Johnny Sweeney

Johnny Sweeney

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Overland Park, Kan.

High School:
Rockhurst

Weight:
185

Position:
OF

B/T:
L/L

IN 2006 - Named second-team All-Conference, Academic All-Conference and first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District ... was third on the team with a .316 average to go with a career-high 31 RBI ... led the team with 17 doubles, second-most in school history and sixth in the A-10 ... ranked eighth in the A-10 with 72 hits and was one of five A-10 players to finish the season with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage ... holds the school record with 207 career games played and ranks among the program's career top 10 in doubles (4th, 51), hits (5th, 225), total bases (8th, 291), at-bats (4th, 752) and games started (4th, 196) ... ended his career on a 19-game hitting streak, the team's longest of the season and the longest of his career ... hit .346 in A-10 regular-season games ... drove in a run on a pair of hits in the NCAA Tournament game against San Diego ... went 2-for-3 and drove in the team's only run on a double at No. 2 Cal State Fullerton in the first game of the NCAA Tournament ... had the team's lone hit through the first eight innings of the A-10 championship game against St. Bonaventure then started the ninth-inning rally by reaching on an error ... singled in the first game of the championship round against the Bonnies after going 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored in the semifinal game against St. Bona ... singled in each of the first two rounds of the A-10 Tournament ... drove in a run on two hits, including a double, in the series finale at Dayton ... doubled in the second game of the doubleheader at Dayton after going 3-for-6 with two RBI in the first game ... added a single at SEMO ... singled and scored a run in the first inning of the Rhode Island series finale ... drove in two runs on a pair of singles and drew two walks in the second game against the Rams ... singled and scored the team's lone run in the Rhode Island series opener ... recorded a pair of singles in the series finale at George Washington ... picked up an RBI on two singles in the second game against the Colonials after going 2-for-4 with an RBI in the series opener ... added a single at Eastern Illinois ... singled, walked and scored a run in the series finale at Charlotte ... added an RBI in the second game against the 49ers after hitting a single in the series opener ... recorded three singles and scored the tying run in the wood bat game against Southern Illinois ... drove in two runs, including a solo home run to put the Bills on top in the sixth inning, and added a single against Missouri State ... went 2-for-3 and drew a walk in the UMass series finale ... added a pair of hits, including a double, and scored a run in the second game against the Minutemen ... added a single in the series finale at Xavier ... singled and scored a run in the second game against Musketeers ... tied his career highs of three RBI and three runs scored on two hits, including a double, in the series opener at Xavier ... went 3-for-4, including two doubles, and scored three runs in the first game at Saint Joseph's ... posted two doubles among his three hits and drove in a run at Bradley ... singled in a run and scored twice against SEMO ... added a single in the series finale against Duquesne ... singled in the Duquesne series opener ... added an RBI in the sixth inning at Missouri State ... went 2-for-3 and doubled in the first run against Eastern Illinois ... drove in three runs on a career-high four hits, including two doubles, in the Richmond series finale ... drew a bases-loaded walk and added a single in the second game against the Spiders ... singled and scored the team's lone run in the third inning of the series opener against Purdue ... was 2-for-3 with an RBI, a double and two runs scored in the second game against UIC ... went 2-for-4 in the first game of the UIC series ... walked and scored a run in the first half of the South Dakota State doubleheader ... went 3-for-4 with an RBI in the first game against South Dakota State ... was 2-for-4 with the game-winning RBI against Indiana State ... went 2-for-4 and scored twice against Bradley ... walked and scored a run in the Creighton series finale ... went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in the second game against the Bluejays ... plated his first run of the season with a bases-loaded walk in the Creighton series opener.

IN 2005 - Led the team with a .340 average and was second with 30 RBI ... led the team with 15 doubles, the sixth-most in school history ... also among the program's top 15 in single-season at-bats (209, t-7th), hits (71, t-11th) and games played (53, t-15th) ... is tied for ninth in school history with 34 career doubles and is 19th with 153 career hits ... was second on the team with a .345 average in C-USA games ... was named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District ... saw his career-best nine-game hitting streak come to an end in the series finale at East Carolina after driving in a run on two singles in the second game against the Pirates ... put up two hits, including a double, and scored a run in the ECU series opener ... matched his career high of three hits for the second time in three games against No. 1 Tulane with two singles and a double in the series finale ... singled in the second game against Tulane ... tied his career high with three hits and scored a career-high three runs in the first game of the Tulane series ... recorded two hits, including a double, and drove in a run at Eastern Illinois ... added a pair of singles and a walk in the series finale at Houston ... singled in the second game against the Cougars after hitting a double and scoring a run in the series opener ... saw his seven-game hitting streak come to an end in the wood bat game against Southern Illinois ... singled, walked and scored two runs in the series finale at Memphis ... added two singles in each of the first two games against the Tigers ... drove in two runs on two hits against SMS ... drove in two runs on two hits in the Louisville series finale ... was 2-for-3 and scored a run in the second game against the Cardinals ... doubled and scored a run in the first game of the Louisville series ... drove in two runs on a pair of hits at Indiana State ... was 3-for-4 with two RBI in the series finale at No. 33 Southern Miss ... picked up a pair of hits and an RBI in the second game against the Golden Eagles after adding a single in the series opener ... drove in two runs on two hits against UT-Martin ... matched his career high with three RBI on two hits in the second Cincinnati game ... doubled and scored the winning run at SMS ... singled, drew a walk and scored a run against SEMO ... drove in a run on a sacrifice fly in the final game of the Charlotte series ... picked up an RBI in the second Charlotte game ... was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in the first game against the 49ers ... tripled and drove in two runs against No. 24 Missouri ... drove in a run on a single against Eastern Illinois ... singled in the series finale against No. 22 TCU ... saw his career-best eight-game hitting streak come to an end in the first game of the TCU series ... went 3-for-5 at Bradley ... was the only Billiken with two hits in the series finale at UAB ... singled in each of the first two games at UAB ... drove in two runs on two doubles and a bases-loaded walk in the UIC series finale ... went 2-for-4 and scored a run in the second game of the UIC series ... doubled in a run in the first game against UIC ... picked up a pair of singles against Bradley ... drove in the game-tying and winning runs with a two-out single in the top of the ninth in the second game at Troy ... singled in a run in the first game against the Trojans ... drove a two-run double down the left field line in the top of the ninth in the first game at Creighton ... had two hits and scored a run in each game at Western Kentucky.

