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2010 Bluejay B
Player Profiles
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Jimmy
SWIFT
Junior • #3
INF • 6-2 • 190 • R/R
West des Moines, Iowa
dowling Catholic High School
Single Game Highs
At-Bats
6 (3/7/09)
Runs
2 (1x, 5/22/09)
Hits
4 (3/15/09)
doubles
2 (3/15/09)
Triples
0
Home Runs
1 (3x, 3/29/09)
RBIs
3 (2x, 3/25/09)
Walks
2 (2x, 4/25/09)
Strikeouts
3 (5/14/09)
Total Bases
6 (3/15/09)
HBP
1 (5x, 4/29/09)
Sacrifice Hits
2 (2x, 3/14/09)
Stolen Bases
2 (3/28/09)
Errors
2 (4/4/09)
2009 (Sophomore)
• Named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week
on March 30.
• Earned MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week honors on
April 2.
• Named to MVC All-Tournament Team at third base.
• Finished second on team in sacrifice flies with four.
• One of five Bluejays to start all 56 games and hit over
.300 (.301) on the season.
• Had three hit streaks of seven games.
• Batted .500 in second of those three (3/21-29).
• Hit .413 (19-46) in 13 game stretch (3/21-4/7) in
which he hit safely in 12 of 13 games.
• Had 15 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games.
• Belted first career home run in season opener at Sam
Houston State (2/20) and recorded first career double in
next game (2/21).
• Had career-high four hits against South Dakota State
(3/15).
• Batted .462 (6-13) with five runs over four games at
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
• Homered against Albany (3/7) and vs. Southern Illinois
(3/29).
• Stole two bases in Southern Illinois game on March
28.
2009 (Sophomore)
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2008 (Redshirt Freshman)
• Played in 14 games his rookie season, including one
start.
• Picked up two RBI.
• Made his first appearance as a Bluejay at Washington
State (2/23).
• Made his first career start in the Tennessee-Martin series
finale (3/2).
• Picked up his first career hit in the second game of the
Chicago State doubleheader (3/16), playing in three of
four games in the series.
2007 (Redshirted)
• One of six freshmen to redshirt in their first season in
the program.
dowling Catholic High School (2003-06)
Lettered as a junior and senior in football, basketball
and baseball ... Named first team all-Central Iowa Metro
League in baseball and football and second team in
basketball as a senior ... Two-time all-state honoree in
baseball, earning first team laurels as a junior and second
team honors as a senior ... Led team to a combined
57-20 in two seasons on varsity baseball, capturing the
conference title as a senior with a 15-4 mark ... On the
gridiron, he was earned first team all-state, all-conference
and all-area as a senior ... Made the presidential
honor roll all eight semesters of high school ... Was a
teammate of current Bluejay T.J. Roemmich.
Profile
Birthday: December 21, 1987
Parents: Jim and Robin Swift
Siblings: Dan and Brad
Major: Finance
Career Ambitions: Be a successful businessman
Why Creighton: Great academics and athletics
Favorite Athlete: Alex Rodriguez
Favorite MLB Team: Cubs
Did You Know: His father played football at Iowa and
grandfather played basketball there
Jack
VANLEUR
Junior • #36
LHP • 6-4 • 200 • L/L
Brandon, S.d.
Brandon Valley High School
Single Game Highs
Innings Pitched
3.1 (5/22/08)
Hits
6 (2x, 5/23/09)
doubles
2 (2/28/09)
Triples
1 (2x, 4/19/09)
Home Runs
1 (3x, 5/8/09)
Runs
5 (2/28/09)
Earned Runs
5 (2/28/09)
Walks
3 (4/14/09)
Strikeouts
4 (3/8/09)
Hit Batsmen
1 (2x, 3/14/09)
Swift’s Career Hitting Statistics
Year AVG GP-GS oBP SLG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB So TB HBP SF SH SB-ATT E Fld.
2008 .188 14-1 .278 .188 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 3 1 0 1 0-0 1 .750
2009 .301 56-56 .395 .403 196 39 59 11 0 3 31 29 42 79 4 4 6 4-7 12 .934
Total .292 70-57 .386 .387 212 40 62 11 0 3 33 30 47 82 5 4 7 4-7 13 .930
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