# 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.

## 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 |
| 1991 | Steve Sergi | Penn State | Midfielder |
| 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 |
| 2009 | Jason Yeisley | Penn State |
| 2010 | Will Bruin | Indiana |
| 2011 | Chris Hegngi | Ohio State |
| 2012 | Eriq Zavaleta* | Indiana |
| 2013 | Tomislav Zadro | Wisconsin |
| 2014 | Connor Maloney | Penn State |
| 2015 | Jason Wright | Rutgers |
| 2016 | Gordon Wild | Maryland |
| 2017 | Chris Mueller | Wisconsin |
| 2018 | Jack Hallahan | Michigan |
| 2019 | Nebojša Popović | Michigan |
| 2020 | Victor Bezerra | Indiana |
| 2021 | Peter Mangione | Penn State |
| 2022 | MD Myers | Rutgers |
| 2023 | Peter Mangione | Penn State |
| 2024 | Tommy Mihalic | Indiana |

### Defensive Player of the Year (2009–present)

| Season | Player | School |
| 2009$^†$ | Mark Blades | Northwestern |
| 2009$^†$ | Doug Verhoff | Ohio State |
| 2010 | David Tiemstra | Ohio State |
| 2011 | David Tiemstra (2) | Ohio State |
| 2012 | Chris Ritter | Northwestern |
| 2013 | A. J. Cochran | Wisconsin |
| 2014 | Nikko Boxall | Northwestern |
| 2015 | Liam Doyle | Ohio State |
| 2016 | Alex Crognale | Maryland |
| 2017 | Grant Lillard* | Indiana |
| 2018 | Andrew Gutman* | Indiana |
| 2019 | Jack Maher | Indiana |
| 2020 | Jackson Ragen | Michigan |
| 2021 | Daniel Munie | Indiana |
| 2022 | Daniel Munie | Indiana |
| 2023 | Femi Awodesu | Penn State |
| 2024 | William Kulvik | Maryland |

### Midfielder of the Year (2013–present)

| Season | Player | School |
| 2013 | Tyler Arnone | Michigan |
| 2014 | Jay Chapman | Michigan State |
| 2015 | Tanner Thompson | Indiana |
| 2016 | Tanner Thompson (2) | Indiana |
| 2017 | Eryk Williamson | Maryland |
| 2018 | Giuseppe Barone | Michigan State |
| 2019 | Aaron Molloy | Penn State |
| 2020 | Marc Ybarra | Michigan |
| 2021 | Ben Bender | Maryland |
| 2022 | Laurence Wootton | Ohio State |
| 2023 | Laurence Wootton (2) | Ohio State |
| 2024 | Michael Adedokun* | Ohio State |

### Goalkeeper of the Year (2013–present)

| Season | Player | School |
| 2013 | Andrew Wolverton | Penn State |
| 2014 | Tyler Miller | Northwestern |
| 2015 | Chris Froschauer | Ohio State |
| 2016 | Cody Niedermeier | Maryland |
| 2017 | Jimmy Hague | Michigan State |
| 2018 | Trey Muse | Michigan |
| 2019 | Andrew Verdi | Indiana |
| 2020 | Roman Celentano | Indiana |
| 2021 | Roman Celentano (2) | Indiana |
| 2022 | Keagan McLaughlin | Ohio State |
| 2023 | Kris Shakes | Penn State |
| 2024 | Zac Kelly | Michigan State |