	Nils Leifhelm	Rhode Island	Goalkeeper	[2]
2015	János Löbe	Fordham	Midfielder	[3]
2016	Stavros Zarokostas	Rhode Island	Midfielder	[4]
2017	Davis Smith	UMass	Defender	[5]
2018	John Klein III	Saint Louis	Forward	[6]
2019	Toluwalase Oladeinbo	Dayton	Midfielder	[7]
2020	Alec Hughes	UMass	Forward	[8]
2021	Isak Øystese	Rhode Island	Forward	[9]
2022	Basit Umar	Dayton	Midfielder	[10]
2023	Andrey Salmeron	VCU	Midfielder	[11]
2024	Andrew Armstrong	Dayton	Forward	[12]

References

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