Junior Season (2020-21): Alternate captain … Named to the All-WCHA Second Team … Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team … Received the Gitzen-Loutit Memorial Award as the team's most outstanding defensive player for the second straight season … Named the WCHA Defenseman of the Month for February and was a four-time WCHA Defenseman of the Week … Ranked second in the WCHA amongst defensemen with 17 points, scoring three goals and tallying 13 assists … Led Tech skaters with a plus-9 rating and led WCHA blueliners with 71 shots on goal … Tech was 11-3 when he registered a point and 3-0 when he scored … Scored the game-winning goal versus Ferris State (Feb. 13) in Winter Carnival … Had a pair of assists including on the game winner at Bemidji State (Dec. 13) and versus Northern Michigan (Dec. 18) … Also assisted on the game winner against FSU (Feb. 12) … Had a goal and an assist on the power play at Northern Michigan (Feb. 27) … Scored a power play goal at FSU (Feb. 2) … Had six points on the power play with two goals and four assists … Led the team with 53 blocked shots to rank eighth in the nation and was third with 71 shots on goal.
Sophomore Season (2019-20): Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team … Received the team’s Gitzen-Loutit Memorial Award as the outstanding defensive player … Appeared in all 39 games and led the team with 17 assists while scoring four goals … Was second on the team with 56 blocked shots which ranked sixth in the WCHA … Was named the WCHA Defenseman of the Week on February 17 after a three-point weekend at Ferris State … Scored two goals, including the game-winner, at FSU (Feb. 15) … Had a goal and an assist in the Winter Carnival opener against Lake Superior State (Feb. 7) … Also scored against Northern Michigan (Nov. 22) … Had a pair of assists at Bowling Green (Oct. 26) and at NMU (Feb. 28) … Led WCHA defensemen in assists in October … Ended the season with 10 points in the last nine games.
Freshman Season (2018-19): Appeared in 36-of-38 games in first season … Tallied 11 points on two goals and nine assists … Eight assists came on the power play … First collegiate goal was the game-winner at Alabama Huntsville (Nov. 2) … Recorded first collegiate point with an assist at Wisconsin (Oct. 26) … Assisted on the game-winning goal versus Alaska Anchorage (Feb. 23) … Went on a four-game point streak from October 26-November 3 with a goal and three assists … Also scored at Minnesota State (Jan. 5) … Blocked 41 shots to rank fourth on the team … Attended the St. Louis Blues Development Camp in July 2019.
Prior to Michigan Tech: Played 114 games in two seasons for the Sioux Falls Stampede … Alternate captain in 2017-18 … Finished fourth in the USHL in defensemen scoring with 36 points … Scored seven goals and racked up 29 assists to finish fourth on the team in scoring … Received the team’s community service award in 2016-17 … Played four games for the Chicago Steel in 2015-16, getting coached by current Tech assistant Dallas Steward … Played three seasons with the Chicago Fury before his time in the USHL.
Personal: Shoots right … Son of Jim and Jenny Swoyer … Born Colin James Swoyer on March 31, 1998, in Hinsdale, Illinois … Father played hockey and baseball for Southern New Hampshire University and is a former college hockey assistant coach and current high school hockey coach … Has a younger sister (Hannah) and brother (Devin) … Enjoys golfing … Majoring in finance with a 3.25 GPA.
