2020 (Senior): Team co-captain who was named a USILA Scholar All-American... Was in the midst of an outstanding season when it was cut short... Started all six games in the midfield... Third on the team with nine goals and 16 points, tying for second with seven assists... Also had eight ground balls... Had a goal and two assists at Virginia... Scored twice and had an assist versus Rutgers... Posted two goals and an assist against Towson and scored twice at Lafayette... Tallied a career-high four points with a goal and three assists against Duke... Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for the fourth-straight year.
2019 (Junior): Played in all 17 games finishing the year as the unit’s top scorer with 15 points on seven goals and eight assists… Played on the offensive midfield, ran the wings on faceoffs and also filled in as a defensive midfielder early in the season due to injuries within the unit… Also had 42 ground balls… Scored a goal, had an assist and picked up four ground balls against Virginia… Posted three ground balls and an assist at Rutgers… Had two assist and a career-best six ground balls to go with a caused turnover against Holy Cross… Had a goal, assist and three ground balls against Bucknell… Picked up five ground balls and dished out an assist versus Colgate… Scored a goal in three-straight games, Lehigh, Georgetown and at Boston University… Had a goal and two assists against Lafayette… Picked up three ground balls and caused a turnover versus Penn State in the NCAA Quarterfinal… Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2018 (Sophomore): Played in 15 games as a member of the Greyhounds’ second midfield unit… Missed a pair of games (Lafayette, Yale) due to injury… Finished the year with eight goals and an assist… Had goals in three-straight games (at Holy Cross, Duke, at Navy)… Scored twice in the first half at Lehigh (4/7)… Posted a goal against Boston University (4/14) and closed the regular-season with an assist against Army West Point (4/20)… Had goals in both games of the Patriot League Championships… Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2017 (Freshman): Played in 15 games during his first year at Loyola as a part of the Greyhounds’ second midfield unit… Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll… Finished with two goals and an assist on seven shots… Scored a goal in his collegiate debut against Virginia (2/11)… Posted an assist at Lafayette (2/25)… Had a key fourth-quarter goal versus Georgetown (3/22).
Before Loyola: Graduated from New Canaan (Connecticut) High School where he lettered in lacrosse and football… Was a two-time All-State and All-Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference honoree in 2015 and 2016 for the Red Rams’ lacrosse team… Scored 30 goals and assited on 23 as a senior in 2016 after tallying 27 goals and 12 assists as a junior the year prior… Led the Red Rams to state lacrosse titles in 2015 and 2016… Was a two-time All-State and All-FCIAC football player, as well, earning the laurels in 2013 and 2015 as a sophomore and senior… Caught 12 touchdown passes and scored 71 points as a kicker in 2015 after tallying 42 points kicking in 2014 and 115 in 2013… Helped New Canaan win state football titles his final three seasons… Played club lacrosse for Eclipse Lacrosse Club.
Personal: Peter Swindell… Son of Susie and Jim Swindell... Has an older sister, Lisa, and a younger brother, Walker... Was a 14-time member of the Acacdemic Honor Roll and the 2015-2016 recipient of the Kiwanis Club Sportsmanship Award… Also received the Bob’s Sports Don Guenin Sports Award… Comes from a family of former collegiate athletes, including his father (Denison University, lacrosse), grandfathers (University of Virginia, lacrosse; Lehigh University, football), uncles (Ohio Wesleyan University, football; Brown University, lacrosse; Saint Lawrence University, football and lacrosse).
