Sarah Swor

Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Elkview, W. Va.

Career: Enters the season tied for first in school history in saves (7) … ranks third in innings pitched (562.0) and wins (42) … tied for third in shutouts (13) … fourth in complete games (58) and strikeouts (419).

2006 (Jr.): Big South All-Academic team honoree … named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll … two-time Big South Pitcher of the Week (March 20 and May 8) … tied her own school record with three saves on the year … finished the year tied for third in single-season school history with 16 victories … also ranked ninth in school history with 183.1 innings pitched and 136 strikeouts … had a breakout year offensively as she entered the year with just two career hits in 10 plate appearances, but finished the season with 34 hits, 11 runs scored, 23 RBI, five home runs and a .410 slugging percentage … led the team in appearances (37), games started (27), complete games (16), saves and innings pitched … ranked second on the team with a career-best 2.52 ERA … tied for the team lead with 16 victories, also marking a new career high … finished the season with a 4-2 record against conference foes, including three complete games and a shutout … recorded five or more strikeouts in 12 out of 37 appearances … led the conference in saves … ranked second in the Big South in innings pitched … ranked third in the Big South in appearances … ranked fourth in the league in batters struck out looking (41) in games started … tied for fifth in the Big South in wins … picked up the win in relief and hit her first career home run to help Liberty claim a 7-5 win over Stony Brook to open the season at the Seahawk Classic … struck out seven in a complete-game, 4-3, eight-inning win over Delaware at the Seahawk Classic … fanned eight batters in a 4-3, complete-game win over UNC Wilmington in the championship game of the Seahawk Classic, helping her earn Seahawk Classic MVP honors … struck out seven and allowed just a single hit in a complete-game, eight-inning, 1-0 victory over Mount St. Mary's … was a combined 3-for-6 with two runs scored, five RBI and a homer, helping Liberty to a doubleheader sweep over Gardner-Webb … 2-for-4 with three RBI against Morehead State … fanned five and allowed only three hits and no earned runs in a 3-2, extra-inning win over Texas A&M Corpus Christi … scattered seven hits and allowed just one earned run, while driving two runs in the top of the eighth in a 4-2, upset victory over Stetson … scattered five hits and allowed just one run in a 2-1, complete-game victory over Iowa State at the Bethune-Cookman Spring Break Classic … 1-for-3 with a solo home run against Virginia … tied a career best with 11 strikeouts in an 11-2 seven-inning victory over Hampton … excelled at the plate as well against the Pirates, falling a triple short of the cycle as she was 4-for-4 with two runs scored, five RBI, two doubles and a home run against Hampton … struck out six and allowed just one hit in a 5-1, complete-game victory over Lynchburg College … allowed three hits and fanned nine batters in a 2-0, complete-game Big South win over Charleston Southern … struck out eight and scattered three hits in a 2-1, extra inning win over Coastal Carolina … was 2-for-3 with two RBI and a home run in Liberty's 6-5 win over 24th-ranked Virginia Tech … scattered five hits in a 3-0, complete-game victory over 24th-ranked Virginia Tech, completing the doubleheader sweep over the Hokies.

2005 (So.): Big South All-Academic team member … named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll … led the Lady Flames' pitching staff in ERA (3.08), victories (13), complete games (21), shutouts (5), saves (3), innings pitched (186.0), strikeouts (157) and opponent batting average (.234) … left her mark on the Lady Flames' single-season record book to date as she ranked tied for first in saves, second in strikeouts, tied for fourth in shutouts, fifth in innings pitched, tied for eighth in complete games and tied for 10th in wins … struck out 10 batters and allowed just one hit in a 5-0 victory over Coppin State at the Seahawk Classic … struck out a season-high 11 batters and scattered seven hits in a shutout victory over Delaware State at the Seahawk Classic … struck out nine batters against Binghamton at the Hampton Inn Pirate Classic … struck out nine batters in a 2-1 loss to N.C. State at the Hampton Inn Pirate Classic … struck out eight batters against New Mexico State at the Lobo Classic … struck out eight batters against UNC Greensboro … allowed just two hits and struck out five in a victory over Hampton … struck out nine batters and tossed the third perfect game in school history in a five-inning, 14-0 win over West Virginia Tech … was named the Big South Co-Pitcher of the Week after the performance … struck out eight batters and scattered four hits in a complete-game win over Charleston Southern … scattered two hits and fanned eight in a 1-0, complete-game win over Charleston Southern in the first round of the Big South Championship.

2004 (Fr.): Put together one of the most dominant freshman pitching seasons in school history … Big South second-team all-conference honoree … also named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll …was inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society during the spring semester … Dean's List member … led the Lady Flames in wins (13), appearances (37), games started (32), complete games (21), shutouts (4), innings pitched (192.2) and strikeouts (126) … finished the year tied for third in the Big South with 13 wins, which ranked fourth best in school history by a freshman pitcher … ranked fourth in the Big South in strikeouts and innings pitched … ranked third in the Big South in complete games … finished the year with four shutouts on the season, which was tied for 10th-most shutouts in a season in school history … finished 14 games with five or more strikeouts … recorded a save and a win on the same day, helping Liberty to a doubleheader sweep over Coastal Carolina … named to the all-tournament team at the Pirate Clash … picked up her first collegiate win as she scattered eight hits over seven innings of work, while striking out six in a win over Hampton at the Seahawk Classic … struck out a season-high eight batters in six innings of work against Wright State … complete-game, four-strikeout win over Delaware at the Dixie Classic … scattered six hits, while striking out seven batters in a 3-2 win over Colorado State at the Rebel Games … tossed her first shutout victory in a 5-0, four-hit win over Dayton … struck out seven in a extra-inning, 3-1 win over Towson … scattered three hits in six innings of work in a 9-0 win over Gardner-Webb at the Lady Vols Classic … five strikeouts and four hits allowing in a 1-0, shutout win over Charleston Southern … fanned seven batters and scattered four hits, leading Liberty to an 8-1 Big South win over Winthrop … tied a season high with eight strikeouts in a complete-game effort against Charleston Southern at the Big South Championship.

Prep: Graduated from Elk Valley Christian School … four-year letterwinner … finished her four-year prep career with 70 wins and over 1,000 career strikeouts … three-time all-county performer … 2003 Kanawha County Player of the Year … set the state record for career strikeouts (1,048) … finished her career with 11 no-hitters … was also a four-year letterwinner in basketball and volleyball … three-time all-state in basketball and volleyball … valedictorian … Student Council president.

Personal: Daughter of Lee and Anita Swor … older brother, David, played four years of collegiate baseball as a pitcher at Tennessee Temple ... majoring in nursing ... would like to pursue a career as an intensive care nurse after graduation … birthday is on Sept. 19.