Sweeney Wins C.G. Timberlake Athlete of the Year

HARTSVILLE, S.C. (05/13/2013)(readMedia)-- Coker College senior men's soccer player James Sweeney was named the C.G. Timberlake Athlete of the Year for the second-straight year, highlighting the 2013 Athletics Awards Ceremony .

Sweeney, a four-year starter and two-time captain for the men's soccer team, led the Cobras to an overall record of 49-19-9 in his career. He holds the school record in games started (74), shutouts (32) and goals-against average (0.787). During Sweeney's career, Coker has won the conference regular-season and tournament titles twice and, in his junior year, the team earned a bid to the NCAA tournament and hosted the second round of regionals for the first time in school history.

Sweeney's career individual postseason awards include: Daktronics All-American and two-time all-region selections, two-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America's Scholar All-American Team selection, Capital One Academic All-American Team, three-time all-conference, two-time conference scholar-athlete of the year, conference defensive player of the year and a four-time conference presidential honor roll and Coker dean's list member. He has also won the C.G. Timberlake Coker College Athlete of the Year and Coker freshman of the year awards.

Off the field, Sweeney boasts a perfect 4.0 GPA as a mathematics and computer science double-major, and is a member of Coker's Enactus team. He was the recipient of Conference Carolinas' highest individual award, the Murphy Osborne Award, which is given to the most outstanding conference student-athlete each academic year. Student-athletes are nominated based on academic, athletic, leadership and service and community excellence. He was Coker's first recipient of this award since 1995, when softball player Liz Clack won it.

Sweeney is from Huntingtown, Md., and is the son of Franklin and Christine Sweeney.