USA Field Hockey FIH Athletes of the Year

Established in 1998, The FIH Player of the Year is presented to the world's top international field hockey athlete.

Nominees from national federations are evaluated by a selection panel that includes FIH coaches and umpires, members of the media and members of the FIH Athletes' Panel.

Skill, technique
Impact on team’s performance
Tournaments/titles/honours won
Personality/Charisma – qualities as an ambassador for hockey
Disciplinary record
Involvement in hockey off the field of play

Yr	Women	Men
2006	Minke Booij (NED)	Teun de Nooijer (NED)
2005	Luciana Aymar (ARG)	Teun de Nooijer (NED)
2004	Luciana Aymar (ARG)	Jamie Dwyer (AUS)
2003	Mijntje Donners (NED)	Teun de Nooijer (NED)
2002	Cecilia Rognoni (ARG)	Michael Green (GER)
2001	Luciana Aymar (ARG)	Florian Kunz (GER)
2000	Alyson Annan (AUS)	Stephan Veen (NED)
1999	Natascha Keller (GER)	Jay Stacy (AUS)
1998	Alyson Annan (AUS)	Stephan Veen (NED)

Yr	Women	Men
2006	Mi Hyun Park (KOR)	Christopher Zeller (GER)
2005	Maartje Goderie (NED)	Robert van der Horst (NED)
2004	Soledad Garcia (ARG)	Santi Freixa (ESP)
2003	Maartje Sheepstra (NED)	Grant Schubert (AUS)
2002	Soledad Garcia (ARG)	Jamie Dwyer (AUS)
2001	Angie Skirving (AUS)	Tibor Weibenborn (GER)