2024: Earned First Team All-CCIW honors ... Second Team All-Region honors by both D3baseball.com and ABCA/Rawlings ... Named the CCIW Hitter of the Week (April 8) after going 6-for-11 with 4 runs, 2 doubles, and 4 stolen bases ... Everyday second baseman for the 2024 co-champs … Slash line of .350/.488/.525 with team-leading 12 doubles, two triples, and four homers … Scored 49 times and drove in 46 runners … Drew 28 walks and was hit by pitch 19 times … Was 22-27 on the bases … 17 multi-hit games, including four 3-hit games … 11 multi-RBI games, including a 6-RBI game against Concordia (March 20) … Five games with 2 stolen bases … Fielded .985 with 91 putouts, 103 assists, and was a part of 25 double plays turned.
All-CCIW stats: slashed .372 / .459 / .538 against CCIW pitching with a team-leading 23 RBI and 19 runs scored. He cracked six doubles, two triples, and a homer while stealing nine bases. He had at least one hit in 16 of 20 CCIW games. Defensively, he made just one error to boast a .990 FLD% with 50 assists from second base.
2023: Was a First Team All-CCIW selection and a First Team All-Region pick by both D3baseball.com and the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) … Honored with Fourth-Team All-American status by the ABCA in June … Led the Vikings in nearly every category on offense, including batting average (.369), slugging % (.624), OBP (.515), runs scored (44), hits (55), RBI (35), doubles (12), home runs (8), total bases (93), walks (34), and stolen bases (9) … Turned 21 double plays while committing only 4 errors, boasting a .977 fielding % at second base … Had 17 multi-hit games, including 5 three-hit games … Reached base in all 42 games, hitting in the third spot of the order for as many games … Drove in four runs in one game twice – vs. Greenville (3/14) and St. Norbert (4) … Slashed .400/.536/.662 in CCIW action with six doubles, a triple, and three homers … Fielded .988 in conference (one error) with 44 assists in 82 chances.
All-CCIW stats: He was in the top ten of numerous CCIW categories, including batting average (9th, .400), slugging percentage (4th, .662), on-base percentage (5th, .536), OPS (5th, 1.198), runs scored (2nd, 27), home runs (7th, 3), and walks (2nd, 16). He added six doubles, a triple, and three steals in CCIW games to his impressive junior campaign. Added six doubles, a triple, and three steals to his impressive junior campaign. In the field, Swanson made just one error to contribute to a .988 fielding percentage, turning 12 double plays with 44 assists.
Team-leading categories: BA (.369), SLG (.624), OBP (.515), runs (44), hits (55), RBI (35), doubles (12), HR (8), total bases (93), walks (34), stolen bases (9)
2022: Started all 41 games en route to First Team All-CCIW stats … Maintained a .316/.446/.493 slash line over 152 ABs, marking a team-best in OBP … Totaled 48 hits (18 XBH) with 3 HRs … Drove in 27 runs and scored a team-high 45 … Led the Vikings with 8 steals on 8 attempts … Led NPU in fielding assists with 84 and carried a .958 fielding percentage over 143 chances … Turned 10 double plays … Had 14 multi-hit games, collecting 3 hits on 4 occasions … Carried a 26-game in-base streak from 3/19 against TCNJ to 5/13 against Augustana, which included a 10-game hit streak … Went 3-4 with a HR, 3 RBI, and 2 runs scored against Carroll (4/23) … Belted 2 more HRs against conference foes Millikin (4/9) and North Central (5/13) … Had 3 multi-XBH games
2021: Started in 30 of 32 games played … Slashed .263/.402/.347 … Stole 5 bases … Collected 25 hits, 5 of which were doubles … Homered vs. North Central on 5/15 in Game 1 of a 3-game series … Scored 15 runs and drove in 10 RBIs.
First career hit & XBH: March 27 v. Augustana, 2B
First career HR: May 14 at North Central
