Gainesville, FL (CSTV U-WIRE) -- Freshman Ryan Sweeting, UF's top men's tennis player, has been suspended from the team indefinitely after being arrested for DUI and drug and alcohol possession early Thursday morning.
Sweeting, 18, was charged with a third-degree felony for possessing the drug Adderall without a prescription. He was also charged with DUI and the possession of alcohol by a person under the age of 21, both misdemeanors, according to a University Police Department report.
According to the report, Sweeting's blood-alcohol level was between .133 and .122. He was arrested at about 2 a.m. Thursday and held overnight at the Alachua County Jail. He was released late Thursday morning.
"I'm taking full responsibility for my actions," Sweeting said Sunday. "I realize what I did reflected on the school, my teammates and my coaches. I want to do whatever it takes to remain a Gator."
A UPD officer noticed Sweeting driving 33 mph in a 20 mph zone heading south on Gale Lemerand Drive, according to the report. He was pulled over on Museum Road by the Reitz Union. An officer detected a strong odor of alcohol coming from inside the vehicle and noticed an open 12-pack of Bud Light on the passenger floorboard.
The report stated Sweeting's eyes were bloodshot and watery and his speech was slightly slurred.
Sweeting was arrested after failing a field sobriety test. He told the officer he did not have a prescription for Adderall.
"It's a tremendous blow," UF coach Andy Jackson said. "To lose anybody it is, but when you lose somebody at the top of the lineup, it affects everybody else because everybody else has to move up."
(C) 2006 Independent Florida Alligator via CSTV U-WIRE
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