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
Final teams
Full members Affiliate members
Championships & awards Seasons
Men's college soccer awards (United States)
National players of the year Individual awards Conference players of the year Conference freshmen of the year Conference coaches of the year