Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year

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.

Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding attacking male soccer player in the Big Ten Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1991
Most recent	Nebojša Popović, Michigan

Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding defensive male soccer player in the Big Ten Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	2009
Most recent	Jack Maher, Indiana

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)

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

Offensive Player of the Year (2009–present)

Season	Player	School	Reference
2009	Jason Yeisley	Penn State	^[1]
2010	Will Bruin	Indiana	^[2]
2011	Chris Hegngi	Ohio State	^[3]
2012	Eriq Zavaleta*	Indiana	^[4]
2013	Tomislav Zadro	Wisconsin	^[5]
2014	Connor Maloney	Penn State	^[6]
2015	Jason Wright	Rutgers	^[7]
2016	Gordon Wild	Maryland	^[8]
2017	Chris Mueller	Wisconsin	^[9]
2018	Jack Hallahan	Michigan	^[10]
2019	Nebojša Popović	Michigan	^[11]
2020	Victor Bezerra	Indiana	^[12]
2021	Peter Mangione	Penn State	^[13]

Defensive Player of the Year (2009–present)

Season	Player	School	Reference
2009^†	Mark Blades	Northwestern	^[1]
	Doug Verhoff	Ohio State
2010	David Tiemstra	Ohio State	^[2]
2011	David 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]

Midfielder of the Year (2013–present)

Season	Player	School	Reference
2013	Tyler 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]
2018	Giuseppe Barone	Penn State	^[10]
2019	Aaron Molloy	Michigan State	^[11]
2020	Marc Ybarra	Michigan	^[12]
2021	Ben Bender	Maryland	^[13]

Goalkeeper of the Year (2013–present)

Season	Player	School	Reference
2013	Andrew Wolverton	Penn State	^[5]
2014	Tyler Miller	Northwestern	^[6]
2015	Chris Froschauer	Ohio State	^[7]
2016	Cody Niedermeier	Maryland	^[8]
2017	Jimmy Hague	Michigan State	^[9]
2018	Trey Muse	Michigan	^[10]
2019	Andrew Verdi	Indiana	^[11]
2020	Roman Celentano	Indiana	^[12]
2021	Roman Celentano (2)	Indiana	^[13]

References

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