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 Junior
forward Christine Sinclair of the University of Portland and
senior midfielder Danny O’Rourke of Indiana University are the
winners of the 2004
M.A.C's Hermann Trophy Award,
presented to the top female and male players in NCAA Division I
soccer. The winners were decided by a vote of current National
Soccer Coaches Association of America members at the NCAA
Division I level and were announced live to a national
television audience on ESPNEWS.
Sinclair (Burnaby,
British Columbia) scored 22 goals, 11 assists and 10
game-winners during the 2004 season en route to winning college
soccer’s top prize. She finished fourth nationally in total
points and tied for third in goals. Sinclair was named West
Coast Conference Player of the Year for the second time in her
career and led the Pilots to the quarterfinals of the 2004 NCAA
Tournament.
 Sinclair is already established as one of Canada’s greatest
soccer players ever. A member of the Canadian national team
since 2000, she is the second highest goal-scorer in Canadian
history. Sinclair played in all six games and tallied three
goals at the 2003 Women’s World Cup, helping Canada to a
surprise fourth-place finish.
In
just three seasons at Portland, Sinclair is already ranked among
Portland’s career leaders in game-winners (1st), points (3rd),
goals (3rd), shots (3rd) and assists (12th). In 2002, Sinclair
scored both goals in the College Cup finals against Santa Clara
in leading Portland to the national championship.
A
life science major with a 3.68 cumulative grade-point average,
she is the only Portland player in history to garner two CoSIDA
Academic All-American selections. Sinclair becomes the 2nd
women’s player from the University of Portland to earn college
soccer’s top honor. Shannon MacMillan won the M.A.C. and the
Hermann awards in 1995.
The
other two women's finalists for the 2004 Hermann Trophy were
University of North Carolina sophomore forward Heather O’Reilly
(East Brunswick, N.J.) and Penn State junior forward Tiffany
Weimer (North Haven, Conn.).
O’Rourke (Columbus, Ohio) caps off a tremendous season by
winning college soccer’s top honor. In 2004, he helped lead
Indiana to its second consecutive NCAA championship. The team
tri-captain anchored an IU defense that posted 11 shutouts and
ranked among the national leaders in goals against (0.63). He
was a unanimous first team All-Big Ten selection and an NSCAA/adidas
first team All-America.
In the 2004
College Cup semifinals, O’Rourke assisted on the game-winner in
the Hoosiers’ come-from-behind 3-2 double-overtime victory over
Maryland, earning selection to the College Cup All-Tournament
team.
 O’Rourke not only excelled on the field, but in the classroom as
well. He was named the NSCAA/Adidas Scholar Athlete of the Year,
becoming just the second player to win both National Player of
the Year and Scholar Athlete of the Year in the same year.
O’Rourke becomes the sixth player from Indiana to win National
Player of the Year honors: Todd Yeagley `94 and Ken Snow `88 &
`90 won the M.A.C. Award; Brian Maisonneuve `94, Armando
Betancourt `81 and Angelo DiBernardo `78 won the Hermann Trophy.
The
other two men's finalists for the 2004 Hermann Trophy were
Virginia Commonwealth senior defender Gonzalo Segares (San Jose,
Costa Rico) and Tulsa junior forward Ryan Pore (Mansfield,
Ohio).
An
exhibition dedicated to the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann
Trophy featuring all former recipients of both the M.A.C. and
Hermann trophies, the current winners, a replica of the Irish
crystal trophy and the original Hermann Trophy is on display at
the National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum.
About the National Soccer Hall
of Fame and Museum
 Located in
Oneonta, NY, the National Soccer Hall of Fame opened a 30,000
square foot, state-of-the-art museum in 1999. The Hall of Fame
tells the story of soccer in
America through artifacts, photographs, and video clips. The new
Hall features an extensive interactive, youth oriented Kicks
Zone where visitors have fun kicking,
heading and playing computer trivia stations and video
soccer games. The VideoWall portrays some of the greatest
moments and the greatest goals in history as well as live soccer
action with World Cup, MLS, and U.S. Soccer matches. Unique and
rare artifacts on exhibit range from the world’s oldest soccer
ball to the FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy won by the USA in
1999,
Pelé's and Mia Hamm’s uniforms, Kristine Lilly’s golden
shoes, NASL championship rings, the original MLS championship
trophy, MLS gallery - it’s all at the National Soccer Hall of
Fame. In addition to the interactive Museum, the National Soccer
Hall of Fame complex boasts the
Kicks
Zone Store,
a research library, four world-class soccer fields and
office/meeting facilities. The Hall plans to add a stadium, an
indoor soccer arena and housing facilities in the future.
The mission of
the National Soccer Hall of Fame is to celebrate the history,
honor the heroes, inspire the youth and preserve the legacy of
soccer in the United States.
The National
Soccer Hall of Fame is open every day of the year, except
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. Admission is $9.00 for
adults, $8.00 for students, $6.50 for children 6 or older and
senior citizens. Children 5 and under are free.
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