The Big 12 Conference presents several annual honors for the best women's 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 (1994–2003)
+Big 12 Conference Player of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClass1996 Texas A&M Forward Nebraska Midfielder1997 (2)Texas A&M Midfielder1998 Nebraska Forward1999 Nebraska Defender2000 Nebraska Forward2001 (2)Nebraska Forward2002 Texas Forward2003 Colorado Midfielder2004 Nebraska Forward2005 (3)Nebraska Forward2006 (3)Nebraska Forward Oklahoma State Midfielder
Offensive Player of the Year (2007–2022)
+Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClass2007 *Texas A&M Forward2008 Oklahoma State Midfielder2009 Nebraska Forward2010 (2)Nebraska Forward2011 Texas A&M Forward2012 Oklahoma Forward2013 West Virginia Forward2014 Texas Tech Forward2015 (2)Texas Tech Forward2016 Oklahoma State Forward2016 West Virginia Forward2017 Oklahoma State Forward2018 Texas Forward2019 Texas Tech Forward2020 TCU Forward2021 (2)Texas Tech Forward2022 Texas Forward
Defensive Player of the Year (2007–2022)
+Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClass2007 Texas Defender2008 (2)Texas Defender Colorado Defender2009 Missouri Defender2010 Oklahoma State Defender2011 (2)Oklahoma State Defender2012 West Virginia Defender2013 (1)West Virginia Defender2014 (2)West Virginia Defender2015 (3)West Virginia Defender2016 (4) *West Virginia Defender2017 Kansas Defender West Virginia Defender2018 West Virginia Defender2019 Kansas Defender2020 West Virginia Defender2021 TCU Defender2022 Texas Defender
Forward of the Year (2023–present)
+Big 12 Conference Forward of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolClass2023 Texas 2024TCU2025Colorado
Midfielder of the Year (2023–present)
+Big 12 Conference Midfielder of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolClass2023 Texas 2024TCU2025Baylor
Defender of the Year (2023–present)
+Big 12 Conference Defender of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolClass2023 Texas Tech 2024Texas Tech 2025 (2)Texas Tech
Goalkeeper of the Year (2020–present)
+Big 12 Conference Goalkeeper of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolClass2020 TCU 2021 TCU 2022 Oklahoma State West Virginia 2023 Texas Tech 2024 (2)Colorado2025 (3)Colorado
Newcomer/Freshman of the Year (1996–present)
+Big 12 Conference Newcomer/Freshman of the YearSeasonPlayerSchoolPosition1996 Texas A&M Goalkeeper1997 Texas A&M Defender1998 Iowa State Forward1999 Iowa State Midfielder2000 Texas Midfielder2001 Texas Forward2002 Colorado Midfielder2003 Colorado Forward2004 Texas A&M Forward2005 Texas Defender2006 Colorado Forward2007 Missouri Forward2008 Kansas Forward2009 Nebraska Forward2010 Texas Tech Forward2011 Texas A&M Forward2012 Texas Tech Forward2013 West Virginia Defender2014 West Virginia Forward2015 Baylor Forward West Virginia Defender2016 Texas Forward2017 Texas Midfielder2018 TCU Forward2018 Texas Midfielder2019 Texas Tech Goalkeeper2020 TCU Defender2021 Texas Midfielder2022 TCU Defender2023 Texas Tech Midfielder2024 Arizona State Forward2025 TCU Midfielder
Coach of the Year (1996–present)
+Big 12 Conference Coach of the YearSeasonCoachSchool1996 Nebraska 1997 Iowa State Texas A&M 1998 Baylor 1999 (2)Nebraska 2000 Oklahoma 2001 Texas 2002 Oklahoma State (2)Texas A&M 2003 Colorado 2004 Kansas 2005 Iowa State 2006 (2)Oklahoma State Oklahoma State 2007 Missouri 2008 (2)Oklahoma State 2009 (2)Missouri 2010 Oklahoma (3)Oklahoma State 2011 (4)Oklahoma State 2012 West Virginia 2013 (2)West Virginia 2014 (3)West Virginia 2015 (4)West Virginia 2016 (5)West Virginia 2017 (5)Oklahoma State 2018 Baylor 2019 (6)Oklahoma State 2020 TCU 2021 (2)TCU 2022 Texas 2023 Texas Tech 2024 (3)TCU 2025 (4)TCU
See also Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer awards Big Ten Conference women's soccer awards Pac-12 Conference women's soccer awards Southeastern Conference women's soccer awards
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