NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament Most Outstanding Player

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Jordynn Dudley, 2023 Most Outstanding Offensive Player

The Most Outstanding Offensive Player and Most Outstanding Defensive Player awards are presented annually to the best players in the NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the Women's College Cup). The Most Outstanding Overall Player was also awarded in the tournament's early years. These individual honors are usually, but not always, awarded to players on the winning team.

Winners

Most Outstanding Overall Players
YearPlayerPositionTeamRef.
1983 Christine Taggart Forward UMass [a] [1]
1984 April Heinrichs Forward North Carolina
1985 Pam Baughman Forward George Mason
1986 April Heinrichs (2) Forward North Carolina
Most Outstanding Offensive and Defensive Players
YearOffensive PlayerPositionTeamDefensive PlayerPositionTeamRef.
1982 Mary Varas Midfielder Central Florida [a] Linda Gancitano Defender Central Florida [a] [1]
1983 Lisa Gmitter Forward George Mason [a] Suzy Cobb Defender North Carolina
1984 Amy Machin Forward North Carolina Shelley McElroy Defender UConn [a]
1985 Not awarded Betsy Drambour Defender George Mason
1986 Not awarded
1987 Michelle Akers Midfielder Central Florida [a] Debbie Belkin Defender UMass [a]
1988 Shannon Higgins Midfielder North Carolina Carla Werden Defender North Carolina
1989 Kristine Lilly Forward North Carolina Tracey Bates Defender North Carolina
1990 Kristine Lilly (2) Forward North Carolina Stacey Blazo Defender North Carolina
1991 Pam Kalinoski Forward North Carolina Tisha Venturini Midfielder North Carolina
1992 Mia Hamm Forward North Carolina Sue Wall Goalkeeper Santa Clara [a]
1993 Mia Hamm (2) Forward North Carolina Skye Eddy Defender George Mason [a]
1994 Tisha Venturini (2) Midfielder North Carolina Staci Wilson Defender North Carolina
1995 Cindy Daws Midfielder Notre Dame Kate Sobrero Defender Notre Dame
1996 Debbie Keller Forward North Carolina Nel Fettig Defender North Carolina
1997 Robin Confer Forward North Carolina Siri Mullinix Goalkeeper North Carolina
1998 Danielle Fotopoulos Forward Florida Meredith Flaherty Goalkeeper Florida
1999 Susan Bush Forward North Carolina Lorrie Fair Defender North Carolina
2000 Meredith Florance Forward North Carolina Catherine Reddick Defender North Carolina
2001 Aly Wagner Midfielder Santa Clara Danielle Slaton Defender Santa Clara
2002 Christine Sinclair Forward Portland Jessica Ballweg Defender Santa Clara [a]
2003 Heather O'Reilly Forward North Carolina Catherine Reddick (2) Defender North Carolina
2004 Katie Thorlakson Forward Notre Dame Erika Bohn Goalkeeper Notre Dame
2005 Megan Rapinoe Forward Portland Cori Alexander Goalkeeper Portland
2006 Heather O'Reilly (2) Forward North Carolina Robyn Gayle Defender North Carolina
2007 Amy Rodriguez Forward USC Kristin Olsen Goalkeeper USC
2008 Casey Nogueira Forward North Carolina Carrie Dew Defender Notre Dame [a]
2009 Casey Nogueira (2) Forward North Carolina Whitney Engen Defender North Carolina
2010 Melissa Henderson Forward Notre Dame Jessica Schuveiller Defender Notre Dame
2011 Teresa Noyola Midfielder Stanford Emily Oliver Goalkeeper Stanford
2012 Kealia Ohai Forward North Carolina Satara Murray Defender North Carolina
2013 Jamia Fields Forward Florida State [a] Ally Courtnall Defender UCLA
2014 Cheyna Williams Forward Florida State Emily Sonnett Defender Virginia [a] [2]
2015 Rocky Rodríguez Midfielder Penn State EJ Proctor Goalkeeper Duke [a] [3]
2016 Katie Johnson Forward USC Kadeisha Buchanan Defender West Virginia [a] [4]
2017 Jaye Boissiere Midfielder Stanford Tierna Davidson Defender Stanford [5]
2018 Dallas Dorosy Midfielder Florida State Jaelin Howell Midfielder Florida State [6]
2019 Sophia Smith Forward Stanford Naomi Girma Defender Stanford [7]
2020 Kelsey Turnbow Forward Santa Clara Alex Loera Defender Santa Clara [8]
2021 Zhao Yujie Midfielder Florida State Cristina Roque Goalkeeper Florida State [9]
2022 Reilyn Turner Forward UCLA Lilly Reale Defender UCLA [10]
2023 Jordynn Dudley Forward Florida State Lauren Flynn Defender Florida State [11]

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Team did not win the tournament.
  1. 1 2 "Women's Soccer Division I History" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  2. "National Champions: Florida State Edges Out Virginia for 2014 Title". Atlantic Coast Conference. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  3. Coons, Kip (December 7, 2015). "Blue Devils fall to No. 1 seed Penn State". The News & Observer . Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  4. Eskilson, J.R. (December 4, 2016). "USC wins 2016 Women's College Cup". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  5. Bucquet, Alexandre (December 3, 2017). "Women's soccer brings home school's 114th NCAA title in hard-fought win over UCLA". The Stanford Daily . Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  6. Joffer, Prince Akeem (December 2, 2018). "Florida State soccer wins the National Championship". Tomahawk Nation. SB Nation . Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  7. "Where the USWNT at the 2024 Olympics played in college". National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 6, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  8. Killion, Ann (May 20, 2021). "Santa Clara women craft a soccer championship season worthy of the big screen". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  9. Weiler, Curt (December 6, 2021). "Sweet revenge! Florida State soccer wins third national title over BYU in penalty kicks". Tallahassee Democrat . Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  10. "UCLA crowned NCAA National Champions to wrap 2022 Pac-12 Women's Soccer season". Pac-12 Conference. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  11. Kassim, Ehsan (December 5, 2023). "Historically great FSU soccer team dominates great Stanford team in championship". Tallahassee Democrat . Retrieved December 1, 2024.

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