2019 Lacrosse Roster

14 Kirsten Swanson

  • Position Attack
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
  • Hometown Washington, D.C.

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2019)
• Second Team All-Pac-12
• Named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection
• First on the team in points with 55 (42 goals, 13 assists)
• Scored with eight seconds left in regulation to send the Arizona State game into OT before Cal won, 12-11. Two days prior, recorded a hat trick at USC
• Led Cal in scoring in four of the final six games of the season, including five points (four goals, one assist) in Cal’s win over Arizona State in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament
• Tallied six points, with four of her five goals coming in the first half in Cal’s 17-8 win vs. Arizona State
• Paced the Bears in scoring at Mount St. Mary’s with five points (four goals, one assist), with all four goals scored in the second half, including three in a row in a span of nine minutes. 
• Against UC Davis, secured a career-best eight draw controls
•  Her 0.80 free-position shots per game career average ranks second in school history
•  Her 1.16 free-position shots per game average ranked eighth in school single-season history
•  Her 5.44 shots per game average ranked seventh in school single-season history
• Ranked fifth in the Pac-12 in goals per game and seventh in points per game
• Started all 19 games
• Team Captain

AS A SOPHOMORE (2018)
•  Second Team All-Pac-12
•  Her 1.67 free-position shots per game average ranked first in school single-season history
• Cal’s leading scorer this season with 56 points on 43 goals and 13 assists
• Ranked seventh in the Pac-12 in goals per game (2.39) and ninth in points per game (3.11) 
• Scored a personal-best seven points on four goals and three assists at Arizona State
• Also posted three five-point games, including a career-high five-goal performance vs. Oregon  
•  Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2017)
•  Appeared in 16 games, scoring 27 points on 20 goals and 7 assists. Also collected seven ground balls
•  Set a career high with four goals against UC Davis
•  Also secured hat tricks vs. Saint Joseph's, UConn and Saint Mary's
• Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team

AS A FRESHMAN (2016)
•  Redshirted last season due to injury

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB SUCCESS
•  At Georgetown Visitation Prepatory School, was team captain her senior year, won the Coaches Award, All-Metro, ISL Second Team and garnered Washington Post All-Metro honorable mention honors
•  Her squad was ISL Championship finalists from 2013-15, and ranked in the top 25 in the country
•  Led the DC Metro in assists her senior year
•  Also played soccer and basketball
•  AP Scholar, Academic All-American and a member of the Spanish Honor Society
•  A member of the Buddies Against Drunk Driving club and the Think Pink Society

PERSONAL
• Media studies major
• Born on Jan. 6, 1997, in Washington, D.C.
• Parents are Tom and Christie Swanson
• Has two older sisters who played lacrosse at Stanford
• Lists hiking and baking as hobbies

SWANSON'S CAREER STATS
Year       Games  Shots     Goals     Assists    Points
2016        3               0            0              0           0
2017       16             50         20              7          27
2018       18             98         43             13         56
2019       19             97         42             13         55
Totals      56            245       105            33         138

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2016Freshman

    Attack
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2017Redshirt Freshman

    Attack
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2018Redshirt Sophomore

    Attack
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2019Senior

    Attack
    5'8"
    14