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Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year

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The Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year are a series of three awards given out at the end of the college soccer season. Currently, the Atlantic-10 Conference gives out awards for the best offensive, defensive and midfielder of the year.

Notable winners of the award include Alexi Lalas, Peter Vermes and Geoff Cameron.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
Division (X)	Indicates which division the soccer program is in; East or West
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the A-10 Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Player of the Year (1987–1999)

Peter Vermes won the first ever A-10 Player of the Year Award in 1987.

Alexi Lalas won the A-10 Player of the Year Award in 1989.

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Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1987 (E)	Peter Vermes	Rutgers	Defender	Senior	^[1]
1987 (W)	Kenny Emson	George Washington	Midfielder	Junior	^[1]
1988 (E)	Lance Klima	Rhode Island	Goalkeeper	Senior	^[1]
1988 (W)	Jan Skorpen	Penn State	Forward	Junior	^[1]
1989 (E)	Lino DiCuollo Alexi Lalas	Rutgers	Defender	Junior Sophomore	^[1]
1989 (W)	Mario Lone	George Washington	Forward	Sophomore	^[1]
1990	Steve Rammel	Rutgers	Forward	Senior	^[1]
1991	Mario Lone (2)	George Washington	Forward	Senior	^[1]
1992	Marcelo Valencia	George Washington	Forward	Sophomore	^[1]
1993	Andrew Craig Don D'Ambra	Temple Saint Joseph's	Midfielder Forward	Senior Junior	^[1]
1994	Pedro Lopes	Rutgers	Defender	Senior	^[1]
1995	Cesidio Colasante	La Salle	Midfielder	Sophomore	^[1]
1996	Andrew Williams	Rhode Island	Midfielder	Junior	^[1]
1997	Cesidio Colasante (2)	La Salle	Midfielder	Senior	^[1]
1998	John Wolyniec	Fordham	Forward	Senior	^[1]
1999	Tom Lemmon	St. Bonaventure	Forward	Junior	^[1]

Offensive Player of the Year (2000–)

Kyle Patterson won the Offensive Player of the Year Award in 2007.

Tim Ream won the Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2009.

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Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
2000	R.J. Kaszuba	Dayton	Forward	Senior	^[1]
2001	Jeff Deren	UMass	Forward	Sophomore	^[1]
2002	Jeff Deren (2)	UMass	Forward	Junior	^[1]
2003	Damien Pottinger	Duquesne	Forward	Senior	^[1]
2004	Sasha Gotsmanov	Rhode Island	Forward	Senior	^[1]
2005	John DiRaimondo	Saint Louis	Midfielder	Junior	^[1]
2006	Jeffrey Gonsalves	Rhode Island	Forward	Senior	^[1]
2007	Kyle Patterson	Saint Louis	Midfielder	Junior	^[1]
2008	Chris Salvaggione	Charlotte	Midfielder	Senior	^[1]
2009	Sam Maheu	St. Bonaventure	Forward	Senior	^[1]
2010	Ryan Richter	La Salle	Midfielder	Senior	^[1]
2011	Joshua Patterson	Duquesne	Forward	Junior	^[1]
2012	Jason Johnson	VCU	Forward	Senior	^[1]
2013	Jason Plumhoff	La Salle	Forward	Senior	^[1]
2014	Robert Kristo	Saint Louis	Forward	Senior	^[2]
2015	Amass Amankona	Dayton	Midfielder	Senior	^[3]
2016	János Löbe	Fordham	Midfielder	Sophomore	^[4]
2017	Rafael Andrade Santos	VCU	Forward	Senior	^[5]
2018	János Löbe	Fordham	Midfielder	Senior	^[6]
2019	Jonas Fjeldberg	Dayton	Forward	Junior	^[7]
2020	Jonas Fjeldberg (2)	Dayton	Forward	Senior	^[8]
2021	Simon Becher	Saint Louis	Forward	Junior	^[9]
2022	Alec Hughes	UMass	Forward	Junior	^[10]
2022	John Klein III	Saint Louis	Forward	Senior	^[10]

Defensive Player of the Year (2000–)

Ryan Meara won the Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2011.

