July 30, 2015 The 2015-16 academic year begins in 25 days and UICFlames.com counts down the Top 25 Flames over the summer months (June 8-July 31). Each sport will be featured over eight weeks as we preview the upcoming year in UIC Athletics. In this installment of 'Top 25 Flames for 2015-16', we feature softball's starting first baseman
Laura Swan. The senior earned a spot on the All-Horizon League First Team last season after she compiled a .331 batting average with 46 hits and 29 RBI.
Swan was one of five to start all 46 games for the Flames in 2015. She produced the team's second-best tallies in batting average (.331), hits (46), doubles (10), RBI (29) and walks (23), while she tied for most home runs (4).
A native of Glendora, Calif., Swan helped UIC obtain its 14th Horizon League Regular Season Championship after the Flames went 14-6 in conference. Swan compiled impressive stats in league play alone, batting .390 with 23 hits, six doubles and 14 RBI all while producing the Horizon League's second-most chances (146) and putouts (142) to maintain a perfect fielding percentage.
On the year, Swan owned 12 multi-hit games, including a two home run outing against Bradley which spurred back-to-back three-hit performances, and eight multi-RBI games. She led the team in length of hit streak after recording at least one tally in 11 consecutive games.
In her career, Swan has tabbed a .319 batting average with 126 hits, 23 doubles, five triples, 12 home runs and 80 RBI. Her 73 walks puts her on track to break into the all-time top 10 list for free bases. She has started every game since her freshman year, amassing 138 total games.
TOP 25 FLAMES June 8 - Jake Dahlberg June 10 - Stephenee Yancy June 12 - Thomas Villamil June 15 - Elaine Heflin June 17 - Tai Odiase June 19 - Ruvanna Campbell June 22 - Michael Crepeau June 24 - Brianna Hines June 26 - Kei Ishimaru June 29 - Kelly Fritz July 1 - Mitch Granger July 3 - Jackie Altansarnai July 6 - Trent Jarrett July 8 - Kelsey Jensen July 10 - Kyle Hauser July 13 - Nicole Szabo July 15 - Mickey McDonald July 17 - Desirae Ranberg July 20 - Andrew Putna July 22 - Tiana Mack-Miller July 24 - Nicole Johnson July 27 - Terri Bender July 28 - Danel Voorhees
