2009: A true workhorse, hit the 90-inning markfor the second straight season... Is only the second pitcher inschool history to pitch 90 innings in two different seasons...Started 13 games for the second straight season... Averaged justover 6.2 innings per start, including going eight-or-more sixtimes... A lingering back injury contributed to a 6.10 ERA and a3-6 record... Struck out a career-high 70 batters, an average of7.0 per nine innings... Fanned a career-best 11 hitters in acomplete-game victory over Cleveland State on April 11... Struckout 10 a week earlier to defeat Butler... Struck out six-or-morehitters in seven of his 13 starts... Was back to his dominant selfin April, going 2-1 with a 2.65 ERA in five appearances... Madefour starts and went the distance three times... Allowed 13 runs,10 of which were earned, on 31 hits and nine walks in 34 innings...Struck out 34 batters in the span, and opposing batters hit just.248 against him... Walked two batters or fewer in eight of hisstarts... Earned his first win at Wright State, holding the Raidersto four runs on 11 hits in nine innings on March 20... Struck outseven, and battled the Horizon League’s top hitting team(.318 AVG) while allowing the Penguins to win the league opener...Earned his other two wins in back-to-back starts against Butler andCleveland State... Surrendered just five hits and struck out 10 innine innings against Butler in YSU’s 6-1 victory... Did notallow a hit and struck out nine through the first five innings...Held Cleveland State to three earned runs on 11 hits while strikingout his career-high 11. Summer: Was ranked ashaving the ninth-most significant summer season in the country byPGCrosschecker.com... When the list was posted, Swenson was 4-0with a 0.96 ERA and 33 strikeouts in five starts for the StauntonBraves of the Valley League... Was chosen as the ValleyLeague’s starting pitcher in the Mid-Atlantic Summer Classic,an all-star game against the top players of the Cal Ripken, Sr.Collegiate League... Finished 5-2 with a 2.20 ERA in nine starts...Struck out 63 batters in 65.1 innings and held batters to a .203average.... Ranked second in the league in strikeouts and third inERA.
2008: Named the Horizon League Pitcher of theYear and first-team all-league... Joined former Major LeagueBaseball fourth-round draft choice Justin Thomas (2005) andfirst-round pick Brad Hennessey (2001) as the only Penguins inschool history to be named conference pitcher of the year... Alsoearned Academic All-Horizon League honors... Went 6-1 with fivecomplete-games in seven starts against Horizon League opponentsduring the regular season... Went the distance in five of thosewins... Struck out a league-high 65 batters and walked just 14 in99.0 innings... Tied YSU’s single season record and led theleague in innings pitched... Was 6-3 overall with a 3.55 ERA...Pitched in 15 games, starting 13 and coming out of the bullpentwice in midweek contests... Walked two or fewer batters in 12 ofhis starts... ranked 16th nationally in fewest walks per nineinnings (1.27)... Ranked second in the Horizon League in ERA, thirdin opposing batting average (.258) and sixth in starts... DefeatedButler and Valparaiso twice, Wright State and Cleveland State...Earned the win in four straight starts from April 19 to May 10 inwhich he was on the mound for all but two of the 36 outsrecorded... Allowed one run on eight hits and struck out four toearn his first win against Butler (3/22)... Also went 1-for-4 atthe plate against the Bulldogs en route to being named the HorizonLeague Pitcher of the Week... Held Valparaiso to one run on sevenhits and struck out 10 to earn his second win (4/5)... DefeatedButler again despite allowing five funs on nine hits (4/19)...Earned his fourth complete-game victory over Cleveland State,allowing seven runs - six of which came in the third and fourthinnings - and striking out 10... earned the win against WrightState, allowing four earned runs on 10 hits and struck out 10 forthe second consecutive start (5/4)... Earned his final win againstValparaiso, holding the Crusaders to one run on five hits whilestriking out seven in a complete game victory... Named the HorizonLeague Pitcher of the Week for his effort... Left with a 2-1 leadin the seventh innings of the first round of the Horizon LeagueTournament but did not factor in the decision... Also held Georgiatech to one run on five hits in seven innings in his first start(2/24).
2007: Appeared in 22 games and started six...Was the team’s only pitcher to finish with a winning record(3-2)... Was third on the team in appearances and wins and fourthin strikeouts (36), innings (58.1) and starts... Allowed two earnedruns or fewer in 16 of his outings... Struck out five batters in4.2 innings at Bowling Green (3/20) and against Cleveland State(4/10)... Earned his first win against BGSU, holding them to onerun on two hits... Earned the win against Wright State despiteallowing six runs in six innings (4/21)... Also defeated ClevelandState, throwing 1.2 innings of scoreless relief... Threw threescoreless innings out of the bullpen against Milwaukee (5/12).
High School: Was a two-time letterwinner...Played in the Northeast Ohio Coaches Association All-Star Game...Earned honorable mention All-Western Reserve Conference honors...Started the regional championship game for Twinsburg, throwing 4.2scoreless innings... Picked up the victory over North Royalton inthe regional semifinal a day earlier... Was also Twinsburg’sstarter in the State semifinal game against Lewis Center Olentangy.
Personal: Son of David and Linda Swenson... Hastwo sisters (Molly and Kari)... Major is marketing... Born March25, 1987.
