American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year explained

The American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year are annual awards given to the best attacking, midfield, defensive, and goalkeeping players in the American Athletic Conference during the NCAA Division I men's soccer season.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: Hermann Trophy NCAA Tournament MOP
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the AAC Player of the Year award at that point

Offensive Player of the Year

Season	Nat.	Player	School	Class	Reference
2013	Jamaica	Romario Williams	UCF	Sophomore	^[1]
2014	Canada	Cyle Larin	UConn	Sophomore
2015	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	Mauro Cichero	SMU	Sophomore
2016	Finland	Matias Pyysalo	UCF	Junior	^[2]
2017	Finland	Matias Pyysalo (2)	UCF	Senior	^[3]
2018	United States	Cal Jennings	UCF	Junior	^[4]
2019	United States	Cal Jennings (2)	UCF	Senior	^[5]
2020	Estonia	Alex Meinhard	Tulsa	Freshman	^[6]

Defensive Player of the Year

Season	Nat.	Player	School	Class	Reference
2013	United States	Jimmy Ockford	Louisville	Senior
2014	Jamaica	Sergio Campbell	UConn	Senior
2015	United States	Bradley Bourgeois	Tulsa	Senior
2016	Nigeria	Prosper Figbe	South Florida	Sophomore
2017	United States	Jordan Cano	SMU	Senior
2018	United States	Jacob Hauser-Ramsey	UConn	Senior
2019	United States	Eddie Munjoma	SMU	Junior
2020	France	Pierre Cayet	Temple	Senior

Midfielder of the Year

Season	Nat.	Player	School	Class	Reference
2013	Spain	Adria Beso Marco	UConn	Junior
2014	Spain	Adria Beso Marco (2)	UConn	Senior
2015	Canada	Kwame Awuah	UConn	Junior
	United States	John Lujano	SMU	Senior
2016		Adam Wilson	Cincinnati	Sophomore
2017	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	Mauro Cichero	SMU	Senior
2018	United States	Jacob Hauser-Ramsey	UConn	Senior
2019	Finland	Yoni Sorokin	UCF	Junior
	Brazil	Gabriel Costa	SMU	Sophomore
2020	Finland	Yoni Sorokin (2)	UCF	Senior
	Norway	Knut Ahlander	SMU	Junior

Goalkeeper of the Year

Season	Nat.	Player	School	Class	Reference
2013	Jamaica	Andre Blake	UConn	Junior
2014		Spasoje Stefanović	South Florida	Freshman
2015	United States	Michael Nelson	SMU	RS-Sophomore
2016		Spasoje Stefanović (2)	South Florida	Junior
2017	United States	Michael Nelson (2)	SMU	RS-Senior
2018		Yannik Oettl	UCF	Sophomore
2019		Yannik Oettl (2)	UCF	Junior
2020		Yannik Oettl (3)	UCF	Senior

Notes and References

1. Book: American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Record Book. The American Athletic Conference. 2018. Providence, Rhode Island. 2–3.
2. Web site: Men’s Soccer Regular Season Awards Announced. November 9, 2016. The American Athletic Conference. December 19, 2018.
3. Web site: Men’s Soccer Regular Season Awards Announced. November 8, 2017. The American Athletic Conference. December 20, 2018.
4. Web site: UCF, UConn Garner Men's Soccer Regular Season Awards. November 6, 2018. The American Athletic Conference. December 20, 2018.
5. Web site: American Athletic Conference Announces 2019 Men's Soccer Awards. theamerican.org. en. 2019-12-06.
6. Web site: Tulsa’s Alex Meinhard Wins 2020 American Men’s Soccer Offensive Player, Rookie Of The Year Awards. 2021-04-19. theamerican.org. en.