The Southeastern Conference (SEC) presents several annual honors for the best soccer players of the season. The conference currently presents individual awards for Forward of the Year, Midfielder of the Year, Defender of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year, and Freshman of the Year. It also presents an award for Coach of the Year.
Key *Awarded a national player of the year award:Hermann Trophy (1988–present)Honda Sports Award (1988–present)TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Year (2011–present)
Player of the Year (1993–2004)
+Southeastern Conference Player of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClass1993 Arkansas Midfielder 1994 Vanderbilt 1995 Kentucky Midfielder 1996 Florida Forward 1997 Florida Midfielder 1998 (2) *Florida Forward 1999 Florida Forward 2000 Florida Forward 2001 (2)Florida Forward 2002 Auburn Midfielder 2003 Florida Forward 2004 (2)Florida Forward
Offensive Player of the Year (2005–2018)
+Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClass2005 Georgia Forward 2006 Tennessee Forward 2007 (2)Tennessee Forward 2008 LSU Midfielder2009 (2)LSU Midfielder2010 South Carolina Midfielder/forward 2011 (2)South Carolina Forward 2012 Florida Midfielder 2013 Florida Forward 2014 Texas A&M Forward 2015 (2)Florida Forward 2016 South Carolina Forward 2017 (2)South Carolina Forward 2018 Tennessee Forward
Defensive Player of the Year (2003–2018)
+Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClass2003 Tennessee Defender 2004 (2)Tennessee Defender 2005 Vanderbilt Goalkeeper 2006 Auburn Defender 2007 South Carolina Defender 2008 Georgia Defender 2009 Florida Defender 2010 Florida Defender 2011 Auburn Defender LSU Midfielder/defender South Carolina Goalkeeper 2012 Florida Midfielder2013 (2)South Carolina Goalkeeper 2014 Kentucky Defender 2015 Florida Defender 2016 South Carolina Defender 2017 South Carolina Defender 2018 (2)South Carolina Defender
Forward of the Year (2019–present)
+Southeastern Conference Forward of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolClass2019 Texas A&M 2020 Arkansas 2021 Georgia 2022 Alabama 2023 Arkansas 2024 (2)Arkansas 2025Vanderbilt
Midfielder of the Year (2019–present)
+Southeastern Conference Midfielder of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolClass2019 Texas A&M 2020 Texas A&M 2021 Arkansas 2022 Alabama 2023 Arkansas 2024Mississippi State2025Mississippi State
Defender of the Year (2019–present)
+Southeastern Conference Defender of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolClass2019 Arkansas South Carolina 2020 Texas A&M Texas A&M 2021 Auburn 2022 Alabama 2023 South Carolina 2024Mississippi State2025 (2)South Carolina
Goalkeeper of the Year (2019–present)
+Southeastern Conference Goalkeeper of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolClass2019 South Carolina 2020 Ole Miss 2021 (2)Ole Miss 2022 (3)Ole Miss 2023 South Carolina 2024 Mississippi State2025Vanderbilt
Freshman of the Year (1997–present)
+Southeastern Conference Freshman of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolPosition1997 Florida Midfielder 1999 Kentucky Forward 2000 Tennessee Forward 2001 Auburn Goalkeeper 2002 Ole Miss Forward 2003 Mississippi State Goalkeeper 2004 South Carolina Midfielder Tennessee Midfielder/forward2005 Ole Miss Midfielder 2006 Georgia Forward 2007 Georgia Defender 2008 Auburn Midfielder2009 Georgia Defender 2010 Florida Forward 2011 South Carolina Goalkeeper 2012 Alabama Midfielder2013 Florida Forward 2014 South Carolina Forward 2015 Ole Miss Midfielder2016 Missouri Forward 2017 Florida Forward 2018 Vanderbilt Forward 2019 Arkansas Forward 2020 Texas A&M Forward 2021 Tennessee Midfielder 2022 Alabama Forward 2023 Florida Forward Georgia Midfielder2024 Texas Forward 2025Texas Forward
Newcomer of the Year (2024–present)
+Southeastern Conference Newcomer of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolClassPosition2024Kentucky Forward 2025Alabama Forward
Coach of the Year (1993–present)
+Southeastern Conference Coach of the YearSeasonPlayerSchool1993 Vanderbilt 1994 Arkansas 1995 Kentucky 1996 Florida 1997 Vanderbilt 1998 (2)Arkansas 1999 (2)Kentucky 2000 (2)Florida 2001 Mississippi State 2002 Auburn 2003 Tennessee 2004 (2)Tennessee 2005 (3)Tennessee Vanderbilt 2006 (3)Kentucky 2007 Georgia 2008 (3)Florida 2009 South Carolina 2010 (4)Florida 2011 (2)South Carolina 2012 (5)Florida 2013 Texas A&M 2014 (2)Texas A&M 2015 Missouri 2016 (3)South Carolina 2017 (4)South Carolina 2018 Vanderbilt 2019 Arkansas 2020 (2)Arkansas (3)Texas A&M 2021 Tennessee 2022 Alabama 2023 (3)Arkansas 2024Mississippi State2025 (4)Arkansas
See also Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer awards Big 12 Conference women's soccer awards Big Ten Conference women's soccer awards Pac-12 Conference women's soccer awards
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