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Pomona-Pitzer Athletics

2012 Football

33 Luke Sweeney

  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Broken Arrow, OK
  • Major Economics

Biography

At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed his senior season as a running back for the Pomona-Pitzer Football team...Finished his career ranked first in career (3,004), single-season (1,419), and single-game (265) rushing totals in Sagehen history...Has seven of the top 11 single-game rushing totals in the 119-year history of the program...Led the country in rushing as a junior.

2012: Second-team All-SCIAC selection...Preseason Division III All-American (first team)...Only played in four games due to two different injuries, but averaged 171.2 yards in those four games...Ran for 247 yards in his final collegiate contest, a 37-0 win over CMS, after missing the previous four weeks with an injury...Broke the school's career rushing record early in the CMS game, and went over the 3,000-yard mark for his career late in the contest...The 247 yards ranks as the third-highest single-game total in school history...Also had 189 yards against Whittier without playing the fourth quarter after being injured making a cut in the final minute of the third quarter...Ran for 169 yards at Chapman.

2011: First-team All-SCIAC selection...Second-team All-West Region selection by D3football.com...Started all eight games he played in, while missing one at Redlands due to an injury...Rushed for school-record 1,419 yards, breaking the old record of 1,260 held by Jonathan Samples (2003)...Led the nation in rushing (177.4 ypg), by a 16 yards per game margin over the rest of Division III...Also finished fourth in Division III in all-purpose yardage per game...Rushed for 140 yards or more in seven of his eight starts...Carried for a school-record 265 yards in a home game against Occidental...Had 246 yards in a game at Whittier, which ranks fourth all-time in school history...Added 187 yards against Lewis & Clark and 185 yards against Chapman, which rank as the eighth and ninth highest single-game rushing totals in school history...Rushed for four touchdowns in the Lewis & Clark game...Finished with 10 touchdowns on the year, tied for fourth on the single-season list...Had a 51-yard touchdown run against Occidental for his longest run of the year...Also caught 13 passes for 60 yards, and threw a 20-yard pass in the regular season finale...Had 140 yards on seven kickoff returns to finish with over 200 yards in all-purpose yards per game...Was featured in Los Angeles Times and USA Today.

2010: Rushed for 220 yards in a road game at Occidental...Carried for 126 yards against Whittier and 116 yards against Lewis & Clark...Finished the season with 824 yards on 178 carries (4.6 yards per rush) and six touchdowns...Had 76 rushing yards and two receiving touchdowns as a freshman.

High School: Attended Holland Hall High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, graduating in 2009...Scored 32 touchdowns in his high school career...Was named the team Most Valuable Player and earned the Tulsa World Player of the Week Award...Personal: Attends Pomona College, majoring in economics with a minor in Spanish...Has one older brother...Father ran cross country and track at Occidental, earning Division III national championships in both...Favorite athletes include Tim Tebow, Adrian Peterson and Maurice Jones-Drew...Favorite movies include The Departed and Friday Night Lights...Lists "Human Sexuality" as the most interesting course he's taken at Pomona...Lists Tim Tebow as the public figure he most admires...Born January 5, 1991.

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Historical Player Information

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    2009Sophomore

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    2010Sophomore

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    5'8" 0 lbs
    33
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    2011Junior

    RB
    5'8" 175 lbs
    33
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    2012Senior

    RB
    5'8" 180 lbs
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