Melissa Hornfeck (Anne Arundel, Md.) of Monroe Community College earned the 2005 NSCAA/adidas Women's National Player of the Year award for junior college Division I play, becoming the first female player and only the second player of either gender to earn the honor in consecutive years.

All selections for NSCAA/adidas National Player of the Year at the intercollegiate level are listed below with the exception of the NCAA Division I men's and women's players. The recipients of the 2005 Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy, they will be announced on Friday evening, Jan. 6, at a news conference televised live on ESPNews at 7 p.m. EST.

All of the Players of the Year will be recognized at the All-American Luncheon, to be held on Saturday, Jan. 21, as part of the 2006 NSCAA Convention in Philadelphia, Pa.

NCAA Division II Men – Christopher Joyce, Franklin Pierce College, Jarrow, England
Joyce led Division II with 67 points on 29 goals and nine assists. He matched the school’s season record for goals and notched a school-record eight game-winning goals to help FPC to the Division II championship game. He set the NCAA career record with nine goals in Division II tournament play and tied the mark with 20 career points in eight tournament games. His 51 goals rank fourth in school history in only two seasons of play.

NCAA Division II Women – Shannon Lovejoy, Seattle Pacific University
A three-time NSCAA/adidas All-America selection, Lovejoy recorded eight goals and nine assists for 25 points for the Falcons, leading them to the NCAA Division II title game, losing in overtime to Nebraska-Omaha. She closes her career as Seattle Pacific's single-season and career leader in several statistical categories, including goals, assists, points, shots, and game-winning goals and also is the Great Northwest Athletic Conference career scoring leader.

NCAA Division III Men – David McClellan, Messiah College, Middleburg, Pa.
McClellan scored 20 goals and added seven assists as he helped Messiah to its third national title in four years. A two-time first-team NSCAA/adidas All-America, he closed his career with a total of 52 goals and 22 assists for 126 points.

NCAA Division III Women - Cortney Kjar, University of Puget Sound
A two-time NSCAA/adidas All-America, Kjar has won back-to-back Northwest Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors. She closes her career with nine school records, including career goals (58), single-season goals (22 each of the last two years), single-game goals (four), most points in a career (146) and season) and game-winning goals in a career (17) and season (eight). She also has earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.

NAIA Men – Hjortur Hjartarson, University of Auburn-Montgomery, Akranes, Iceland
A junior, Hjartarson led the NAIA with 48 goals and 106 points in 2005. He was named NSCAA/adidas All-America first team honors for the first time this season after claiming third-team honors in 2003.

NAIA Women – Clare Sykes, Martin Methodist College
A sophomore, Sykes started 23 of 25 matches for the NAIA women’s national champion. She scored 10 goals and added 11 assists. Aggressive on the offensive end, she averaged 3.6 shots per match She won TranSouth Athletic Conference all-conference and all-tournament honors and was named to the NAIA All-Tournament team.

Junior College Division I Men – Luis Campo, Georgia Perimeter College
A two-time Region XVII Player of the Year, Campo twice has been named an NSCAA/adidas All-America. In two seasons as an offensive midfielder, he scored 37 goals and had 50 assists. His leadership as team captain helped GPC to consecutive trips to the NJCAA Division I championship match and the school’s fist national title, despite suffering an injury during the tournament run to the championship.

Junior College Division I Women – Melissa Hornfeck, Monroe Community College, Anne Arundel, Md.
Hornfeck becomes the first female, and only the second player, to win consecutive National Player of the Year honors at the junior college level. Despite injury that kept her off the field for a large part of the season, she still scored 14 goals and had eight assists and helped Monroe to its second consecutive national title. A two-time national tournament MVP, she closes her career with 46 goals and 20 assists.

Junior College Division III Men – Dwight Barnett, Herkimer County Community College
Barnett captained the Generals to a 2005 NJCAA Division III national championship. He scored 53 goals and had 34 assists in two years at Herkimer, leading the Generals to two Region III Championship and back-to-back trips to the national title game. The Mountain Valley Conference and Region III Player of the Year the past two seasons, he is a two-time NSCAA/adidas All-America.

Junior College Division III Women – Andrea Salvador, Solano College, Richmond, Calif.
Salvador shattered every Solano single-season scoring record, posting 26 goals and 14 assists for a total of 66 points. She had 10 matches with at least two goals scored, including a pair of four-goal matches. She completed her career at Solano with 40 goals and 22 assists. The Bay Valley Conference Offensive MVP, she is a two-time all-conference selection.

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