2012: First-team All-CAA selection after going 9-4 and posting a 3.18 ERA ... Became UNCW's all-time leader in CAA wins (17) with a win against William & Mary ... Threw a career-best 104.2 innings and struck out a career-high 67 batters ... Earned CAA All-tournmant honors for second time in career ... Finished career ranked amongst UNCW's leaders in Inning Pitched (5th, 315.0), Strikeouts (6th, 239), wins (8th, 22), Appearances (9th, 74) and Games started (9th, 42) ... Tossed back-to-back complete games against Northeastern and Georgia State ... Blanked Ga. State, 15-0, allowing seven hits, no walks and posting seven strikeouts ... In conference play, went 7-1 in 10 starts ... Walked just 11 and fanned 44 in 69.2 innings verse conference opponents.
2011: Made 14 starts while
appearing in 16 games ... Second on staff with 4.97 ERA ... Struck out 60 in 87
innings while opponents hits .281 against him ... Tossed complete game victory
against Delaware (4/10) ... Also fanned eight in 8 1/3 innings in win against Old
Dominion (5/15).
2010: CAA
All-Tournament ... Moved into starting rotation ... Made 14 appearances, 12 being
starts ... Six wins were second most on staff ... led staff with two complete
games, including 2-hit shutout at William & Mary to clinch CAA tournament
berth (5/15) ... Turned in complete game effort in CAA tournament elimination
game against James Madison (5/28) ... Set career-high with nine strikeouts
against Akron and tied that mark twice during the season.
Summer
of 2009: Pitched
in Coastal Plain All-Star game ... Led Peninsula with 1.98 ERA and 5-1 mark ...
Held batters to .214 batting average ... Struck out 39 in 59 innings.
2009: UNCW's most consistent
reliever as freshman ... Ranked among conference leaders in appearances (27)
... Picked up wins against East Carolina and at Towson ... Finished second on
staff with four saves.
At Randleman:
All-State honorable mention in 2007 ... Earned All-Mid Piedmont honors from 2006
to 2008 ... Played in 2007 State games ... Also played in 2007 and 2008 Legion
All-Star games ... Hit .358 with 27 runs scored and 16 driven in as junior ...
Followed with senior season in which he hit .320 with 29 runs scored and 18
knocked in ... Also pitched and compiled 3-1 record with one save and a 1.35 ERA
his senior season.
Personal: Full name: Stephen
Tyler McSwain ... Born on March 31, 1990, in High Point, N.C. ... Son of Penny and Steve
McSwain ... Brother, Matt, played at Elon and now pitches in the Pittsburgh
Pirates Organization.
