2012 Softball Roster

Skylar Swanson
Jersey Number 20

Skylar Swanson

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    5-4
  • Hometown:
    Coweta, Okla.
  • High School:
    Coweta HS

Career at Tulsa: A three-year letterwinner and starter ... has played in 155 games with 147 starts ... has a .240 batting average, a .324 on-base percentage, a .375 slugging percentage, 70 RBI, 69 runs scored, 18 doubles, 11 home runs and 49 walks ... has a .941 fielding percentage wit 243 putouts and 156 assists.

Junior (2011): Played in 53 games with 51 starts at second base and designated player ... hit .227 with 25 RBI, 24 runs scored, nine doubles, five home runs, 18 walks, a .317 on-base percentage and a .397 slugging percentage, and posted a .975 fielding percentage ... had six multiple RBI and five multiple run-scoring games ... went 2-for-2 with a home run, two runs and two RBI vs. Long Island (2/19) ... went 2-for-2 with two doubles, two runs and two RBI vs. Ohio State (3/6) ... hit a two-run home run vs. UCF (3/19; 1) ... doubled, drove in two runs and scored a run vs. UCF (3/20) ... homered and drove in three runs at Memphis (4/2; 2) ... scored three runs, walked twice and drove in a run vs. Missouri State in the NCAA Regional (5/20).

Sophomore (2010): Played in 48 games with 44 starts at second base and designated player; started 38 games at second base ... hit .217 with 14 RBI, 19 runs, 20 walks and a .333 on-base percentage ... had four multiple RBI and three multiple run-scoring games ... went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs against Utah State (2/13) ... went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs against North Dakota (3/7) ... drove in two runs at UCF (4.24; 2) ... scored one run and drove in two runs at Marshall (5/8).

Freshman (2009): Was named to Conference USA All-Freshman team ... played in 54 games with 52 starts, mostly at second base and two starts at catcher ... had a .272 batting average with 26 runs scored, 37 hits, five doubles, a triple, four home runs and 31 RBI ... was named C-USA co-Hitter of the Week on March 23 after going 9-for-17 with nine RBI and four runs in six games from March 17-22 ... was 6-for-8 in the Memphis series with nine RBI and four runs ... recorded her first career hit and went 2-for-3 with a double and a run vs. Prairie View A&M (2/8) ... hit her first career home run, a solo blast vs. San Diego (2/13) ... on March 21, she went 5-for-5 with two home runs, eight RBI and three runs against Memphis ... in each of her first two NCAA tournament games (vs. Arkansas, 5/15; vs. North Dakota State, 5-16) went 1-for-3 and scored a run ... scored a run in each of her first three NCAA postseason games.

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in softball, three-year letterwinner in track and field, and earned two letters in basketball at Coweta High School ... her team won the Oklahoma Softball State Championship during her freshman and sophomore seasons, and won the regional and conference championships during her junior and senior seasons ... she was a three-time all-Metro Lakes selection as a third baseman ... was also an all-Metro Lakes left fielder ... as a senior, was named to the all-state team as a utility player, to the all-conference team as a third baseman and to the all-metro team as a shortstop ... was named conference Freshman of the Year in 2004 ... on the track, she was a three-time state qualifier in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, the 4x100-meter, 4x200-meter, and 4x400-meter relays, and the long jump.

Personal: Born Skylar Leisha Swanson on July 18, 1990 in Broken Arrow, Okla. ... daughter of Kevin and Linda Swanson ... has one brother and one sister ... sister Tiffany played softball for Central Arkansas and Pittsburg State ... favorite professional athlete is U.S. Soccer player Hope Solo ... favorite movie is Bridesmaids and favorite TV show is "Still Standing" ... favorite book is The Bible ... hobbies include arts and crafts, and cooking/baking ... major is graphic design.

Batting
YEAR AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT
2009 .272 54 - 52 136 26 37 5 1 4 31 56 .412 11 1 24 1 .325 3 1 0 - 0
2010 .217 48 - 44 115 19 25 4 0 2 14 35 .304 20 0 27 1 .333 0 2 5 - 5
2011 .227 53 - 51 141 24 32 9 0 5 25 56 .397 18 1 20 1 .317 1 3 0 - 0
2012 .281 56 - 55 171 25 48 8 1 11 56 91 .532 25 3 19 1 .373 5 1 0 - 0
TOTAL .252 211 - 202 563 94 142 26 2 22 126 238 .423 74 5 90 4 .339 9 7 5 - 5
Fielding
YEAR C PO A E FLD% DP TP SBA CS CS% PB CI
2009 0 104 69 15 .920 5 0 1 0 .000 1 0
2010 0 66 41 7 .939 3 0 0 0 -- 0 0
2011 0 73 46 3 .975 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0
2012 0 141 63 7 .967 3 0 0 0 -- 0 0
TOTAL 0 384 219 32 .950 11 0 1 0 .000 1 0
Softball | Tulsa vs Drake
Friday, February 28
Softball | Tulsa vs UMKC
Friday, February 28
SB | South Dakota State Postgame
Tuesday, February 25
Softball | Tulsa vs South Dakota State
Tuesday, February 25