Five players received the honor for the second consecutive year, including junior midfielder Jessalyn Halsted, one of two players selected from Harrison High School in Harrison, Ark. Another junior midfielder, Molly Kruger, also was a repeat selection as she helped her Carmel (Ind.) High School team to an undefeated season and the No. 1 ranking in the final NSCAA/adidas national poll.

Three boys were repeat selections: Brian Yi, a senior midfielder from the McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Md.; Derick Radcliffe, a senior midfielder from Bearden High School in Knoxville, Tenn., which claimed the No. 1 spot in the NSCAA/adidas spring boys poll with a 25-0-0 mark; and Zachary Riffett, a senior goalkeeper from Brenham (Texas) High School. Riffett is a three-time NSCAA/adidas All-America.

The players will be invited to take part in the NSCAA/adidas All-America Luncheon, which will be held on Saturday, Jan. 18, as part of the 2003 NSCAA Convention in Kansas City, Mo. The players who have completed their high school eligibility also will be part of the selection pool for the McDonald's All American High School Soccer Games, presented by Powerade. The games will be held this summer in Charleston, S.C., where they were launched last June.

The complete list of NSCAA/adidas High School State Players of the Year follows.

2002 NSCAA/adidas High School State Players of the Year

Name, Class, Position, School

Alabama
Boys: Charles Amartei Amamoo, Sr., D, John Carroll Catholic High School

Alaska
Girls: Liberty Ziegahn, Sr., D, Robert Service High School
Boys: Robert Lossett, Sr., M, Douglas High School

Arizona
Boys: Omid Aldaghi, Sr., F, Salpointe High School

Arkansas
Girls: Jessalyn Halsted, Jr., M, Harrison High School
Boys: Charles Scarsdale, Sr., M, Harrison High School

California
Girls: Jennifer Crump, Sr., D, Ernest Righetti High School
Boys: Taylor Canel, Sr., M, Crespi Carmelite High School

Colorado
Girls: Emily J. Vogelzang, Sr., G, Denver Christian High School
Boys: Garrett Sadusky, Sr., M, Columbine High School

Connecticut
Girls: Lauren Erwin, Sr., M, Amity Regional High School
Boys: Paulo Walters, Sr., M, East Lyme High School

Delaware
Girls: Shannon Bradbury, Sr., M, St. Mark's High School
Boys: Stephen Cavalier, Jr., D, Salesianum School

Florida
Girls: Ashlyn Harris, Sr., G, Satellite High School
Boys: Hunter West, Sr., M, Manatee High School

Georgia
Girls: Allison Graham, Sr., M, Starr's Mill High School
Boys: Justin Moore, Sr., M, Parkview High School

Hawaii
Boys: Duke Hashimoto, Sr., M, Iolani High School

Idaho
Girls: Erin Pittenger, Sr., F, McCall-Donnelly High School
Boys: Christopher Brown, Sr., D, Timberline High School

Illinois
Girls: Julianne Sitch, Sr., M, Oswego High School
Boys: Jedidiah Zayner, Sr., D, Carl Sandburg High School

Indiana
Girls: Molly Kruger, Jr., M, Carmel High School
Boys: D. Blake Sharpe, Sr., M, Canterbury High School

Iowa
Girls: Courtney Crandell, Sr., F, Roosevelt High School
Boys: Jake Settle, Sr., G, John F. Kennedy High School

Kansas
Girls: Jessica Smith, Sr., F, Wichita Southeast High School
Boys: Matt Blouin , Sr., F, Saint Thomas Aquinas High School

Kentucky
Girls: Elisabeth Jones, Sr., D, Lexington Christian Academy
Boys: Michael L. Dugger, Sr., F, Madisonville North Hopkins High School

Louisiana
Girls: Bonnie Nobles, Sr., G, Mount Carmel Academy
Boys: Jarod Marks, Sr., M, Northside High School

Maine
Girls: Kimberley C. Alexander, Sr., F, Greely High School
Boys: Patrick Halligan, Sr., F, Falmouth High School

Maryland
Girls: Ashly Kennedy, Sr., D, St. Mary’s High School
Boys: Brian Yi, Sr., M, McDonogh School

Massachusetts
Girls: Randi-Lynn Bruso, Sr., F, Douglas High School
Boys: Ali Kaba, Sr., M, Beverly High School

Michigan
Girls: Lindsay Tarpley, Sr., F, Portage Central High School

Minnesota
Girls: Katherine Krambeer, Sr., F, Osseo High School
Boys: Aaron Witchger, Sr., M, Edina High School

Missouri
Girls: Christina M. Cigno, Sr., M, St. Joseph's Academy
Boys: William John, Sr., M, Rockhurst Jesuit High School

Nevada
Boys: Tyler Canada, Sr., M, Centennial High School

New Hampshire
Girls: Jordan Pouliot, Sr., F, Trinity High School
Boys: Will Schlough, Sr., F, Exeter High School

New Jersey
Girls: Lizzie Reed, Sr., M, Ramapo High School
Boys: Daniel Miller, Sr., D, East Brunswick High School

New Mexico
Girls: Natasha Lee, Sr., F, Sandia High School
Boys: Edgar Castillo, So., F, Mayfield High School

New York
Girls: Meghan Rourke, Sr., F, Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School
Boys: John Mulhern, Sr., M, Smithtown High School

North Carolina
Girls: Andrea L. Hinshaw, Sr., G, Needham Broughton High School
Boys: Patrick Farrell, Sr., M, Grimsley High School

Ohio
Girls: Kelly Quinn, So., M, Dublin Coffman High School
Boys: Xavier Balc, Jr., F, Hudson High School

Oklahoma
Girls: Elizabeth Jane Remy, Sr., F, Norman High School
Boys: Jarod Tarver, Sr., F, Norman High School

Oregon
Boys: Chris Dorough, Sr., F, The Catlin Gabel School

Pennsylvania
Girls: Meghan Elisabeth Schnur, Sr., M, Butler Area Senior High School
Boys: Ashley Kozicki, Sr., M, Pleasant Valley High School

Rhode Island
Girls: Molly Parkhurst, Sr., M, La Salle Academy
Boys: Nicholas Colaluca, Jr., M, La Salle Academy

South Carolina
Girls: Natasha Moore, Sr., F, Hillcrest High School
Boys: John Cooper, Sr., M, Riverside High School

Tennessee
Girls: Katy Rayburn, Sr., D, Franklin High School
Boys: Derick Radcliffe, Sr., M, Bearden High School

Texas
Girls: Breanne Kaldheim, Sr., D, Kingwood High School
Boys: Zachary Riffett, Sr., G, Brenham High School

Utah
Girls: Elizabeth Affleck, Sr., F, Alta High School
Boys: German Ochoa, Sr., M, Wasatch High School

Vermont
Girls: Stephanie Charron, Sr., D, Champlain Valley Union High School
Boys: Glenn Sherman, Sr., F, Arlington Memorial High School

Virginia
Girls: Nataly Arias, Jr., M, Bishop O’Connell High School
Boys: Jeffrey Carroll, Sr., M, West Springfield High School

West Virginia
Girls: Michelle Molinari, So., D, Parkersburg South High School
Boys: John White, Sr., D, Huntington High School

Wisconsin
Girls: Lindsay Michuda, Sr., M, Brookfield Central High School
Boys: Andrew Daniels, Sr., F, Marquette University High School