Monmouth University Athletics

2014 All-MAAC First Team... 2014 NJCBA All-State 2nd Team... NJCBA Player of the Week (3/27/14).

2014: Started in 44 of 49 games in his final season as a Hawk, primarily in right field… Earned a spot on All-MAAC First Team... Named to NJCBA All-State 2nd Team… NJCBA Player of the Week on 3/27… Finished second on the team with a .315 batting average and a slugging percentage of .430… Had three homeruns and 29 RBI’s, both second on the team… Posted three separate six-game hitting streaks… Added a pair of hits in back to back games at Navy (3/8) and Penn (3/9)… Went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI’s at Towson (3/20)… Had five hits in the series sweep of Marist (3/22-3/23)… Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and three RBI’s, including a home run against Niagara (3/29)… Hit a grand slam against Saint Peter’s (4/05)… Went 3-for-6 with a double against Manhattan (4/12)… Went 3-for-5 with 5 RBI’s and a homer against Fairleigh Dickinson (4/16)… Went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and a hit by pitch in first game against Iona (5/10)… Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in the MAAC Tournament against Siena (5/24).

2013: Led the Hawks with five home runs while finishing third in RBI’s (29) and slugging percentage (.432)… Hit .284 with eight doubles, a triple and five home runs in 48 games played, including 47 starts between the outfield and designated hitter positions… Scored 23 runs and walked 14 times… A perfect 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts… Had 14 multi-hit games… Had two hits in each of his first two games against Villanova (Feb. 15) and at No. 2 Vanderbilt (Feb. 22)… Went 3-for-4 with three RBI’s and a run scored at East Carolina (Mar. 9)… Went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored at Virginia Commonwealth (Mar. 15)… Went 3-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and three runs scored at Maryland-Eastern Shore (Mar. 19)… Had consecutive two-hit games with one run scored in a doubleheader against Quinnipiac (Mar. 24)… Had a bases-clearing double in a 3-0 win over Central Connecticut (Mar. 28)… Erupted for two home runs, a career-high five RBI’s, three runs scored and two walks at Mount St. Mary’s (April 7)… Went 2-for-3 with two RBI’s against Hofstra (April 9)… Went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI’s at Rutgers (April 17)… Had an RBI double, a sacrifice fly and a run scored against Lafayette (April 24)… Went off for three home runs in a four-game span, April 27-May 1… Homered in both games of a doubleheader against Sacred Heart (April 27)… Went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI against Sacred Heart (April 28)… Went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, three RBI’s and two runs scored against Saint Peter’s (May 1)… Went 2-for-3 at Bryant (May 12).

2012: Hit .288 with 12 runs scored in 28 games, including 17 starts… Posted a .434 on-base percentage on the strength of 13 walks in 72 plate appearances… Scored a run in each of his first three games against Wright State (Feb. 17), Youngstown State (Feb. 18) and Virginia (Feb. 24)… Added a hit in his only at bat against the Cavaliers… Went 1-for-2 with a walk the following day at Virginia and capped the series against the Cavaliers with a 2-for-4 effort with a run scored (Feb. 26)… Reached base safely on 3-of-4 plate appearances at VCU (Mar. 3) with a single, a walk and a hit-by-pitch… Went 1-for-2 with a double, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI against Fairleigh Dickinson (Mar. 17)… Had a pinch-hit RBI double in his only plate appearance and came around to score in the Hawks’ six-run ninth inning to walk off with the victory against Rider (Apr. 11)… Had three multi-hit efforts in a five-game span (May 5-11), including a 2-for-3 performance with a run scored and an RBI against Bryant (May 5)… Also had a season-high three hits in four plate appearances against the Bulldogs the following day, scoring one run… Went 2-for-3 with an RBI against Sacred Heart (May 11)… Singled and was hit by a pitch in two plate appearances in the NEC Tournament against Sacred Heart (May 18, 19).

High School: Four-year letter winner at Middletown South High School...Tabbed to the 2nd Team All-Shore during senior season...Named to the State All-Star Game....Registered a .303 batting average with four homeruns and 22 RBIs in 2009...Complied a .462 average during senior year with six homeruns and 27 RBIs...Also lettered in football leading the Eagles to a Group 3 State Championship.

Personal: Son of Dan and Rita Sweeney...Majoring in business management.

Sweeney’s Game-Bests
At Bats: 7 vs. Manhattan (5/22/14)
Runs: 3 at Mount St. Mary’s (4/7/13)
Hits: 3, seven times; last vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (4/16/14)
RBI: 5, twice; last vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (4/16/14)
Doubles: 2 vs. Fairfield (4/18/14)
Triples: 1 at Maryland-Eastern Shore (3/19/13)
Home Runs: 2 at Mount St. Mary’s (4/7/13)
Walks: 3 at Saint Peter's (4/6/14)
Stolen Bases: 1, four times; last at Saint Peter's (4/6/14)
Hit Streak: 6 games, three times (3/19/14-3/29/14, 4/10/14-4/18/14, 4/19/14-4/27/14)

2014: Started in 44 of 49 games in his final season as a Hawk, primarily in right field… Named to NJCBA All-State 2^nd Team… NJCBA Player of the Week on 3/27… Finished second on the team with a .315 batting average and a slugging percentage of .430… Had three homeruns and 29 RBI’s, both second on the team… Posted three separate six-game hitting streaks… Added a pair of hits in back to back games at Navy (3/8) and Penn (3/9)… Went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI’s at Towson (3/20)… Had five hits in the series sweep of Marist (3/22-3/23)… Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and three RBI’s, including a home run against Niagara (3/29)… Hit a grand slam against Saint Peter’s (4/05)… Went 3-for-6 with a double against Manhattan (4/12)… Went 3-for-5 with 5 RBI’s and a homer against Fairleigh Dickinson (4/16)… Went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and a hit by pitch in first game against Iona (5/10)… Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in the MAAC Tournament against Siena (5/24).