HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Northern Kentucky University softball head coach Kathy Stewart has added University of Kentucky transfer Amber Janneck to the roster for the 2006 season.

Janneck played two seasons at Kentucky and was named to the All-Southeastern Conference Freshman team in 2004 after hitting a school-record 12 home runs. She also batted. .279 and drove in 34 runs as a freshman.

Last season, Janneck belted a team-leading seven home runs for Kentucky. She also collected seven doubles and started all 61 games for the Wildcats. Janneck, who can play shortstop, third base or second base, hit 19 home runs in two years at Kentucky.

A 2003 graduate of Boone County High School, Janneck was named the 9th Region’s most valuable player three times. She hit .489 with 15 doubles, two home runs and scored 59 runs as a senior at Boone County.

Janneck will join an NKU team that posted a 55-2 record last season. The Norse set a collegiate softball record by winning their first 55 games en route to the NCAA Division II World Series.

NKU has won two straight NCAA Division II Great Lakes Region championships.