“It is what it is...”

-Siyah Sweeny

b.2002

Silver Spring, MD

Parent

Michelle Sweeny Carey

coaches

Mike Sinek, Sherry Spause, & Yogi Holmes - The Lanes at Ft. Meade

Danny Wiseman - AMF Country Club Lanes

Siyah Sweeny is from Maryland. She started bowling at the age of 12.

She attended South River High School. Graduated: Class of 2020, Cum Laude.

She is interested in marketing, photography, graphic design and game development. Her favorite subject is math and has a strong interest in information technology.

December 2019 she was recruited to the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) bowling team. However, due the pandemic she decided to sit out a year and attend Anne Arundel Community College.

In the fall of 2021 she was recruited to Monmouth University (Division 1) bowling team in West Long Branch, New Jersey. She chose to study marketing. Siyah graduated from Monmouth University in the Spring 2024, Magna Cum Laude.

In the fall of 2024, she will attend graduate school for her MBA at Maryville University in St. Louis, Missouri. She will bowl her last collegiate year for Coach Lauren Russo at Maryville.

She loves her three dogs, Santana, Celine and Zayne.

Accomplishments

Education

2013-2015

Crofton Middle School - Crofton, Maryland

6th grade - 2013/2014 - Quarterly Honor Roll, Principal's Honor Roll

7th grade - 2014/2015 - Quarterly Honor Roll, Principal's Honor Roll

8th grade - 2015/2016 - 8th grade class representative, President’s Education Award for OUtstanding academic excellence, National Junior Honor Society, Principal's Honor Roll

2016 - 2020

South River High School - Edgewater, Maryland

9th grade - 2016/2017 - Superintendent's Honor Roll, Principal's Honor Roll, Quarterly Honor Roll, GPA 4.1, Participated in Unified Bowling Club with Special Olympics athletes

10th grade - 2017/2018 -Quarterly Honor Roll, GPA 4.0, National technical honor society

11th grade - 2018/2019- Quarterly Honor Roll, GPA 4.13, Participated in Unified Bowling Club with Special Olympics athletes

12th grade - Quarterly Principal’s Honor Roll, GPA 4.3, 2019/2020

June 2020 cum Laude Graduate

2020 - 2024

Monmouth University - West Long Branch, New Jersey

May 2024 MAgna cum laude graduate

28 career 200+ games
3x MEAC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
MEAC Rookie of the Week (3/22/22)
2023 Chi Alpha Sigma Honoree


Before Monmouth: Competed in singles events while attending South River High School and Anne Arundel Community College … coached include Mike Sinek, Danny Wiseman and Yogi Holmes … placed 23rd of 93 at the 2019 Turbo Tech Collegiate Expo … finished 16th of 63 at the 2020 Teen Masters Championships … finished 19th out of 61 competitors at the 2021 Junior Gold Championships in the U20 Division … First Storm Mid Atlantic Junior Bowlers Tour Female Scratch Winner since tour inception in 2018  … career high-game of 279 … graduated Cum Laude from South River in June 2020 … held a 4.0 GPA and was a Dean’s List student at Anne Arundel C.C.

