Born: December 16, 1983

Home town: Marlton, NJ

High School: Cherokee High School

College: St. Peter’s College

Major: Business/Sport Management

 

Sean started playing football at the age of 5 with the Marlton Rec. Club.  He played safety and running back.  His team was awarded Youth Football All-Star Team 2 years in a row. 

 

High School Football

 

When he entered high school he played on the freshman team and then quickly moved up to varsity in his sophomore year.  The third game of the varsity season, against Willingboro High School, Sean was asked to play in the second half.  From that point on, he was their starter running back.  

 

Sean finished his career with 4,733 yards rushing on 752 carries and 54 Touchdowns surpassing Doug Easlick Class of 1999 (played for Virginia Tech - Fullback).

 

Cherokee High School wrote:

 

“The Cherokee football team is back this year after a solid 2000 season.  They are led by one of the best running backs in South Jersey, Sean Mayers.  This is Mayers’ third straight year as the starting tailback. Head Coach Mr. John Scott has a big offensive line that paves the way for Mayers and protects the quarterbacks.”

 

Honors

 

All Conference................................................ 3 years 1999-2001

All-County...................................................... 3 years 1999-2001

All-South Jersey.............................................. 1^st Team - 2 years 2000-2001

    Honorable Mention...................................... 1 year - 1999

All-State......................................................... 1^st Team - 2001

..................................................................... 2^nd Team

Burlington County Times Offensive Player of the Year - 2000- Junior year

5^th - All time South Jersey in career rushing

2^nd - All time in career rushing in Burlington County

 

 

Sean’s second passion - Track and Field

 

Sean ran track in the Marlton Rec. Club, then upon entering high school he ran for Cherokee High School and during the summers he would run for the Willingboro Track Club.  He has won numerous metals in track, running the 100, 200, 400, distance and sprint medley and long jump, which is his favorite event.  His high school team entered the Penn Relays and won 3rd place in the distance medley in 2001 with a time of 10:16.11.

 

Ranked #2 in the state 2000

Part of relay team 3^rd in the County

All-South Jersey - Long Jump - 2002

All-Conference - 2000

MVP Sprinter - 2001

Team Captain - 2001

 

High School

HALL OF FAME RELAYS

Large Schools

800 relay: 1, Cherokee (Sean Mayers, Chao, Alex Whirledge, Blake Letchford) 1:32.17. 2, Willingboro 1:33.23. 3, Pemberton 1:44.64.

1,600 relay: 1, Cherokee (Jason Chao, Blake Letchford, Alex Whirledge, Sean Mayers) 3:27.04. 2, Willingboro 3:28.10. 3, Northern Burlington 3:49.43.

Sprint medley: 1, Holy Cross (Kyle Peters, James Townsend, Wali Lundy, Hans Mehling) 3:54.15. 2, Lenape 3:58.3. 3, Cherokee 4:01.36.

Distance medley: 1, Willingboro (Rashaad Lee, Shareef Muhammad, Ahmad Rutherford, Brian Dixon) 11:06.00. 2, Holy Cross 11:13.05. 3, Cherokee 11:43.63.

Long jump relay: 1, Cherokee (Sean Mayers, Jason Chao) 40-81/4. 2, Willingboro 38-11/4. 3, Rancocas Valley 37-93/4.

 

The Cherokee boys' track team took first in four different events at the Burlington County Hall of Fame Relays.  The foursome of Jason Chao, Blake Letchford, Sean Mayers and Alex Whirledge captured the 4x200 and 4x400 relays.  Mayers and Chao picked up another first-place finish in the long jump as Mayers led the way with a leap of 21-5-1/2.

 

St. Peter’s College Track and Field

 

Sean entered St. Peter’s College on a track scholarship.  He runs track for St. Peter’s College during the off season of football.

 

Personal Best:

 

Long Jump                    24.00

100 meter dash              11.14

200 meter dash              22.14