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2008-09 Women's Golf Roster

Nikki Swan

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Tippecanoe
  • Hometown Tipp City, Ohio

Biography

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

2005-06
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
2006-07
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

2007-08
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

2008-09
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

Historical Player Information

  • 2005-06Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2007-08Junior

    5'7"
  • 2008-09Senior

    5'7"