Big 12 Conference women's soccer awards

The Big 12 Conference presents several annual honors for the best women's soccer players of the season. The conference currently presents individual awards for Forward of the Year, Midfielder of the Year, Defender of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year, and Freshman of the Year. It also presents an award for Coach of the Year.

Key

*	Awarded a national player of the year award: Hermann Trophy (1988–present) Honda Sports Award (1988–present) TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Year (2011–present)

Player of the Year (1994–2003)

Brittany Timko, Nebraska, 3× Big 12 Player of the Year

Big 12 Conference Player of the Year

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Ref.
1996	Bryn Blalack	Texas A&M	Forward	Junior	[1]
	Kari Uppinghouse	Nebraska	Midfielder	Junior
1997	Bryn Blalack (2)	Texas A&M	Midfielder	Senior
1998	Kim Engesser	Nebraska	Forward	Senior
1999	Sharolta Nonen	Nebraska	Defender	Senior
2000	Christine Latham	Nebraska	Forward	Sophomore
2001	Christine Latham (2)	Nebraska	Forward	Junior
2002	Kelly Wilson	Texas	Forward	Sophomore
2003	Fran Munnelly	Colorado	Midfielder	Sophomore
2004	Brittany Timko	Nebraska	Forward	Sophomore
2005	Brittany Timko (3)	Nebraska	Forward	Junior
2006	Brittany Timko (3)	Nebraska	Forward	Senior
	Yolanda Odenyo	Oklahoma State	Midfielder	Junior

Offensive Player of the Year (2007–2022)

Janine Beckie, Texas Tech, 2× Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year

Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Year

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Ref.
2007	Ashlee Pistorius *	Texas A&M	Forward	Senior	[1]
2008	Yolanda Odenyo	Oklahoma State	Midfielder	Senior
2009	Morgan Marlborough	Nebraska	Forward	Freshman
2010	Morgan Marlborough (2)	Nebraska	Forward	Sophomore
2011	Kelley Monogue	Texas A&M	Forward	Freshman
2012	Renae Cuéllar	Oklahoma	Forward	Senior
2013	Frances Silva	West Virginia	Forward	Senior
2014	Janine Beckie	Texas Tech	Forward	Junior
2015	Janine Beckie (2)	Texas Tech	Forward	Senior
2016	Courtney Dike	Oklahoma State	Forward	Senior
2016	Michaela Abam	West Virginia	Forward	Junior
2017	Haley Woodard	Oklahoma State	Forward	Junior
2018	Cyera Hintzen	Texas	Forward	Junior
2019	Kirsten Davis	Texas Tech	Forward	Junior
2020	Grace Collins	TCU	Forward	Sophomore
2021	Kirsten Davis (2)	Texas Tech	Forward	Graduate
2022	Trinity Byars	Texas	Forward	Sophomore

Defensive Player of the Year (2007–2022)

Kadeisha Buchanan, West Virginia, 4× Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year

Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Year

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Ref.
2007	Kasey Moore	Texas	Defender	Senior	[1]
2008	Kasey Moore (2)	Texas	Defender	Senior
	Michelle Wenino	Colorado	Defender	Senior
2009	Crystal Wagner	Missouri	Defender	Senior
2010	Melinda Mercado	Oklahoma State	Defender	Junior
2011	Melinda Mercado (2)	Oklahoma State	Defender	Senior
2012	Bry McCarthy	West Virginia	Defender	Senior
2013	Kadeisha Buchanan (1)	West Virginia	Defender	Freshman
2014	Kadeisha Buchanan (2)	West Virginia	Defender	Sophomore
2015	Kadeisha Buchanan (3)	West Virginia	Defender	Junior
2016	Kadeisha Buchanan (4) *	West Virginia	Defender	Senior
2017	Kayla Morrison	Kansas	Defender	Senior
	Amandine Pierre-Louis	West Virginia	Defender	Senior
2018	Bianca St-Georges	West Virginia	Defender	Senior
2019	Addisyn Merrick	Kansas	Defender	Senior
2020	Jordan Brewster	West Virginia	Defender	Junior
2021	Brandi Peterson	TCU	Defender	Senior
2022	EmJ Cox	Texas	Defender	Sophomore

Forward of the Year (2023–present)

Big 12 Conference Forward of the Year

Season	Player	School	Class	Ref.
2023	Trinity Byars	Texas	Junior	[2]
2024	Bella Diorio	TCU	Sophomore	[3]
2025	Hope Leyba	Colorado	Junior	[4]

Midfielder of the Year (2023–present)

Lexi Missimo, Texas, 2023

Big 12 Conference Midfielder of the Year

Season	Player	School	Class	Ref.
2023	Lexi Missimo	Texas	Junior	[2]
2024	Oli Pena	TCU	Senior	[3]
2025	Tyler Isgrig	Baylor	Senior	[4]

Defender of the Year (2023–present)

Macy Blackburn, Texas Tech, 2024

Big 12 Conference Defender of the Year

Season	Player	School	Class	Ref.
2023	Hannah Anderson	Texas Tech	Graduate	[2]
2024	Macy Blackburn	Texas Tech	Junior	[5]
2025	Macy Blackburn (2)	Texas Tech	Senior	[4]

Goalkeeper of the Year (2020–present)