*Sourced by Monmouth Athletics

Achievements

Bowling

Detailed bowling resume available upon request

2016

Pepsi Tournament

10th place

4th of July Youth/Adult Doubles Tournament

1st place

Danny Wiseman Youth Championship

12th Place

PJBT

2nd place

2017

Maryland State Association Youth Championships

4th place, Doubles Handicap

Nation’s Capital Area USBC (NCAUSBCA) Youth Invitationals

Round 4 - placed 9th (first alternate - Old Division C 150 - 165

Qualified & Competed - USBC Junior Gold Championships

Cleveland U15

2018

Nation’s Capital Association Youth Championships

1st place, teams - handicap

2nd place, doubles - handicap

6th place, all events - handicap

4th place, all events - scratch

Virginia State Association Youth Championships

1st Place, Teams

Maryland State Association Youth Championships

1st place, Singles - Handicap

2nd Place, All Events - Handicap

3rd place, doubles - handicap

Mid-Atlantic Youth Tour Tournament

1st place, singles - handicap

Danny Wiseman Youth Scholarship Tournament

9th place, singles - handicap

Nation’s Capital Area USBC (NCAUSBCA) Youth Invitationals

Round 4 - 11th place (Division D 150 - 165) - scratch

Qualified & Competed - USBC Junior Gold Championships

Dallas U20

2019

Nation’s Capital Association Youth Championships

2nd place, teams

Maryland State Association Youth Championships

3rd place, singles - handicap

2nd place, all events - handicap

4th place, All events - scratch 

Nation’s Capital Area USBC (NCAUSBCA) Youth Invitationals

Round 4 - 13th place (New Division C 165-179) - scratch

Turbo Tech Collegiate Expo Tournament

23rd Place from a field of 96 girls (top 25%)

Qualified & Competed - USBC Junior Gold Championships

Detroit U17

2021- 2024

Monmouth University

2023-24 (Senior): Led the Hawks with 39 games bowled ... Recorded a 244 at Destination Orlando (10/27-29) ... Posted a career-high 246 game and added two more 200+ contests as she averaged 197.5 pins across six games at the UMES Hawk Classic (11/18) ... Placed fourth with a 200+ game and a total pinfall of 1,038 at the USBC Northeast Classic (12/3) ... Finshed in 21st place at the NJ Open (1/27) ... Appeared in all nine games and knocked down 1,682 total pins with a pair of 200+ games leading to a 17th-place individual finish at the MEAC #2 event (2/17-18) ... Knocked down 1,079 pins across six games at the USBC ISC Sectionals (3/8) ... Averaged 170 pins-per-game at the MEAC Championships (3/22-23) ... MEAC All-Academic Team.

2022-23 (Junior): Played in a career-high 39 games, rolled 11 200+ games, and averaged 184.26 pins-per-game in her second season for the Blue & White … Recorded a 212 high-game and a 174.6 average across five contests at the Track Kat Klash (11/5) … Bowled a 234 game and placed 26th individually at the Garden State Classic (1/29) … Impressed at the Sunshine State Classic (2/11) with a 191.33 average and two 200+ games … Continued her hot stretch by placing 25th with a 192 average and three 200+ games, including a season-high 235 at the MEAC #2 event (2/19) … Notched a 228 high-game and knocked down 999 total pins across five games at the Music City Classic (3/18) … Bowled in three games and finished with a 181.67 averaged and a high-game of 202 at the MEAC Championships (3/26) … MEAC All-Academic Team ... Chi Alpha Sigma Honoree.

2021-22 (Sophomore): Played 33 games over nine events during her first season with the Hawks, finishing with nine 200+ games and an average score of 184.58 … MEAC Rookie of the Week (3/22) ... Made her collegiate debut at the Bowl for the Cure Invitational, knocking down 468 pins over three games (10/23) … Had an average score per game of 181 over four games at the Eastern Shore Hawk Classic Invitational (11/20) … Posted the first 200+ game of her collegiate career at the Stormin’ Blue & White Vegas Classic (1/9) … Placed 32nd at the Northeast Classic, crafting three 200+ efforts over five games and finishing with an average score of 207.2 (1/22) … Achieved a total pinfall of 911 over five games including a 200+ game at the second MEAC meet (2/19) … Collected her sixth 200+ game of the season at the Hawk Flight Invite (2/26) … Had a total pinfall of 1,023 at the Music City Classic, bowling three 200+ games including a season-high game of 258 (3/19) ... MEAC All-Academic Team.

*Sourced by Monmouth Athletics

Other

Bowled | Qualified | Competed

Nation’s Capital Area USBC (NCAUSBC) Youth Invitationals, four years in a row, placing in the top 15 each year. 2017 - placed 9th (first alternate - Old Division C 150 - 165), 2018 - 11th place (Division D 150 - 165), 2019 - 13th place (New Division C 165-179), 2020 - 3rd place (Division C)

USBC Junior Gold Youth Championships 2017 Cleveland - U15, 2018 Dallas - U20, 2019 Detroit - U17, and 2020 Las Vegas - U20.

TeenMasters Youth Championship tournament at South Point in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2018.