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

Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year
Description:	the most outstanding attacking male soccer player in the Big Ten Conference
Country:	United States
Year:	1991
Holder:	Peter Mangione, Penn State

Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Year
Description:	the most outstanding defensive male soccer player in the Big Ten Conference
Country:	United States
Year:	2009
Holder:	Femi 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.

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		Penn State	Midfielder	^[1]
1992		Penn State	Defender
1993^†		Penn State	Forward
	Indiana	Midfielder
1994	(2)	Indiana	Midfielder
1995		Penn State	Forward
1996		Michigan State	Goalkeeper
1997		Indiana	Midfielder
1998	(2)	Indiana	Midfielder
1999		Indiana	Forward
2000		Indiana	Midfielder
2001		Indiana	Forward
2002	(2)	Indiana	Forward
2003		Michigan	Forward
2004		Ohio State	Forward
2005		Indiana	Midfielder
2006		Indiana	Midfielder
2007		Ohio State	Forward
2008		Michigan State	Forward

Offensive Player of the Year (2009–present)

Season	Player	School	Reference
2009		Penn State
2010		Indiana	^[2]
2011		Ohio State	^[3]
2012		Indiana	^[4]
2013		Wisconsin	^[5]
2014		Penn State	^[6]
2015		Rutgers	^[7]
2016		Maryland	^[8]
2017		Wisconsin	^[9]
2018		Michigan	^[10]
2019		Michigan	^[11]
2020		Indiana	^[12]
2021		Penn State	^[13]
2022		Rutgers	^[14]
2023		Penn State	^[15]

Defensive Player of the Year (2009–present)

Season	Player	School	Reference
2009^†		Northwestern
	Ohio State
2010		Ohio State
2011	(2)	Ohio State
2012		Northwestern
2013		Wisconsin
2014		Northwestern
2015		Ohio State
2016		Maryland
2017		Indiana
2018		Indiana
2019		Indiana
2020		Michigan
2021		Indiana
2022		Indiana
2023		Penn State

Midfielder of the Year (2013–present)

Season	Player	School	Reference
2013		Michigan
2014		Michigan State
2015		Indiana
2016	(2)	Indiana
2017		Maryland
2018		Michigan State
2019		Penn State
2020		Michigan
2021		Maryland
2022		Ohio State
2023	(2)	Ohio State

Goalkeeper of the Year (2013–present)

Season	Player	School	Reference
2013		Penn State
2014		Northwestern
2015		Ohio State
2016		Maryland
2017		Michigan State
2018		Michigan
2019		Indiana
2020		Indiana
2021	(2)	Indiana
2022		Ohio State
2023		Penn State

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big Ten Men's Soccer Record Book . . 15 . PDF . March 10, 2021.
2. Web site: Big Ten Conference Announces Men's Soccer Postseason Awards . BigTen.org . November 11, 2010 . March 10, 2021.
3. Web site: Big Ten Conference Announces Men's Soccer All-Big Ten Teams and Postseason Honors . BigTen.org . November 10, 2011 . March 10, 2021.
4. Web site: Big Ten Conference Announces Men's Soccer All-Big Ten Teams and Postseason Honors . BigTen.org . November 8, 2012 . March 10, 2021.
5. Web site: Big Ten Conference Announces Men's Soccer Postseason Honors . BigTen.org . November 14, 2013 . March 10, 2021.
6. Web site: Men's Soccer Postseason Honors . BigTen.org . November 12, 2014 . March 10, 2021.
7. Web site: Big Ten Conference Announces Men's Soccer Postseason Honors . https://web.archive.org/web/20230417152036/https://bigten.org/news/2015/11/6/big_ten_conference_announces_men_amp_8217_s_soccer_postseason_honors.aspx . dead . April 17, 2023 . BigTen.org . November 6, 2015 . March 10, 2021.
8. Web site: Big Ten Conference Announces Men's Soccer Postseason Honors . BigTen.org . November 4, 2016 . March 10, 2021.
9. Web site: Big Ten Announces Men's Soccer Postseason Honors . https://web.archive.org/web/20190214061514/https://bigten.org/news/2017/11/3/big_ten_announces_men_amp_8217_s_soccer_postseason_honors.aspx . dead . February 14, 2019 . BigTen.org . November 3, 2017 . March 10, 2021.
10. Web site: Big Ten Announces 2019 Men’s Soccer Postseason Honors . https://web.archive.org/web/20191108202410/https://bigten.org/news/2019/11/8/big-ten-announces-2019-mens-soccer-postseason-honors.aspx . dead . November 8, 2019 . BigTen.org . November 8, 2019 . March 10, 2021.
11. Web site: Big Ten Announces 2018 Men’s Soccer Postseason Honors . https://web.archive.org/web/20190214061543/https://bigten.org/news/2018/11/2/big-ten-announces-2018-mens-soccer-postseason-honors.aspx . dead . February 14, 2019 . BigTen.org . November 2, 2018 . March 10, 2021.
12. Web site: Big Ten Announces 2020-21 Men’s Soccer Postseason Honors . https://web.archive.org/web/20210409220438/https://bigten.org/news/2021/4/9/big-ten-announces-2020-21-mens-soccer-postseason-honors.aspx . dead . April 9, 2021 . BigTen.org . April 9, 2021 . April 18, 2021.
13. Web site: Big Ten Announces 2021 Men’s Soccer Postseason Honors . https://web.archive.org/web/20211107052716/https://bigten.org/news/2021/11/5/big-ten-announces-2021-mens-soccer-postseason-honors.aspx . dead . November 7, 2021 . BigTen.org . November 5, 2021 . November 5, 2021.
14. Web site: Big Ten Conference Announces 2022 Men's Soccer Postseason Honors . https://web.archive.org/web/20221104163207/https://bigten.org/news/2022/11/3/general-big-ten-conference-announces-2022-mens-soccer-postseason-honors.aspx . dead . November 4, 2022 . BigTen.org . November 4, 2022 . November 4, 2022.
15. Web site: Big Ten Announces 2023 Men’s Soccer Postseason Honors . https://web.archive.org/web/20231108042603/https://bigten.org/news/2023/11/2/general-big-ten-announces-2023-mens-soccer-postseason-honors.aspx . dead . November 8, 2023 . BigTen.org . November 3, 2023 . November 3, 2023.