Southeastern Conference women's soccer awards

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) presents several annual honors for the best 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 (1993–2004)

Danielle Fotopoulos, Florida, 2× SEC Player of the Year

Abby Wambach, Florida, 2× SEC Player of the Year

Southeastern Conference Player of the Year

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Ref.
1993	Honey Marsh	Arkansas	Midfielder	Junior	[1]
1994	Christine Watson	Vanderbilt		Senior	[2]
1995	Carrie Landrum	Kentucky	Midfielder	Junior
1996	Danielle Fotopoulos	Florida	Forward	Junior
1997	Erin Baxter	Florida	Midfielder	Junior
1998	Danielle Fotopoulos (2) *	Florida	Forward	Senior
1999	Sarah Yohe	Florida	Forward	Senior
2000	Abby Wambach	Florida	Forward	Junior
2001	Abby Wambach (2)	Florida	Forward	Senior
2002	Sarah Steinmann	Auburn	Midfielder	Sophomore
2003	Stephanie Freeman	Florida	Forward	Junior
2004	Stephanie Freeman (2)	Florida	Forward	Senior

Offensive Player of the Year (2005–2018)

Savannah McCaskill, South Carolina, 2× SEC Offensive Player of the Year

Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Year

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Ref.
2005	Ali Williams	Georgia	Forward	Junior	[2]
2006	Kylee Rossi	Tennessee	Forward	Sophomore
2007	Kylee Rossi (2)	Tennessee	Forward	Junior
2008	Malorie Rutledge	LSU	Midfielder	Junior
2009	Malorie Rutledge (2)	LSU	Midfielder	Senior
2010	Kayla Grimsley	South Carolina	Midfielder/forward	Junior
2011	Kayla Grimsley (2)	South Carolina	Forward	Senior
2012	Erika Tymrak	Florida	Midfielder	Senior
2013	Savannah Jordan	Florida	Forward	Freshman
2014	Shea Groom	Texas A&M	Forward	Senior
2015	Savannah Jordan (2)	Florida	Forward	Junior
2016	Savannah McCaskill	South Carolina	Forward	Junior
2017	Savannah McCaskill (2)	South Carolina	Forward	Senior
2018	Bunny Shaw	Tennessee	Forward	Senior

Defensive Player of the Year (2003–2018)

Keeley Dowling, Tennessee, 2× SEC Defensive Player of the Year

Sabrina D'Angelo, South Carolina, 2× SEC Defensive Player of the Year

Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Ref.
2003	Keeley Dowling	Tennessee	Defender	Junior	[2]
2004	Keeley Dowling (2)	Tennessee	Defender	Senior
2005	Tyler Griffin	Vanderbilt	Goalkeeper	Junior
2006	Ronda Brooks	Auburn	Defender	Senior
2007	Blakely Mattern	South Carolina	Defender	Sophomore
2008	Megan Tomlinson	Georgia	Defender	Senior
2009	Lauren Hyde	Florida	Defender	Senior
2010	Kat Williamson	Florida	Defender	Sophomore
2011	Julie King	Auburn	Defender	Senior
	Allysha Chapman	LSU	Midfielder/defender	Senior
	Sabrina D'Angelo	South Carolina	Goalkeeper	Freshman
2012	Holly King	Florida	Midfielder	Senior
2013	Sabrina D'Angelo (2)	South Carolina	Goalkeeper	Junior
2014	Arin Gilliland	Kentucky	Defender	Senior
2015	Christen Westphal	Florida	Defender	Senior
2016	Kaleigh Kurtz	South Carolina	Defender	Senior
2017	Grace Fisk	South Carolina	Defender	Sophomore
2018	Grace Fisk (2)	South Carolina	Defender	Junior

Forward of the Year (2019–present)

Southeastern Conference Forward of the Year

Season	Player	School	Class	Ref.
2019	Ally Watt	Texas A&M	Senior	[2]
2020	Anna Podojil	Arkansas	Sophomore
2021	Mollie Belisle	Georgia	Graduate
2022	Riley Mattingly Parker	Alabama	Senior
2023	Ava Tankersley	Arkansas	Senior	[3]
2024	Ava Tankersley (2)	Arkansas	Graduate
2025	Sydney Watts	Vanderbilt	Junior	[4]

Midfielder of the Year (2019–present)

Southeastern Conference Midfielder of the Year

Season	Player	School	Class	Ref.
2019	Jimena López	Texas A&M	Junior	[2]
2020	Addie McCain	Texas A&M	Senior
2021	Parker Goins	Arkansas	Senior	[5]
2022	Felicia Knox	Alabama	Junior	[2]
2023	Bea Franklin	Arkansas	Graduate	[6]
2024	Macey Hodge	Mississippi State	Graduate	[7]
2025	Ally Perry	Mississippi State	Senior	[4]

Defender of the Year (2019–present)

Grace Fisk, South Carolina, 2× SEC Defensive Player of the Year and 1× SEC Defender of the Year

Southeastern Conference Defender of the Year

Season	Player	School	Class	Ref.
2019	Haley VanFossen	Arkansas	Junior	[2]
	Grace Fisk	South Carolina	Senior
2020	Jimena López	Texas A&M	Senior
	Karlina Sample	Texas A&M	Junior
2021	Alyssa Malonson	Auburn	Fifth-year
2022	Reyna Reyes	Alabama	Senior
2023	Gracie Falla	South Carolina	Sophomore
2024	Rylie Combs	Mississippi State	Senior	[7]
2025	Gracie Falla (2)	South Carolina	Senior	[4]

