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General MSU Athletics Communications

2025 Making Moves, Making History: Cayla Sweazie

  Cayla Sweazie was selected to be recognized through 2025 Making Moves, Making History campaign. The campaign is proudly supported by McDonald's Family Restaurants of Washington, DC, Greater Baltimore, and the Eastern Shore. This campaign celebrates individuals who are creating meaningful impact, inspiring others, and driving positive change in their communities. Cayla was chosen because her work truly embodies those values. Making Moves, Making History is to highlight African American leaders and changemakers who promote Women in Sports at the collegiate level.

For Cayla Sweazie, her possibilities at Morgan State went beyond the game of softball. After playing softball for the Lady Bears and graduating in 2022, Sweazie instantly knew sports had always been more than just games. Establishing excellence is something Sweazie has exemplified beyond her time at Morgan State, proving that dreams are limitless at the National Treasure.

Raised in Northern Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., Sweazie and her three siblings were always on the move, hopping from sport to sport. "My parents signed us up for, like, anything and everything," she recalls. Amid the whirlwind of activities, softball emerged as her passion. "Honestly, softball was just the sport I was good at from a young age." By sixth or seventh grade, she knew she wanted to pursue it seriously. What started as a fun pastime quickly became a gateway to opportunity. "Around middle school, early high school, I realized athletics could really propel you to the next level — scholarships, easing the financial burden of college. So it went from fun to competitive really fast."

When it came time for college, Sweazie knew instantly that HBCUs were at the top of her list. "I sent emails to every school in the region," she says. "I knew I wanted to stay on the East Coast — something drivable from Virginia". Morgan State University stood out to her the most. "Coach Myron (Vanterpool) recruited me, and I wanted to go somewhere I was really wanted."
 
Transitioning to an HBCU was an adjustment for Sweazie, who grew up in a predominantly white community, but she embraced the change wholeheartedly—an experience she describes as transformative.




 


 


 


 




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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.  
 
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