Dan Swan

Class: RS Senior Hometown: Okemos, Mich. High School: Okemos

Height / Weight: 6-2 / 160 Birthdate: 06/10/1979

2000-01: First team Academic All-American ... NCAA Doubles Championships participant with Jason Marshall ... pair posted a 24-7 overall record and went 9-1 in the Big Ten ... achieved a national ranking as high as 15th ... won five matches at the T. Rowe Price Clay Court Championships ... went 6-2 in non-conference dual matches ... in singles, recorded a 6-6 mark ... won two matches at the East Coast Collegiate Invitational in Norfolk, Va. ... collected dual-match wins against Brown, Weber State and Nebraska ... played primarily at the No. 6 position.

1999-2000: Medical redshirt.

1998-99: Returned from surgery to enjoy an outstanding doubles campaign ... teamed with senior Jamie Gordon to post a team-best 18-5 record (8-2 Big Ten) at the No. 2 and 3 positions ... the duo recorded an 8-6 victory over Mississippi State’s Jeremy Bayou and Mathieu Soto in the NCAA Championships ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.

1997-98: Posted a 10-10 singles record and 12-18 doubles mark ... contributed to Purdue’s 4-2 win over Michigan in the NCAA Regionals, downing Brook Blain 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 ... also teamed with G.T. Cozad to pick up a doubles victory in that win over the Wolverines ... advanced to doubles semifinals at the Notre Dame Tom Fallon Invitational with senior Steve Brizendine ... bothered by an elbow injury for most of the year ... underwent “Tommy John” surgery during the summer.

HIGH SCHOOL: Member of three-time high school state championship team ... state doubles champ as a junior (at No. 2) and senior (at No. 1) ... all-state as a sophomore, junior and senior ... ranked nationally as a junior at B-16 and B-18 ... National Merit Commended Student ... coached by Jim Powers ... also lettered in soccer.

PERSONAL: Born June 10, 1979 … parents are Margo and Lynn Swan ... has two sisters, Jenny and Rebecca, and one brother, David ... enrolled in the MBA program for industrial management.

Swan’s Career Records

	  Singles	       	Doubles
Year	  Overall     Big Ten	Overall		Big Ten
1997-98	  10-10		4-5	12-18		3-7
1998-99	   0-2		0-0	18-5		8-2
2000-01	   6-6		0-2	24-7		9-1
Career	  16-18		4-7	54-30	       20-10

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