Matthew Swan

COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS:

Three-time U.S. Amateur participant (2004, 2005, 2006), UA’s first three-time qualifier
Finished tied for sixth at both the 2006 and 2007 Southern Amateur, shooting 67-71-70-71/279, -1 in 2007 and 71-69-71-70/281, -3 in 2006; he tied with his UA teammate Mark Harrell for 6th in 2006
Finished 10th in the SEC in low stroke average in 2005-06 with his 72.67 stroke average in 12 tournaments
2nd Team All-Southeastern Conference in 2005-06 (freshman) and again in 2006-07 (sophomore)
2007 Academic All-SEC (communication studies)
2006 Freshman Academic All-Southeastern Conference
Alabama’s low stroke leader as a freshman in 2005-06 with his 72.67 stroke average
Alabama counted 34 of his 36 rounds in 2005-06 (94.4%) (freshman)
Has five top 10 individual finishes going into 2007-08
Finished third at the 2006 SEC Championships at minus three (68-67-72/207) and T-16th at the 2007 SEC’s (74-71-76/221)
UA career low round going into 2007-08 is 65 he shot in his collegiate debut - his first collegiate round ever - at the Coca-Cola Tournament of Champions in Alabama 2005-06 season opener
Part of Bama’s five who finished T-6th at 2007 NCAA finals
Part of Bama’s team at 2006 NCAA West Regional (T-64th, even) and 2007 NCAA Central Regional (T-21st, +10)
Going into 2007-08, had competed in 23 out of a possible 24 UA career tournaments since arriving as a freshman in the fall of 2005
Going into 2007-08, he finished among the top 25 individuals in 17 out of his 24 UA career tournaments

Prep highlights:

2004 and 2005 U.S. Amateur participant (also went in 2006 as a UA golfer; 2005 he was incoming UA freshman)
Advanced to third 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 eighth 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
Class 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, 2004 and 2005
Played varsity golf for Trinity starting in seventh grade ?? Coached by Jim Tuley at Trinity & golf teacher was Mike Shannon

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Communications major at Alabama
UA Dean’s List
UA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
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

University of Alabama Athletics