IN 2004 - Posted a .254 average with 24 RBI ... finished the regular season tied for ninth C-USA in fielding percentage at .992 ... hit a team-high .444 (4-for-9) with the bases loaded ... was hottest at the plate in the last month of the season, hitting safely in 14 of the last 18 games, including multiple hits in seven of those outings ... doubled and scored a run in the series finale against Memphis ... drove in a run on a double in the first game against the Tigers ... went 2-for-3 and scored twice in the series finale at No. 13 Tulane ... added an RBI, scored a run and brought back a home run at the left field wall in the series finale against No. 5 East Carolina ... went 3-for-4 for the second straight game, including a pair of doubles, and matched his career-high with three RBI in the first game against the Pirates ... put up three hits for the second time in five games with a 3-for-4 outing in the series finale at Cincinnati ... singled and scored a run in the second game at UC ... matched his career high with three hits, including a double, and scored both the team's runs in the series finale at TCU ... went 2-for-3 with a walk and scored a run in the second game of the series ... drove in two runs on two hits in the first game against the Horned Frogs ... went 2-for-4 and scored a run at Eastern Illinois ... doubled in a run and scored at UT-Martin ... drove in a run, singled and scored in the second game against Southern Miss ... doubled in a run in the first game against the Golden Eagles ... matched his career high with three RBI in the series finale at USF ... drew a bases loaded walk to drive in a run in the first UAB game ... started the ninth-inning rally at Bradley with a single ... singled and picked up an RBI in the second game at Charlotte ... tied his career high with three RBI on a 2-for-3 outing in the UW-Milwaukee series finale ... singled and scored a run in the second game against UWM ... drew a career-high three walks and singled in a run in the second game of the UIC series ... doubled and came around to score in the sixth inning of the UIC series opener ... went 2-for-4 and drove in a run against Indiana State ... went 2-for-3 with three RBI in the second game of the Belmont doubleheader.

IN 2003 - Finished third on the team with a .267 average to go with 16 RBI on the season ... was the only freshman to earn a regular position in the lineup, starting 38 games in left field ... ended the regular season as one of just seven C-USA players with a perfect fielding percentage ... singled and scored a run in the season finale at UAB ... picked up a single in the first game of the UAB series ... recorded one of just four Billiken hits in the wooden bat game against Southern Illinois ... singled and scored a run in the Cincinnati series finale ... went 2-for-4 in the second game of the Cincinnati series ... matched his career high with three hits and two RBI in the first game against UC ... picked up a single in the second game at Memphis ... went 2-for-5 with an RBI at Eastern Illinois ... went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in the series finale against No. 22 Tulane ... picked up two RBI in the first game against the Green Wave ... drove in two runs, went 2-for-3 with a double and a triple, stole two bases and scored twice, including the game-winning run in the ninth inning, against McKendree ... had a career-best six-game hitting streak end in the second game at Houston, but still picked up an RBI ... singled and drove in a run in the first game of the Houston series ... picked up a pair of hits, including his first career triple, and drove in a run at Bradley ... had a hit in each game of the South Florida series, including a double in the first and last games of the series ... drove in a two runs in the second game of the USF series ... was 3-for-4 and scored twice in the series finale at Louisville ... had a career-best four putouts in the second game against Charlotte ... posted his first career RBI against Evansville ... picked up a pinch-hit single in the first game of the TCU series ... picked up his first career hit with a 2-for-3 day against Ball State ... made his collegiate debut with a start against Evansville.

AT ROCKHURST - Earned two letters for coach Jim DeGraw's Hawklets ... selected to play in the Kansas/Missouri Coaches All-Star game ... posted a .332 average with eight stolen bases ... went 3-3 on the mound with a 4.21 ERA ... also helped football team to a state championship in 2000.

Career Stats
Year G/GS Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-A BB PO A
2003 42/38 .267 146 19 39 7 2 1 16 8-10 11 62 4
2004 53/48 .254 169 25 43 12 0 0 24 2-8 16 119 4
2005 53/52 .340 209 26 71 15 1 0 30 8-13 15 103 3
2006 59/58 .316 228 39 72 17 0 2 31 5-8 21 99 4
Totals 207/196 .299 752 109 225 51 3 3 101 23-39 63 383 15
Career Highs
AB 7 v. Cincinnati, 5/9/03*
Runs 3, 3x, most recent,
at Xavier, 4/14/06
Hits 4 v. Richmond, 3/26/06
RBI 3, 7x, most recent,
at Saint Joseph's, 4/7/06
2B 2, 3x, most recent,
v. UIC, 3/13/05
BB 3 v. UIC, 3/6/04
SB 2 v. McKendree, 4/23/03
PO 8 at Tulane, 5/16/04
Hit
Streak
19 games
from 4/30/06 to 6/3/06
* indicates school record

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