Hofstra University Athletics

AT HOFSTRA 
2008: Played in all 123 sets in all 32 matches…Ranked third on the team with 312 kills…Was second on the squad with 348 digs…Served a team-high 35 aces…Added 64 blocks and 62 assists on the season…Ranked ninth in the CAA In service aces (0.28 per set)…Set a career-high with 21 kills at James Madison…Had a personal-best 22 digs against William and Mary at the CAA Championship…Recorded 21 digs at George Mason…Was in double-digit digs in 20 matches…Served four aces against Robert Morris, George Mason and Towson…Had six blocks versus James Madison…2007: Played in 78 sets in 29 matches…Recorded 102 kills, 140 digs, 21 blocks and 19 service aces on the season…Posted 15 kills versus UNLV…Had 11 kills at Miami (FL)…Had 20 digs versus Butler…Had four blocks versus Ball State…Served four aces at Northeastern…2006: Played 19 sets in 13 matches...Tallied eight kills, nine digs, three blocks and a .417 hitting percentage…Recorded three kills, two digs and one block versus Northeastern…Had a kill and three digs versus Hartford.

BACKGROUND: Played four years of volleyball and basketball at Douglas High School in Minden, Nevada…Helped lead Douglas to back-to-back Sierra League championships as a junior and senior, and a state runner-up finish as a junior…Three-time first team All-Sierra League selection in volleyball…Named to All-Northern Nevada volleyball first team as a senior…Volleyball team Most Valuable Player as a sophomore…First team all-league selection in basketball as a junior and senior…Second team All-Greater Nevada selection by NevadaPrep.com.

PERSONAL: Has one brother…Great uncle, Jim Sweeney, won 200 career games as a college football coach at Montana State, Washington State and Fresno State from 1963 through 1996…Cousin, Kevin Sweeney, passed for 10,623 yards at Fresno State from 1982 through 1986 and graduated as the NCAA all-time passing yards leader…Nicknamed “Gumby”…Teaches children ages 7 to 15 how to play basketball as a Tiger Camp counselor…Block D volunteer which raises money for community development and teaches children to read…Hobbies include snowboarding and boating…Plans to pursue a career as an athletic or physical trainer…Exercise specialist major.