2008-09: Ranked second on the team with an 82.70 stroke average ... Had a spring season-low score of 79 in a dual match versus Detroit (4/10) ... Posted three top-20 finishes ... Shot 21-over-par 165 (80-85) at The Summit League Championship (4/20-21) at Katke-Cousins Golf Course to finish in a tie for 15th place ... Finished the fall season second on the team with an average of 81.64, playing in all five tournaments ... Fired a season-low 74 in the final round of the Cardinal Classic (9/23) to finish with an overall score of 158 (+14), ending in a tie for 37th place ... Top finish came at the UD Fall Invitational (10/27-28), posting scores of 85 and 87 to finish 24-over par and in a tie for 15th place ... Her round of 74 was the best for any OU golfer in the fall ... Academic All-Summit League selection and NGCA All-American Scholar.
2007-08: Ranked second on the team with a stroke average of 82.00, playing in all eight tournaments ... Carried a fall average of 78.87 ... Won the Huskie Invite (10/1-2) with a season-low 74 in the first round and 76 in round two to finish just six-over par, leading OU to a second-place finish ... That effort was the lowest two-round total for any OU player during the fall ... Posted her second consecutive top-five finish in her very next tournament, firing rounds of 78 and 81 at the Detroit Titans Invitational (10/8-9) to finish in a tie for second place with a score of 159 (+15) to lead OU to its first of two tourney wins ... Had another solid outing in the final tournament, finishing in a tie for fourth place at the UD Fall Invitational with scores of 77 and 82 (159/+17), guiding the Grizzlies to victory ... Finished in a tie for 19th place at The Summit League Tournament (4/20-22) with scores of 86, 81 and 83 (250) to record an overall score of 250 ... Only top 20 finish of the spring came at the Butler Spring Invitational (3/24-25), posting an overall score of 170 (88-82) to finish in a tie for 15th place ... Named Academic All-Summit League ... Academic All-Summit League selection and NGCA All-American Scholar.
2006-07: Played in eight of Oakland[apos]s nine tournaments as a sophomore ... Earned second team All-Mid-Con honors after finishing in a tie for ninth place with an overall score of 243 (+27) ... Tallied a pair of top-20 finishes ... Posted a stroke average of 82.75, a career best ... Finished ninth at the Detroit Titans Invitational with a 164 (+20) ... Tied for OU[apos]s low score at the Butler Spring Invitational with a 164 (+20), finishing in a tie for 14th place ... Posted a top-20 finish at the Falcon Invitational with a 257 (+41) ... Carded the low round of the season at the Mid-Con Tournament with a 76, setting a new career best.
2005-06: Competed in five tournaments for Oakland as a freshman ... 85.17 stroke average in her first season as a Golden Grizzly ... shot an 80, her low round of the season, on three occasions ... once at the Cardinal Classic, where she finished with a total of 172 (+28) in two rounds of competition to finish in a tie for 61st place ... shot her second 80 at the Northern Kentucky Invitational en route to a tie for 47th place with a score of 168 (+24) ... wrapped up her final tournament of the season, the Rocket Spring Classic with an 80 in the final round ... finished in a tie for 34th with a total of 253 (+40) at the Rocket Spring Classic ... opened the season with a 163 (+19) at the Youngstown State Invitational, earning a share of 22nd place ... 266 (+50) in the three-round Rocket Fall Classic placed her in a tie for 73rd place.
High School: A four-year varsity letterwinner in golf for Tippecanoe, Swan also played basketball as a freshman ... served as a captain for the golf team during her junior and senior seasons ... named second team all-district as a sophomore, earning first team honors during her senior campaign ... was voted the team[apos]s Most Improved Player in her rookie year ... improved her game by nearly 22 strokes throughout her career to average 39.5 strokes per nine holes in 2004 ... was the tournament runner-up at the 2004 WGC Championship, and in 2003 placed second at the Troy Country Club Junior Boys Championship as well as medalist honors at the Strawberry Festival that year ... was a member of the National Honor Society, graduating in the top 10 percent of her class ... also was her school[apos]s Top Scholar Athlete.
Personal: Born Nichole Swan on Sept. 21, 1987 ... Parents are Scot and Deborah Swan ... Favorite hobby is singing ... Says the best thing about her is that she is confident about herself ... Majoring in mechanical engineering.
Collegiate Tournament Results
T22# |
Youngstown State Invitational (+19) |
82-81 - 163 |
T61# |
Cardinal Classic (+28) |
92-80 - 172 |
T73 |
Rocket Fall Classic (+50) |
91-85-90 - 266 |
T47 |
Northern Kentucky Invitational (+24) |
88-80 - 168 |
T34 |
Rocket Spring Classic (+40) |
86-87-80 - 253 |
T63 |
Cardinal Classic (+22) |
81-85 - 166 |
9 |
Detroit Titans Invitational (+20) |
80-84 - 164 |
T23 |
IPFW Fall Classic (+11) |
82 |
T14 |
Butler Spring Invitational (+20) |
84-80 - 164 |
T22 |
UC Collegiate Invitational (+10) |
82 |
T25 |
EKU Spring Invitational (+22) |
80-86 - 166 |
T18 |
Falcon Invitational (+41) |
90-86-81 - 257 |
T9 |
The Summit League Championship (+27) |
76-87-80 - 243 |
1 |
Huskie Invite (+6) |
74-76 - 150 |
T2 |
Detroit Titans Invitational (+15) |
78-81 - 159 |
T40 |
IPFW Fall Classic (+19) |
82-81 - 163 |
T4 |
UD Fall Invitational (+17) |
77-82 - 159 |
NA |
Detroit Dual Match (+8) |
80 |
T16 |
Butler Spring Invitational (+26) |
88-82 - 170 |
NA |
Cincinnati Spring Invitational |
89-WD-84 |
T50 |
Cardinal Classic (+30) |
89-83 - 172 |
T19 |
The Summit League Championship (+34) |
86-81-83 - 250 |
T38 |
Wolverine Invitational (+9) |
80 |
T37 |
Cardinal Classic (+14) |
84-74 - 158 |
T26 |
Zippy Invitational (+33) |
83-81-85 - 249 |
T30 |
Hawkeye Invitational (+23) |
80-82-77 - 239 |
T15 |
UD Fall Invitational (+24) |
85-87 - 172 |
T21 |
Tina Barrett Longwood Invitational (+36) |
91-81-80 - 252 |
T17 |
Lady Moc Intercollegiate (+13) |
85 |
3 |
Detroit Dual Match (+7) |
79 |
27 |
BGSU Falcon Invitational (+31) |
92-83 - 175 |
T15 |
The Summit League Championship (+21) |
80-85 - 165 |
Career Statistics
Year |
Trn |
T10 |
T20 |
Rnds/Cnt |
Strk |
Avg. |
Lo |
Par/ |
60s |
2005-06 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12(4)/3.5 |
1022 |
85.17 |
80 |
0 |
0 |
2006-07 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
16/12.5 |
1324 |
82.75 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
2007-08 |
8 |
3 |
5 |
18/15.5 |
1476 |
82.00 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
2008-09 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
20/17.83 |
1654 |
82.70 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
Totals |
30 |
6 |
10 |
66(4)/49.33 |
5476 |
82.96 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
# Played as an individual; () rounds played as an individual
Low round: 74 (twice), most recently at Cardinal Classic, 2nd round (+2)
Low tournament score: 239, Hawkeye Invitational (+23), 2008
Best finish: 1, Huskie Invite, 2007