5 Shane Swearingen
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Position:
- C
Returning starter at catcher and could also see at bats at DH … Has made major improvements both offensively and defensively, according to the coaching staff, but will be pressed for time behind the plate by two newcomers … 2008: Started 36 of the team’s 47 games at catcher, while ranking second among Wooster’s regulars in on-base percentage (.455) … Batted .296 (32-for-108) to go with a conference-high 29 walks … Delivered 24 RBI and also scored the same amount of runs … Reached safely eight times – three singles, a double, and four walks – during 13 plate appearances in the NCAC Tournament (May 3-4) … Was 1-for-2 with two walks at Div. I Kent State (April 8) … Earned three walks at Otterbein (April 3) … Doubled and homered during 2-for-2, three-RBI performance vs. Fontbonne (March 15) … 2007: Served as the third-string catcher, behind two seniors … Performed well in limited action, going 4-for- 8 (.500) with two runs scored and three RBI … Also walked once … Went 2-for-2, scoring once and driving in another in the second game of a doubleheader at Hiram (April 21) … Prior to Wooster: Selected for first-team honors on both the all-district and all-league teams as a senior at Bishop Watterson High School … Helped the Eagles to Central Catholic League titles in 2005 and 2006 … Participated all four years in football and baseball, lettering twice in each … Personal: Born on Sept. 25, 1987 … Son of Les and Chris Swearingen, and brother of former Scot Shaun Swearingen, a threetime all-NCAC honoree in baseball … Majoring in philosophy with a physical education minor.