Big 12 Conference Goalkeeper of the Year

Season	Player	School	Class	Ref.
2020	Emily Alvarado	TCU	Senior	[1]
2021	Lauren Kellett	TCU	Sophomore
2022	Jordan Nytes	Oklahoma State	Freshman
	Kayza Massey	West Virginia	Senior
2023	Madison White	Texas Tech	Graduate	[2]
2024	Jordan Nytes (2)	Colorado	Junior	[6]
2025	Jordan Nytes (3)	Colorado	Senior	[4]

Newcomer/Freshman of the Year (1996–present)

Big 12 Conference Newcomer/Freshman of the Year

Season	Player	School	Position	Ref.
1996	Melanie Wilson	Texas A&M	Goalkeeper	[1]
1997	Claire Elliott	Texas A&M	Defender
1998	Erica Florez	Iowa State	Forward
1999	Katie Antongiovanni	Iowa State	Midfielder
2000	Kati McBain	Texas	Midfielder
2001	Kelly Wilson	Texas	Forward
2002	Fran Munnelly	Colorado	Midfielder
2003	Katie Griffin	Colorado	Forward
2004	Ashlee Pistorius	Texas A&M	Forward
2005	Kasey Moore	Texas	Defender
2006	Nikki Marshall	Colorado	Forward
2007	Alysha Bonnick	Missouri	Forward
2008	Emily Cressy	Kansas	Forward
2009	Morgan Marlborough	Nebraska	Forward
2010	Jessica Fuston	Texas Tech	Forward
2011	Kelley Monogue	Texas A&M	Forward
2012	Janine Beckie	Texas Tech	Forward
2013	Kadeisha Buchanan	West Virginia	Defender
2014	Michaela Abam	West Virginia	Forward
2015	Lauren Piercy	Baylor	Forward
	Bianca St-Georges	West Virginia	Defender
2016	Cyera Hintzen	Texas	Forward
2017	Haley Berg	Texas	Midfielder
2018	Messiah Bright	TCU	Forward
2018	Julia Grosso	Texas	Midfielder
2019	Madison White	Texas Tech	Goalkeeper
2020	Marz Akins	TCU	Defender
2021	Lexi Missimo	Texas	Midfielder
2022	Grace Coppinger	TCU	Defender
2023	Sam Courtwright	Texas Tech	Midfielder	[2]
2024	Kierra Blundell	Arizona State	Forward	[6]
2025	Kamdyn Fuller	TCU	Midfielder	[4]

Coach of the Year (1996–present)

Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year

Season	Coach	School	Ref.
1996	John Walker	Nebraska	[1]
1997	Cathy Klein	Iowa State
	G Guerrieri	Texas A&M
1998	Randy Waldrum	Baylor
1999	John Walker (2)	Nebraska
2000	Randy Evans	Oklahoma
2001	Chris Petrucelli	Texas
2002	Karen Hancock	Oklahoma State
	G Guerrieri (2)	Texas A&M
2003	Bill Hempen	Colorado
2004	Mark Francis	Kansas
2005	Rebecca Hornbacher	Iowa State
2006	Karen Hancock (2)	Oklahoma State
	Colin Carmichael	Oklahoma State
2007	Bryan Blitz	Missouri
2008	Colin Carmichael (2)	Oklahoma State
2009	Bryan Blitz (2)	Missouri
2010	Nicole Nelson	Oklahoma
	Colin Carmichael (3)	Oklahoma State
2011	Colin Carmichael (4)	Oklahoma State
2012	Nikki Izzo-Brown	West Virginia
2013	Nikki Izzo-Brown (2)	West Virginia
2014	Nikki Izzo-Brown (3)	West Virginia
2015	Nikki Izzo-Brown (4)	West Virginia
2016	Nikki Izzo-Brown (5)	West Virginia
2017	Colin Carmichael (5)	Oklahoma State
2018	Paul Jobson	Baylor
2019	Colin Carmichael (6)	Oklahoma State
2020	Eric Bell	TCU
2021	Eric Bell (2)	TCU
2022	Angela Kelly	Texas
2023	Tom Stone	Texas Tech	[2]
2024	Eric Bell (3)	TCU	[3]
2025	Eric Bell (4)	TCU	[4]

See also

• Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer awards
• Big Ten Conference women's soccer awards
• Pac-12 Conference women's soccer awards
• Southeastern Conference women's soccer awards

References

1. "Big 12 Record Book – Annual Awards" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. p. 201. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
2. Giese, Nathan (October 26, 2023). "Conference champ Texas Tech leads all-Big 12 soccer awards". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal . Retrieved December 24, 2024.
3. Hodges, Russell (October 30, 2024). "Soccer: TCU Horned Frogs take home Big 12 Conference honors". Frogs O' War. SB Nation . Retrieved December 25, 2024.
4. "2025 All-Big 12 Soccer Awards Announced". Big 12 Conference. November 4, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
5. Giese, Nathan (October 29, 2024). "Macy Blackburn headlines Texas Tech soccer all-Big 12 honors, softball learns conference slate". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal . Retrieved December 24, 2024.
6. "Big 12 Reveals 2024 Soccer All-Big 12 Awards". Big 12 Conference. October 24, 2024. Retrieved December 25, 2024.