2026 Baseball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 17
Johnny Sweeney
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Millstadt, Ill.
- High School:
- Belleville West HS
2025 (SENIOR): Named American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings First Team All-American ... Named ABCA/Rawling First Team All-Region ... Named a Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist … Named First Team All-Big South … Named Big South Player of the Week on 3/24/25; 4/7/25; and 5/5/25 … Appeared in 57 games, making 57 starts … Posted a three-slash line of .345/.500/.701 … Collected 60 runs, 67 hits, 15 doubles, 18 home runs, and 82 RBI … Drew 42 walks and 21 HBP … Stole three bases in as many attempts … Recorded a career-high four hits on three occasions: versus NC State on 3/25/25; versus High Point on 4/4/25; and versus Gardner-Webb on 4/27/25 … Collected a career-high seven RBI on two occasions: versus NC State on 3/25/25 and versus Longwood on 5/3/25 … Recorded 19 multi-hit and 18 multi-RBI games … Posted a career-long 10-game hitting streak and a career-long 19-game reached base streak ... Set the single-season program mark for RBI (82) ... Set the single-season Division I era (2007-pres.) marks for RBI (82), walks (42), and on-base percentage (.500) ... Concluded the season on a two-game reached base streak.
2024 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 15 games, making three starts … Posted a three-slash line of .059/.333/.235 … Collected five runs, one hit, one home run, and one RBI … Drew three walks and four HBP … Recorded a season-high one hit versus Radford on 3/24/24 … Collected a season-high one RBI versus Radford on 3/24/24 … Posted a season-long one-game hitting streak and season-long five-game reached base streak.
2023 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 41 games, making 32 starts … Posted a three-slash line of .221/.333/.328 … Collected 16 runs, 27 hits, two doubles, one triple, three home runs, and 11 RBI … Drew 15 walks and six HBP … Stole one base in two attempts … Recorded a season-high three hits on two occasions: versus North Florida on 2/21/23 and versus The Citadel on 3/14/23 … Collected a season-high three RBI versus The Citadel on 3/14/23 … Recorded four multi-hit and one multi-RBI games … Posted a season-long six-game hitting streak and season-long eight-game reached base streak … Concluded the season on a one-game hitting streak and a one-game reached base streak … Made his USC Upstate debut as the starting first baseman against Towson on 2/17/23.
PRIOR TO USC UPSTATE: Transferred to USC Upstate after spending his freshman season (2022) at Lake Land College … As a freshman, appeared in 43 games … posted a three-slash line of .308/.433/.444 … Collected 20 runs, 41 hits, 12 doubles, two home runs, and 28 RBI … Drew 23 walks and seven HBP … Recorded a career-high three hits versus Shawnee on 3/17/22 … Collected a career-high five RBI versus Southeastern Illinois on 4/27/22 … Recorded 10 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games … Posted a career-long six-game hitting streak and a career-long 10-game reached base streak … Attended Belleville West High School (Millstadt, Ill.) … Lettered in both baseball and basketball at BWHS … Named First Team All-Illinois High School Association Southwestern Conference as a senior in 2021 … As a high school senior, posted a three-slash line of .408/.526/.632 … Collected 12 doubles, one triple, one home run, and 26 RBI … Tossed 28.1 innings, striking out 31 batters … Posted a 9.85 strikeouts per nine innings total … Recorded a 2.72 ERA … Named All-Area in basketball as a sophomore … Brother of current USC Upstate baseball head coach Kane Sweeney.
2024 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 15 games, making three starts … Posted a three-slash line of .059/.333/.235 … Collected five runs, one hit, one home run, and one RBI … Drew three walks and four HBP … Recorded a season-high one hit versus Radford on 3/24/24 … Collected a season-high one RBI versus Radford on 3/24/24 … Posted a season-long one-game hitting streak and season-long five-game reached base streak.
2023 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 41 games, making 32 starts … Posted a three-slash line of .221/.333/.328 … Collected 16 runs, 27 hits, two doubles, one triple, three home runs, and 11 RBI … Drew 15 walks and six HBP … Stole one base in two attempts … Recorded a season-high three hits on two occasions: versus North Florida on 2/21/23 and versus The Citadel on 3/14/23 … Collected a season-high three RBI versus The Citadel on 3/14/23 … Recorded four multi-hit and one multi-RBI games … Posted a season-long six-game hitting streak and season-long eight-game reached base streak … Concluded the season on a one-game hitting streak and a one-game reached base streak … Made his USC Upstate debut as the starting first baseman against Towson on 2/17/23.
PRIOR TO USC UPSTATE: Transferred to USC Upstate after spending his freshman season (2022) at Lake Land College … As a freshman, appeared in 43 games … posted a three-slash line of .308/.433/.444 … Collected 20 runs, 41 hits, 12 doubles, two home runs, and 28 RBI … Drew 23 walks and seven HBP … Recorded a career-high three hits versus Shawnee on 3/17/22 … Collected a career-high five RBI versus Southeastern Illinois on 4/27/22 … Recorded 10 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games … Posted a career-long six-game hitting streak and a career-long 10-game reached base streak … Attended Belleville West High School (Millstadt, Ill.) … Lettered in both baseball and basketball at BWHS … Named First Team All-Illinois High School Association Southwestern Conference as a senior in 2021 … As a high school senior, posted a three-slash line of .408/.526/.632 … Collected 12 doubles, one triple, one home run, and 26 RBI … Tossed 28.1 innings, striking out 31 batters … Posted a 9.85 strikeouts per nine innings total … Recorded a 2.72 ERA … Named All-Area in basketball as a sophomore … Brother of current USC Upstate baseball head coach Kane Sweeney.
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