The Southern Conference Men's Soccer Freshman of the Year is an annual award given the most outstanding freshman soccer player in the Southern Conference. The award has been given since 1992.
Several players have gone on to have illustrious professional careers that have won this award. Notable examples include Clint Dempsey, Drew Moor and Walker Zimmerman.
Winners
1992: Bill Kaushagen, VMI 1993: Kevin Turner, Appalachian State 1994: Rich Daughtridge, VMI 1995: Ronnie Pascale, Furman 1996: Peter Slobodyan, Furman 1997: David Buehler, Davidson 1998: Matt Goldsmith, Furman 1999: Soren Johnson, Davidson 2000: McNeil Cronin, Furman 2001: Clint Dempsey, Furman 2002: Drew Moor, Furman 2003: Scott Jones, UNCG 2004: Matt Smith, UNCG 2005: Kiki Willis, Elon 2006: Jon Cox, Georgia Southern 2007: Haris Cekic, Furman 2008: Coleton Henning, Furman 2009: Chris Thomas, Elon 2010: Andy Craven, Charleston 2011: Walker Zimmerman, Furman 2012: Nestor Jaramillo, Wofford 2013: Bobby Edet, Furman 2014: Will Bagrou, Mercer 2015: Leeroy Maguraushe, UNCG 2016: Joe Pickering, ETSU 2017: Nelson Oceano, UNCG 2018: Trevor Martineau, Mercer 2019: Adrian Roseth, Wofford 2020: Jake Raine, Furman & Theo Collomb, UNCG 2021: JC Ngando, UNCG 2022: Nikolai Rojel, Wofford 2023: Barzee Blama, Mercer 2024: Issah Haruna, UNCG 2025: Braden Dunham, Furman
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