In 2017, Sweeney was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada "for her long-standing commitment to and creative leadership at the nexus of art and sport through her documentaries and world-stage productions.
Sweeney also played for the national finalists Concordia Stingers (1977) and the Laurentian University Lady Vees (1978–79) where she won the collegiate championship in 1979.
Becoming known as “Canada’s First Lady of Basketball”,[3] Sweeney joined the national team in 1974 and spent a decade as a key member including serving as captain from 1979 to 1984.
She was voted the Most Valuable Player at the 1979 World Championships in Seoul, won a bronze medal at the 1979 Pan American Games where she was the Canadian team flag bearer, and was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 1979 World Student Games in Mexico.
[5] She has produced award-winning documentary programming for WTSN, W Network, TVOntario History Television and Vision TV.
In 2009 Sweeney was the executive producer of Quest for Excellence a documentary that was broadcast on Bravo Television in Canada.
In 2020 Sweeney became the Associate Dean of Film, Acting and Media Production at Humber College in Etobicoke, Ontario.