# NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Most Outstanding Player

At the conclusion of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament (the "College Cup" tournaments), United Soccer Coaches selects two Most Outstanding Players: one for the Offensive Most Outstanding Player and the Defensive Most Outstanding Player. The MOP need not be, but is often a member of the Championship team.

## Past winners

An asterisk (*) next to a player's name indicates they did not play for the championship team.

### NCAA Men's Division I Offensive MOP Award

* 1959 – John Dueker, Saint Louis
* 1960 – Gerry Balassi, Saint Louis
* 1961 – Bill Killen, West Chester
* 1962 – Bob Trigg, Saint Louis
* 1963 – Pat McBride, Saint Louis
* 1964 – Jimmy Lewis, Navy
* 1965 – Carl Gentile, Saint Louis
* 1966 – Sandor Hites, San Francisco
* 1967 – Wally Werner, Saint Louis
* 1968 – Rocco Morelli, Maryland
* 1969 – Al Trost, Saint Louis
* 1970 – Denny Hadican, Saint Louis
* 1971 – Al Henderson, Howard
* 1972 – Dan Counce, Saint Louis
* 1973 – Dan Counce, Saint Louis (2)
* 1974 – Richard Davy, Howard
* 1975 – Andy Atuegbu, San Francisco
* 1976 – Andy Atuegbu, San Francisco (2)
* 1977 – John Young, Hartwick
* 1978 – Dag Olavson, San Francisco
* 1979 – Obed Ariri, Clemson*
* 1980 – Roar Anderson, San Francisco
* 1981 – Bill Morrone, Connecticut
* 1982 – Paul DiBernardo, Indiana
* 1983 – John Stollmeyer, Indiana
* 1984 – Maxwell Amatasiro, Clemson
* 1985 – Dale Ervine, UCLA
* 1986 – Tom Stone, Duke
* 1987 – Bruce Murray, Clemson
* 1988 – Ken Snow, Indiana
* 1989 – Jeff Baicher, Santa Clara
* 1990 – Joe-Max Moore, UCLA
* 1991 – Claudio Reyna, Virginia
* 1992 – Claudio Reyna, Virginia (2)
* 1993 – Nate Friends, Virginia
* 1994 – Damian Silvera, Virginia
* 1995 – Mike Gentile, Wisconsin
* 1996 – Jesse Van Saun, St. John's
* 1997 – Seth George, UCLA
* 1998 – Aleksey Korol, Indiana
* 1999 – Yuri Lavrinenko, Indiana
* 2000 – Darin Lewis, Connecticut
* 2001 – Ryan Kneipper, North Carolina
* 2002 – Aaron Lopez, UCLA
* 2003 – Jacob Peterson, Indiana
* 2004 – Drew McAthy, UC Santa Barbara*
* 2005 – Jason Garey, Maryland
* 2006 – Nick Perera, UC Santa Barbara
* 2007 – Marcus Tracy, Wake Forest
* 2008 – Graham Zusi, Maryland
* 2009 – Jonathan Villanueva, Virginia
* 2010 – Scott Caldwell, Akron
* 2011 – Ben Speas, North Carolina
* 2012 – Steve Neumann, Georgetown*
* 2013 – Harrison Shipp, Notre Dame
* 2014 – Mac Steeves, Providence*
* 2015 – Jordan Morris, Stanford
* 2016 – Ian Harkes, Wake Forest*
* 2017 – Foster Langsdorf, Stanford
* 2018 – Amar Sejdič, Maryland
* 2019 – Daryl Dike, Virginia*
* 2020 – Jamil Roberts, Marshall
* 2021 – Isaiah Reid, Clemson
* 2022 – Nathan Opoku, Syracuse
* 2023 – Ousmane Sylla, Clemson
* 2024 – Maximilian Kissel, Vermont

### NCAA Men's Division I Defensive MOP Award

* 1959 – Jerry Knobbe, Saint Louis
* 1960 – Tom Hennessy, Saint Louis
* 1961 – Robert Malone, Saint Louis*
* 1962 – Ed Oswald, Saint Louis
* 1963 – Roger Rupp, Saint Louis
* 1964 – Myron Hura, Navy
* 1965 – Jack Gilsinn, Saint Louis
* 1966 – Mike Ivanow, San Francisco
* 1967 – Bill McDermott, Saint Louis
* 1968 – Mario Jelencovich, Maryland
* 1969 – Pat Leahy, Saint Louis
* 1970 – Ed Neusel, Saint Louis
* 1971 – Mori Diane, Howard
* 1972 – Bruce Arena, Cornell
* 1973 – Mark Demling, Saint Louis
* 1974 – Trevor Leiba, Howard
* 1975 – Peter Arnautoff, San Francisco
* 1976 – Peter Arnautoff, San Francisco (2)
* 1977 – Jeff Tipping, Hartwick
* 1978 – Andy Fry, San Francisco
* 1979 – Ed Gettemeier, SIUE
* 1980 – Andre Schweitzer, San Francisco
* 1981 – Erhardt Kapp, Connecticut
* 1982 – Pat Johnston, Duke*
* 1983 – Joe Schmid, Indiana
* 1984 – Joe Schmid, Indiana (2)
* 1985 – Paul Caligiuri, UCLA
* 1986 – Kelly Weadock, Duke
* 1987 – Tim Genovese, Clemson
* 1988 – Mike Anehauser, Indiana
* 1989 – Tony Meola, Virginia
* 1990 – Brad Friedel, UCLA
* 1991 – Jeff Causey, Virginia
* 1992 – Jeff Causey, Virginia (2)
* 1993 – Brian Bates, Virginia
* 1994 – Mark Peters, Virginia
* 1995 – Scott Lamphear, Wisconsin
* 1996 – Brent Sancho, St. John's
* 1997 – Matt Reis, UCLA
* 1998 – Nick Garcia, Indiana
* 1999 – Nick Garcia, Indiana (2)
* 2000 – Chris Gbandi, Connecticut
* 2001 – David Stokes, North Carolina
* 2002 – Zach Wells, UCLA
* 2003 – Jay Nolly, Indiana
* 2004 – Jay Nolly, Indiana (2)
* 2005 – Chris Seitz, Maryland
* 2006 – Andy Iro, UC Santa Barbara
* 2007 – Brian Edwards, Wake Forest
* 2008 – Omar Gonzalez, Maryland
* 2009 – Diego Restrepo, Virginia
* 2010 – Kofi Sarkodie, Akron
* 2011 – Isaac Cowles, Charlotte*
* 2012 – Luis Soffner, Indiana
* 2013 – Zack Steffen, Maryland*
* 2014 – Calle Brown, Virginia
* 2015 – Brandon Vincent, Stanford
* 2016 – Andrew Epstein, Stanford
* 2017 – Tomas Hillard-Arce, Stanford
* 2018 – Dayne St. Clair, Maryland
* 2019 – Dylan Nealis, Georgetown
* 2020 – Roman Celentano, Indiana*
* 2021 – George Marks, Clemson
* 2022 – Russell Shealy, Syracuse
* 2023 – Pape Mar Boye, Clemson
* 2024 – Niklas Herceg, Vermont