Rachel Swoboda

Right Side
Junior
5-11, De Pere, Wis. (Wrightstown)

2008:  Named American Volleyball Coaches Association first-team All-America, AVCA first-team All-Midwest Region and first-team All-CCIW with a .287 attack  percentage, 2.81 kills per game and 1.13 blocks per game…named to the all-tournament teams at the CCIW Women’s Volleyball Tournament and at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championship…named to the all-tournament team at the Aug. 29-30 Elmhurst Tournament…named CCIW “Offensive Player of the Week” on Sept. 9 after being named to all-tournament team at Illinois Wesleyan on Sept. 5-6…named CCIW “player of the week” a second time on Oct. 7 after being named to the all-tournament team at Augustana (Ill.) on Oct. 3-4…started all 37 matches…collected 10 or more kills in 20-of-37 matches, including a career-high 22 kills against Wartburg on Oct. 4 at the Augustana (Ill.) Tournament…collected six block solos and two block assists versus Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Sept. 26.

2007:  Named second-team All-CCIW and CCIW “Newcomer of the Year”…named American Volleyball Coaches Association Midwest Region “Freshman of the Year…named to the Sept. 14-15 Wisconsin-La Crosse all-tournament team…played in all 38 matches and made 38 starts…second among Carthage regulars with a .356 attack percentage and averaged 2.71 kills per game…collected 10 or more kills in 16 matches, including a season-high 15 kills in both the Oct. 26 University of Dallas match and the Oct. 27 Cedarville contest…hit .667 with 12 kills and no errors in 18 attempts against Wheaton (Ill.) on Oct. 6.

High School:  Named honorable mention all-state and first-team All-Olympian Conference her senior year on a league-championship team…first-team all-conference as a junior and second-team all-conference her sophomore season on a team that won both league and regional titles…coached by Sean Hanaway her sophomore year and Cecilia Schoultz her junior and senior seasons…four-year member of the basketball team…National Honor Society member, high honors student and graduated with honors.

Personal:  Accounting major…named to the Carthage dean’s list four times and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 22, 1989.