With two weekends to go in the 2017 USL regular season, we continue our look at who might be in the frame for end of season honors. We’ve already looked at who might be among the favorites for the USL Goalkeeper of the Year, Defender of the Year award and Coach of the Year awards. Now we turn our attention to the rookies who’ve had a major impact in their first professional seasons.

Whoever does take this year’s award will be in decent company. Past winners include Real Salt Lake’s Luke Mulholland (2011), the Philadelphia Union’s John McCarthy (2014) and Kharlton Belmar (2015), who this year earned an MLS contract with Sporting Kansas City after starring for the Swope Park Rangers.

Here are five rookies we think have shone brightly in their first professional seasons. Let us know in the comments here or on social media who you think should take home the silverware.