2007: Led the Bulldogs in triples (4) while boasting a 3.92 GPA in the classroom... named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team for second consecutive year... named Third Team Academic All-American by ESPN The Magazine... entered single-season home run list, tied for sixth with 15 with teammate Richard Jones... entered all-time career total bases list, finished the year fourth with 402... notched 14th career triple vs. UNC Greensboro (5/6) and is now tied for first place all-time along with Philip Hartig and Anthony Jenkins... career-best hitting streak came to an end at 15 games vs. Appalachian State (4/13)... hit safely in 46 of 62 games... entered the all-time career home run chart, ending the year with 28 career round-trippers placing him fifth in school history... fifth-place in career doubles with 53 after recording 16 doubles on the year... blasted two home runs in the Appalachian State series, one in game one and one in game three... registered two home runs in Wofford series... had two four-hit performances and collected six RBI on two occasions... smacked 13th career triple vs. Winthrop (3/20)... notched 12th career triple vs. EIU (3/16)... belted two home runs and scored a career-high five times in Dogs’ 19-14 win over Eastern Illinois (3/16)... also tied personal-best six RBI against Eastern Illinois... drove in career-high six runs against Kent State (3/3), while leading the Dogs at the plate batting 4-for-6, including two doubles... knocked in the tying and go-ahead runs in The Citadel’s 5-4 win over James Madison (3/2)... belted second home run of the season against Minnesota (2/24)... sent a solo-shot over the wall in the first inning of the Dogs’ 6-3 loss to the Golden Gophers... belted the first Bulldog home run of the season as he jumped on the very first pitch he saw for a two-run shot against East Tennessee State on 2/9.
2006: Adjusted extremely well with the move from first base to left field as he got the starting nod in all 61 contests... named the league’s first Player of the Week for the 2006 season, while also earning NCBWA National Hitter of the Week... began year with 11-game hitting streak, dating back to the 2005 SoCon Tournament... became The Citadel single season leader in triples (10), while also leading the SoCon and finished the regular season tied for second in the nation, trailing the national leader by two... hit for the cycle in a doubleheader against Princeton (3/4), including an inside-the-park home run... tripled in game one and came back to register a single, double and home run in game two... registered three doubles against Georgia Southern (3/26)... blasted two triples and accumulated 10 total bases in game against UNCG (4/2) as he went 3-for-4 and tied a career-best four RBI... tied personal-best three runs on four occasions... enjoyed 28 multiple hit performances and nine multi-RBI games... notched a team and career-best .356 batting average while also leading the team in runs (54), hits (85), doubles (21), triples (10), home runs (7), total bases (147), and slugging percentage (.615)... led the SoCon in total bases and finished second in doubles while also making the top-10 list in batting average, slugging percentage, on base percentage, runs scored and hits...named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Baseball Team... tabbed to All-Southern Conference team and All-SoCon Tournament team... played for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod League over the summer before joining Zach Brown and Sonny Meade on the Thomasville Hi-Toms.
2005: Played in all 59 games, starting at first base 57 times, and coming off the bench on two separate occasions... ended the year with a .316 batting average, while also belting six home runs in his freshman campaign, which was good for second best on the team... drove in 42 runs, and scored 37 times as well... hit first career home run against Stony Brook (3/4)... drove in a season-best four runs in a game against Wofford (4/2)... had 19 multi-hit games, getting three hits on three separate occasions, four hits once, and also went 5-for-5 in a game against Davidson (4/30)... had five hits in 16 at-bats during the SoCon Tournament... played for the Florence Red Wolves of the Coastal Plain League.
High School: Was 16th overall rated first baseman in the nation by Team One Baseball... received 3A all-state honors at Tampa Jesuit High School as a senior ... named to the 2004 Florida Scholar-Athlete Team ... batted .500 with five home runs and 16 doubles during senior campaign ... helped lead Tampa Jesuit to two Florida state final-four appearances ...received three varsity baseball letters.
Personal: Christopher Robert Swauger ... born Aug. 11, 1986 ... son of Joe Swauger and Victoria Parrish.
Major: Business Administration.
