NAIA National Players of the Week

Football Honors

Joey Waters of Union College (Ky.), Deveon Moss of McKendree College (Ill.), and Patrick Kollars of Ottawa University (Kan.) were named the NAIA Football Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the week, respectively, for the November 5 game.

Waters, a 6'1", 207-lb junior, threw for 312 yards in Union's 35-34 upset of then-#5 University of the Cumberlands (Ky.). A native of McDonough, Ga., Waters was 28-for-44, connected for four touchdowns and led the Bulldogs from a 14-point deficit. He now ranks third in program history with 32 career touchdown passes. Union is 3-6 on the season.

Hailing from Centralia, Ill., linebacker Moss recorded seven solo tackles and assisted on three others as McKendree upset then-#9 St. Ambrose University (Iowa) 41-9. The 5'10", 205-lb senior led the defensive effort that held St. Ambrose to only 197 yards in total offense. Moss had two sacks and forced a fumble, the eighth in his career. Two of his tackles were for a loss of 15 yards as McKendree improved to 7-2 this year.

The 6'1", 200-lb Kollars accumulated 395 kickoff yards as Ottawa defeated Southwestern College (Kan.) 38-35. The freshman from Vinita, Okla., had one touchback, plus three kickoffs inside of the ten and three inside of the five yard lines. Kollars was also a perfect five-for-five on PAT's and had a 39-yard field goal that was the difference in the game. Ottawa is 5-4 on the year.

Volleyball Honors

Julia Bradley of Cedarville University (Ohio), Megan Gullickson of Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) and Gail Klitz of Doane College (Neb.) were named the NAIA Volleyball Player, Setter, and Libero of the Week, respectively, for the week ending November 6, 2005.

Bradley, a 6'0" middle hitter from Valencia, Calif., averaged 6 kills per game as Cedarville went 6-1 on the week. The junior had a 44% kill percentage and added nine digs as the Yellow Jackets improved to 40-2 on the season.

Junior setter Gullickson averaged 13.67 assists per game in leading Olivet Nazarene to a 4-0 record. A native of Bourbonnais, Ill., she also had 3.25 digs per game and recorded six serving aces to help the Tigers improve to 27-13.

Hailing from Dodge, Neb., Klitz broke the NAIA record for digs in a match with 62 in her first of two matches. The record came in a 3-2 victory against Nebraska Wesleyan University. A senior libero, Klitz averaged 10.11 digs per game for the two matches as Doane was 2-0 on the week and 21-11 on the year.

Other Football Offensive Nominees:

Odie Armstrong, Northwestern Oklahoma State University (CSFL); Phillip Barron, Bethel College (Kan.) (KCAC); Travis Blome, University of Montana-Western (FC); Chris Brammel, University of St. Francis (Ind.) (MSFA-ME0); Dusty Hovorka, University of Sioux Falls (S.D.) (GPAC); Dominique Jones, McKendree College (Ill.) (MSFA-MW); Kamau Leitner, Edward Waters College (Fla.) (Ind.); Chad Lueck, Valley City State University (N.D.) (DAC); Jimmy Werbin, MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.) (HAAC).

Other Football Defensive Nominees:

Dathan Brown, Texas College (CSFL); Chauncey Calhoun, Valley City State University (N.D.) (DAC); Greg Eberhart, Geneva College (Pa.) (MSFA-ME); DeMarcus Henderson, Edward Waters College (Fla.) (Ind.); Kyle Henderson, MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.) (HAAC); Seamus Molloy, Carroll College (Mont.) (FC); Patrick O'Neal, Union College (Ky.) (MSC); Jake Schenk, Tabor College (Kan.) (KCAC); John Zevenbergen, Morningside College (Iowa) (GPAC).

Other Football Special Teams Nominees:

Jason Buster, Union College (Ky.) (MSC); Sal De La Cruz, Texas College (CSFL); Demarcus Haliburton, Southwestern Assemblies of God University (Texas) (Ind.); Brad Hollen, University of Montana-Western (FC); Cody Jaminet, Morningside College (Iowa) (GPAC); Rob Lash, Walsh University (Ohio) (MSFA-ME); Bryan Loweree, Jamestown College (N.D.) (DAC); Dominique Morning, Benedictine College (Kan.) (HAAC); Nate Turnbull, William Penn University (Iowa) (MSFA-MW).

Other Volleyball Player Nominees

Celestial Alofipo, Westminster College (Utah) (I); Jessica DeJager, Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) (II); Kari Hochstein, Doane College (Neb.) (III); Julie Tracy, Bellevue University (Neb.) (IV); Rose Obunga, Columbia College (Mo.) (V); Emily Lindquist, Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) (VII); Shari Vanengen, Cornerstone University (Mich.) (VIII); Anna Clemez, University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) (XI); Kristina Rader, Asbury College (Ky.) (XII).

Other Volleyball Setter Nominees -

Alison Simmons, Northwest College (Wash.) (I); Shu Lie, Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) (II); Megan Floerke, Valley City State University (N.D.) (III); Candance Clow, Bellevue University (Neb.) (IV); Lindsay Neal, Graceland University (Iowa) (V); Renee Laidler, University of Michigan-Dearborn (VIII); Kelsey Jones, Cedarville University (Ohio) (IX); Macey Denney, Cumberland University (Tenn.) (XI) Nicole Scheidt, Montreat College (N.C.) (XIII)

Other Volleyball Libero Nominees-

Rebekah Hudson, Montana Tech of the University of Montana (I); Natalie Rentz, Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) (II); Keesha Cooper, Newman University (Kan.) (IV); Sarah Young, Graceland University (Iowa) (V); Cyndi Rucker, Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) (VII); Julie Bruise, Cornerstone University (Mich.) (VIII); Katie Horch, Roberts Wesleyan College (N.Y.) (IX); Traci Synder, University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) (XI); Angela Montreuil, King College (Tenn.) (XII).