SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... AVCA All-West Region honorable mention in 2010. ... Daktronics All-West Region and 2nd team in 2010 and 1st team in 2011. ... NCAA West Region All-Tournament in 2010. ... All-GNAC 2nd team in 2010 and 1st team in 2011 and 2012. ... Three-time GNAC All-Academic (2010, 2011, 2012). CoSIDA Academic All-District 1st team in 2012. ... SPU Most Improved in 2010. ... GNAC Player of the Week for Sept. 27-Oct. 2, 2010; and for Sept. 12-17, 2011; and for Oct. 1-6, 2012.
Senior (2012): Started all 27 matches, playing in 102 of the 103 games. ... Racked up 1,105 assists, her third straight season of topping 1,100. Her average of 10.83 ranked No. 21 in NCAA Division II. ... Finished her career with 3,749 assists, putting her No. 3 on the all-time SPU list and No. 5 on the GNAC list. Moved up seven spots in the GNAC after starting the season at No. 12. ... Set up a career-high 70 assists in a five-game victory at No. 22 Central Washington on Oct. 27. ... Logged 15 assist-dig double-doubles, giving her 32 for her career. ... Tied for No. 2 on the team with 301 digs. ... Ranked No. 3 for SPU with 20 service aces.
Junior (2011): Started all 28 matches and one of five Falcons to play in all 102 games. ... Passed 2,500 career assists. In a span of two weeks, moved from 18th to 12th on the all-time GNAC career assists list, and ended the season in the No. 11 spot. ... Finished the season with 1,147 assists, ranked No. 16 in NCAA Division II at 11.25 assists per game. ... Set career high with 58 assists in a four-game victory at Central Washington on Sept. 15. ... Had five matches with 50 or more assists. ... GNAC Player of the Week for Sept. 12-18 after racking up 110 assists (58 at Central, 52 at Northwest Nazarene) and factoring into 119 1/2 of SPU's 194 points for the week, setting up 110 and adding 9 1/2 of her own (5 kills, 1 ace, 1 solo block, and 5 block assists). ... Logged seven assist-dig double-doubles.
Sophomore (2010): Started all 29 matches and played all 99 games. ... Set up 1,122 assists, the first Falcon to top 1,000 for a season since Joelle Perez did it in 2007. ... Broke her career high for assists three times: 52 in a season-opening five-game victory against San Francisco State on Sept. 3; 54 in a first-round five-game win against Cal State Los Angeles in the NCAA West Regional tournament on Nov. 18, then 56 the next night in a five-game triumph against Western Washington in the regional semifinals. ... Also picked up a career-high 29 digs in the regional semifinal showdown against Western. ... Posted seven assist-dig double-doubles for the season. ... Also became more effective defensively at the net with 38 total blocks. ... GNAC Player of the Week on Oct. 5 after averaging 12.11 assists per game and helping SPU hit .292 as a team in three homecourt sweeps of Montana State Billings, defending conference champion Alaska Anchorage, and Alaska Fairbanks.
Freshman (2009): Quickly went from spot playing time to seeing regular action in the rotation, playing 74 of 113 games. ... Finished with 375 assists (5.07 per game), the second-highest total on the team. ... Had double-digit assist in 19 of her 23 matches, Also came up with 123 digs. ... Posted three assist-dig double-doubles, including career highs of 29 assists and 14 digs on the same night at home against Montana State Billings.
Kamiakin High School: Helped the Braves to a second-place finish in the Washington Class 4A state tournament as a senior in 2008, and to a sixth-placer finish in the 3A state tourney in 2007. ... Earned first-team All-State, All-Area and All-Big 9 honors in 2008. Was a second-team All-Area choice in 2007..
Personal: Shelby Renee Swanson. ... Physiology major.
Fun facts: After volleyball, tennis is Swanson's second-favorite sport. ... Book she just couldn't put down was "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." ... Favorite psych-up music for a big match is rap. ... In 10 years, plans to be a pharmacist and have a family.
STATISTICS
Year GP K E TA Pct. Ast Ace Digs BS BA TB Pts
2009 74 7 1 22 .273 375 11 123 0 0 0 18.0
2010 99 31 6 71 .352 1122 32 234 1 37 38 82.5
2011 102 29 14 106 .142 1147 31 229 4 40 44 84.0
2012 102 19 6 73 .178 1105 20 301 3 29 32 56.5
TOT 377 86 27 272 .217 3749 94 887 8 106 114 241.0
