Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year

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Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year
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Awarded forthe most outstanding attacking male soccer player in the Big Ten Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award1991
Most recentPeter Mangione, Penn State
Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Year
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Awarded forthe most outstanding defensive male soccer player in the Big Ten Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award2009
Most recentFemi 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.

Contents

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)

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionReference
1991Steve Sergi Penn State Midfielder [1]
1992Nigel Sparks Penn State Defender
1993Chris Kelly Penn State Forward
Brian Maisonneuve Indiana Midfielder
1994 Brian Maisonneuve * (2) Indiana Midfielder
1995Stuart Reid Penn State Forward
1996Reid 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
2004Justin Cook Ohio State Forward
2005 Brian Plotkin Indiana Midfielder
2006 Josh Tudela Indiana Midfielder
2007Xavier Balc Ohio State Forward
2008 Doug DeMartin Michigan State Forward

Offensive Player of the Year (2009–present)

SeasonPlayerSchoolReference
2009 Jason Yeisley Penn State [1]
2010 Will Bruin Indiana [2]
2011Chris Hegngi Ohio State [3]
2012 Eriq Zavaleta * Indiana [4]
2013Tomislav Zadro Wisconsin [5]
2014 Connor Maloney Penn State [6]
2015Jason Wright Rutgers [7]
2016 Gordon Wild Maryland [8]
2017 Chris Mueller Wisconsin [9]
2018Jack Hallahan Michigan [10]
2019Nebojša Popović Michigan [11]
2020Victor Bezerra Indiana [12]
2021Peter Mangione Penn State [13]
2022MD Myers Rutgers [14]
2023Peter Mangione Penn State [15]
2024Tommy Mihalic Indiana [16]

Defensive Player of the Year (2009–present)

SeasonPlayerSchoolReference
2009Mark Blades
Northwestern [1]
Doug Verhoff Ohio State
2010David Tiemstra Ohio State [2]
2011David Tiemstra (2) Ohio State [3]
2012 Chris Ritter Northwestern [4]
2013 A. J. Cochran Wisconsin [5]
2014 Nikko Boxall Northwestern [6]
2015 Liam Doyle Ohio State [7]
2016 Alex Crognale Maryland [8]
2017 Grant Lillard * Indiana [9]
2018 Andrew Gutman * Indiana [10]
2019 Jack Maher Indiana [11]
2020 Jackson Ragen Michigan [12]
2021 Daniel Munie Indiana [13]
2022 Daniel Munie Indiana [14]
2023Femi Awodesu Penn State [15]
2024William Kulvik Maryland [16]

Midfielder of the Year (2013–present)

SeasonPlayerSchoolReference
2013Tyler Arnone Michigan [5]
2014 Jay Chapman Michigan State [6]
2015 Tanner Thompson Indiana [7]
2016 Tanner Thompson (2) Indiana [8]
2017 Eryk Williamson Maryland [9]
2018Giuseppe Barone Michigan State [10]
2019 Aaron Molloy Penn State [11]
2020Marc Ybarra Michigan [12]
2021 Ben Bender Maryland [13]
2022 Laurence Wootton Ohio State [14]
2023 Laurence Wootton (2) Ohio State [15]
2024 Michael Adedokun * Ohio State [16]

Goalkeeper of the Year (2013–present)

SeasonPlayerSchoolReference
2013 Andrew Wolverton Penn State [5]
2014 Tyler Miller Northwestern [6]
2015Chris Froschauer Ohio State [7]
2016Cody Niedermeier Maryland [8]
2017 Jimmy Hague Michigan State [9]
2018 Trey Muse Michigan [10]
2019Andrew Verdi Indiana [11]
2020 Roman Celentano Indiana [12]
2021 Roman Celentano (2) Indiana [13]
2022Keagan McLaughlin Ohio State [14]
2023Kris Shakes Penn State [15]
2024Zac Kelly Michigan State [16]

References

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