Dennis Castillo won the Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2015.

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Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
2000	Terry McNelis	Duquesne	Goalkeeper	Freshman	^[1]
2001	Shawn Alexander	Richmond	Goalkeeper	Senior	^[1]
2002	Stash Graham	La Salle	Goalkeeper	Senior	^[1]
2003	Patrick Hannigan	Temple	Goalkeeper	Junior	^[1]
2004	Patrick Hannigan (2)	Temple	Goalkeeper	Senior	^[1]
2005	Zach Varga	Duquesne	Goalkeeper	Junior	^[1]
2006	Eric Sciocchetti	Richmond	Goalkeeper	Junior	^[1]
2007	Calum Angus	Saint Louis	Defender	Junior	^[1]
2008	Zack Simmons	UMass	Goalkeeper	Senior	^[1]
2009	Tim Ream	Saint Louis	Defender	Senior	^[1]
2010	Charles Rodriguez	Charlotte	Defender	Junior	^[1]
2011	Ryan Meara	Fordham	Goalkeeper	Senior	^[1]
2012	Nick Hagglund	Xavier	Defender	Junior	^[1]
2013	Anthony Manning	Saint Louis	Defender	Junior	^[1]
2014	Anthony Manning (2)	Saint Louis	Defender	Senior	^[2]
2015	Dennis Castillo	VCU	Defender	Senior	^[3]
2016	Lalas Abubakar	Dayton	Defender	Senior	^[4]
2017	Matthew Lewis	Fordham	Defender	Senior	^[5]
2018	Jørgen Oland	Fordham	Defender	Junior	^[6]
2019	Jørgen Oland (2)	Fordham	Defender	Senior	^[7]
2020	Patrick Schulte	Saint Louis	Goalkeeper	Sophomore	^[8]
2021	Kipp Keller	Saint Louis	Defender	Sophomore	^[9]
2022	Alberto Suarez	Saint Louis	Defender	Senior	^[10]

Midfielder of the Year (2007–)

Geoff Cameron won the first A10 Midfielder of the Year Award in 2007.

More information Season, Player ...

Season	Player	School	Class	Reference
2007	Geoff Cameron	Rhode Island	Senior	^[1]
2008	Ben Arikian	UMass	Sophomore	^[1]
2009	Tim Richardson	Fordham	Sophomore	^[1]
2010	Tyler Gibson	Charlotte	Sophomore	^[1]
2011	Yoni Berhanu	George Washington	Senior	^[1]
2012	Donnie Smith	Charlotte	Senior	^[1]
2013	Alex Sweetin	Saint Louis	Senior	^[1]
2014	David Graydon	Saint Louis	Junior	^[2]
2015	Amass Amankona	Dayton	Senior	^[3]
2016	Garrett Heine	George Washington	Senior	^[11]
2017	Rok Taneski	Dayton	Sophomore	^[5]
2018	Siad Haji	VCU	Junior	^[6]
2019	Kingsford Adjei	Dayton	Sophomore	^[7]
2020	Kingsford Adjei (2)	Dayton	Junior	^[8]
2021	Celio Pompeu	VCU	Sophomore	^[9]
2022	Billy Hency	Loyola Chicago	Senior	^[10]

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"RHODE ISLAND & SAINT LOUIS NAB MAJOR A-10 MEN'S SOCCER AWARDS". Atlantic 10 Conference Official Site. December 11, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
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"AMANKONA, CASTILLO, LOEBE EARN MAJOR MEN'S SOCCER AWARDS". Atlantic 10 Conference Official Site. November 11, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
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"EIGHT MEN'S SOCCER STUDENT-ATHLETES RECEIVE NSCAA ALL-MIDWEST REGION HONORS". Atlantic 10 Conference Official Site. December 6, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
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"Fjeldberg, Oland, Adjei, Oladeinbo, and Elliott Win Top Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Awards". atlantic10.com. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
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"2020-21 Men's Soccer End-of-Season Awards" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
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