Mid-American Conference Men's Soccer Awards

The Mid-American Conference Men's Soccer Awards are the annual awards given to the top coach, the best player, and the best freshman in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the NCAA Division I men's soccer season as voted on by the conference's head coaches.[1]

Player of the Year

1993 Paul Wilkinson, Akron 1994 Dan Creech, Miami † 1995 Dustin Swinehart, Miami † 1996 Steve Klein, Bowling Green 1997 Eirik Frederiksen, Northern Illinois 1998 Michael Apple, Akron 1999 Steve Butcher, Buffalo † 2000 Byron Carmichael, Marshall # 2001 Illka Jantti, Kentucky # 2002 Byron Carmichael, Marshall # 2003 Jamal Shteiwi, Kentucky # 2004 Jamal Shteiwi, Kentucky #

2005 Ross McKenzie, Akron 2006 Siniša Ubiparipović, Akron 2007 Cory Sipos, Akron 2008 Steve Zakuani, Akron 2009 Teal Bunbury Akron 2010 Darlington Nagbe, Akron 2011 Darren Mattocks, Akron 2012 Scott Caldwell, Akron 2013 Aodhan Quinn, Akron 2014 Andy Bevin, West Virginia 2015 Russell Cicerone, Buffalo † 2016 Adam Najem, Akron [2] 2017 Brandon Bye, Western Michigan [3]

Freshman of the Year

(Was Newcomer of the Year 1993–2013)

1993 Christin Handsor, Akron 1994 Jason Began, Bowling Green 1995 Justin Millard, Akron 1996 George Tomasso, Eastern Michigan † 1997 Norman Dutch, Marshall # 1998 Illka Jantti, Kentucky # 1999 Torbjorn Birkeland, Akron & Byron Carmichael, Marshall # 2000 Reece Richardson, Western Michigan 2001 John Monebrake, Kentucky # 2002 Kirk Harwat, Akron 2003 Riley O'Neill, Kentucky # 2004 Curt Zastrow, Northern Illinois

2005 Evan Bush, Akron 2006 Marcus McCarty, Northern Illinois 2007 Steve Zakuani, Akron 2008 Darlington Nagbe, Akron 2009 Zarek Valentin, Akron 2010 Darren Mattocks, Akron 2011 Wil Trapp, Akron 2012 Dillon Serna, Akron & Anthony Grant, Bowling Green 2013 Russell Cicerone, Buffalo † 2014 Joey Piatczyc, West Virginia 2015 Kevin Rodriguez, Northern Illinois 2016 Jonathan Lewis, Akron [2] 2017 João Moutinho, Akron [3]

Gary V. Palmisano Coach of the Year

(Named for the Bowling Green goalkeeper, assistant coach, and head coach from 1978–92 and 1994 until his untimely death that year.[4])

1993 Ken Lolla, Akron & Bobby Kramig, Miami † 1994 Bobby Kramig, Miami † 1995 Ken Lolla, Akron 1996 Mel Mahler, Bowling Green 1997 Ian Collins, Kentucky # 1998 Ken Lolla, Akron 1999 Ian Collins, Kentucky # 2000 Bob Gray, Marshall # 2001 Ian Collins, Kentucky # 2002 Mel Mahler, Bowling Green 2003 Chris Karwoski, Western Michigan 2004 Steve Simmons, Northern Illinois

2005 Ken Lolla, Akron 2006 Steve Simmons, Northern Illinois 2007 Caleb Porter, Akron 2008 Caleb Porter, Akron 2009 Caleb Porter, Akron 2010 Caleb Porter, Akron 2011 Caleb Porter, Akron 2012 Caleb Porter, Akron 2013 John Scott, Hartwick # 2014 Marlon LeBlanc, West Virginia 2015 Chad Wiseman, Western Michigan 2016 Eric Nichols, Bowling Green [5] 2017 Chad Wiseman, Western Michigan [3]

NOTES:

• # = Team no longer competes in the MAC.
• † = MAC school no longer fields a men's soccer team.

References

1. "2017 Mid-American Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
2. "Eight Zips earn All-MAC men's soccer honors". Canton Repository. November 10, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
3. "2017 MAC MEN'S SOCCER POSTSEASON AWARDS ANNOUNCED". Mid-American Conference. November 9, 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
4. "BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame Bio for Gary Palmisano". BGSU Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
5. "Sports Briefs: Nichols named coach of year". Sentinel-Tribune. November 11, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2017.