Goalkeeper of the Year (2019–present)

Southeastern Conference Goalkeeper of the Year

Season	Player	School	Class	Ref.
2019	Mikayla Krzeczowski	South Carolina	Senior	[2]
2020	Ashley Orkus	Ole Miss	Junior
2021	Ashley Orkus (2)	Ole Miss	Senior
2022	Ashley Orkus (3)	Ole Miss	Fifth-year
2023	Heather Hinz	South Carolina	Fifth-year
2024	Maddy Anderson	Mississippi State	Graduate	[7]
2025	Sara Wojdelko	Vanderbilt	Graduate	[4]

Freshman of the Year (1997–present)

Taylor Huff, Tennessee, 2021

Amalia Villarreal, Texas, 2024

Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year

Season	Player	School	Position	Ref.
1997	Andi Sellers	Florida	Midfielder	[2]
1999	Keri Boyce	Kentucky	Forward
2000	Rhian Wilkinson	Tennessee	Forward
2001	Megan Rivera	Auburn	Goalkeeper
2002	Kelly Renie	Ole Miss	Forward
2003	Luisa Marzotto	Mississippi State	Goalkeeper
2004	Ashley Kirk	South Carolina	Midfielder
	Genna Gorman	Tennessee	Midfielder/forward
2005	Jennifer Hance	Ole Miss	Midfielder
2006	Carrie Patterson	Georgia	Forward
2007	Kelli Corless	Georgia	Defender
2008	Katy Frierson	Auburn	Midfielder
2009	Laura Eddy	Georgia	Defender
2010	Taylor Travis	Florida	Forward
2011	Sabrina D'Angelo	South Carolina	Goalkeeper
2012	Merel van Dongen	Alabama	Midfielder
2013	Savannah Jordan	Florida	Forward
2014	Savannah McCaskill	South Carolina	Forward
2015	Cece Kizer	Ole Miss	Midfielder
2016	Sarah Luebbert	Missouri	Forward
2017	Deanne Rose	Florida	Forward
2018	Haley Hopkins	Vanderbilt	Forward
2019	Anna Podojil	Arkansas	Forward
2020	Bárbara Olivieri	Texas A&M	Forward
2021	Taylor Huff	Tennessee	Midfielder
2022	Gianna Paul	Alabama	Forward
2023	Megan Hinnenkamp	Florida	Forward
	Summer Denigan	Georgia	Midfielder
2024	Amalia Villarreal	Texas	Forward	[8]
2025	Ava McDonald	Texas	Forward	[4]

Newcomer of the Year (2024–present)

Southeastern Conference Newcomer of the Year

Season	Player	School	Class	Position	Ref.
2024	Makala Woods	Kentucky	Graduate	Forward	[2]
2025	Larkin Thomason	Alabama	Junior	Forward	[4]

Coach of the Year (1993–present)

Angela Kelly, Texas, 3× SEC Coach of the Year

Brian Pensky, Tennessee, 2021

Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year

Season	Player	School	Ref.
1993	Ken McDonald	Vanderbilt	[2]
1994	Don Staley	Arkansas
1995	Warren Lipka	Kentucky
1996	Becky Burleigh	Florida
1997	Ken McDonald	Vanderbilt
1998	Don Staley (2)	Arkansas
1999	Warren Lipka (2)	Kentucky
2000	Becky Burleigh (2)	Florida
2001	Neil McGuire	Mississippi State
2002	Karen Hoppa	Auburn
2003	Angela Kelly	Tennessee
2004	Angela Kelly (2)	Tennessee
2005	Angela Kelly (3)	Tennessee
	Ronnie Coveleskie	Vanderbilt
2006	Warren Lipka (3)	Kentucky
2007	Patrick Baker	Georgia
2008	Becky Burleigh (3)	Florida
2009	Shelley Smith	South Carolina
2010	Becky Burleigh (4)	Florida
2011	Shelley Smith (2)	South Carolina
2012	Becky Burleigh (5)	Florida
2013	G Guerrieri	Texas A&M
2014	G Guerrieri (2)	Texas A&M
2015	Bryan Blitz	Missouri
2016	Shelley Smith (3)	South Carolina
2017	Shelley Smith (4)	South Carolina
2018	Darren Ambrose	Vanderbilt
2019	Colby Hale	Arkansas
2020	Colby Hale (2)	Arkansas
	G Guerrieri (3)	Texas A&M
2021	Brian Pensky	Tennessee
2022	Wes Hart	Alabama
2023	Colby Hale (3)	Arkansas
2024	James Armstrong	Mississippi State	[7]
2025	Colby Hale (4)	Arkansas	[4]

See also

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

References

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2. "SEC Soccer Record Book – SEC Honors". p. 36. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
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4. "2025 SEC Soccer Awards announced". Southeastern Conference. October 30, 2025. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
5. Boyd, Paul (November 1, 2021). "Arkansas soccer hauls in SEC postseason honors". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved December 24, 2024.
6. Kristensen, Anthony (April 30, 2024). "Former Arkansas soccer star Bea Franklin named SEC Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Year". Whole Hog Sports. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
7. Sklar, Sam (November 3, 2024). "Mississippi State soccer wins numerous SEC awards. James Armstrong is Coach of the Year". The Clarion-Ledger . Retrieved December 24, 2024.
8. Manliguez, Alistair (November 5, 2024). "Amalia Villarreal wins SEC Freshman of the Year, ready for postseason with Texas soccer". The Daily Texan . Retrieved December 24, 2024.