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Trinity linebacker Sweat heads to big time at Ohio State
By Tricia Lafferty
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, August 26, 2007

Trinity linebacker Andrew Sweat still doesn't know what type of athlete to consider himself.
With a handicap in the low 70s, he said golf is his best sport. The infielder's favorite sport is baseball, maybe. He likes basketball, too, and football, which earned him a full scholarship to Ohio State.

"I don't know, I still haven't realized that football is my sport," Sweat said. "I mean, I love football, but I love every other sport. Now, I guess I don't have any favorites. Football is what is getting me a free education, but baseball might be my favorite sport.

Sweat didn't have a chance to choose football; it chose him.

With a 6-foot-2, 233-pound frame, Sweat's size, quickness and agility earned him a four-star rating and more than 50 scholarship offers. In May, he verbally committed to Ohio State over Florida and Notre Dame.
"Andrew has unbelievable instincts," Trinity coach Ed Dalton said. "It's like a great running back; they're not taught, he has them. He gets to the ball. He has unbelievable hip strength. That's why he just kills the ball when he gets there. He has good speed, he's big. He's an instinct guy."

Sweat still can't envision playing in front of 100,000 fans or alongside Ohio State junior All-American linebacker James Laurinaitis. Sweat, who is ranked academically in the top 10 in his class of approximately 370 students, knows he is a small-town boy soon to experience a big-time change after high school graduation.

"(Yancich) is playing for Penn State, the pride of Pennsylvania," Sweat said. "I mean, Ohio State, they've been to the national championship twice in the past five years. Those are just storied programs and at Trinity, we just golf, chillax and live life. I don't think we know. We're just oblivious. We just go about life, but then you look on TV and see Ohio State and 100,000 people. It's just been my dream to play in front of 100,000 people.

Trinity's Sweat headed to OSU - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review