Matthew Swan
1/26/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
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PREP HIGHLIGHTS:
- 2004 and 2005 U.S. Amateur participant
- Advanced to 3rd round of match play at 2005 U.S. Amateur, drawing his UA teammate Joseph Sykora in the 1st round of match play (Swan won 2-up)
- Member of four-man USA team that won the Gold Medal at the 2005 Toyota World
- Junior Golf Team Championships (held in Japan in August)
- Finished 8th overall individually at World Junior Team Championships (73-69-67-70/279) at nine under par
- 2004 U.S. Junior Amateur participant
- 2004 AJGA Rolex All-American
- 2001 Southern Junior Amateur champion
- Ranked among top 10 nationally by GolfWeek as a junior golfer
- 2001 FCWT All-American
- Medalist at 2004 Blue-Gray tournament
- Section medalist, City High School Championship medalist and All-Capital City medalist in 2004
- 4A individual state champion in 2004
- High school/juniors career low round was 64 (at Blue-Gray)
- All-State from 2001-2005
- Three-time state junior division champion
- Montgomery Advertiser All-Metro Player of the Year in 2001, 2002 and 2004
- Played varsity golf for Trinity starting in 8th grade
- Coached by Jim Tuley at Trinity & golf teacher was Mike Shannon
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
- Business major at Alabama
- High school volunteer work included tutoring & painting at the Bell Street Mission, yard work for Hospice, Muscular Dystrophy Association office work, yard work at Save-A-Life
- Both of his parents attended Auburn
- Son of Spencer and Harriett Swan
- Born November 8, 1986
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Thursday, February 12
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