Player Profiles



Caroline                           Szwed
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Caroline
Szwed
Class: Sr.
Hometown: Oakville, Ontario
Height: 5-7
Sport: Women's Soccer
Position: M

Biography

At West Virginia In 2011
• Started all 22 matches in the midfield
• Worked 13 matches of 90-plus minutes
• Voted team MVP
• Multi-assist game (2) against Syracuse
• Scored a goal in Big East quarterfinal win over Seton Hall
• Was outstanding in Big East Championship weekend, playing 168 minutes in two matches
• Tied career high in shots with three against Seton Hall and Villanova

At West Virginia In 2010
• Started 22 matches at defensive center mid
• Recorded two goals and three assists for seven points on the season
• Both goals were game-winners: at Bowling Green and versus Connecticut
• Logged 18 matches of 60-plus minutes
• Took three shots in wins over Pitt and Villanova

At West Virginia In 2009
• Started all 23 matches, playing 80-plus minutes in 15 contests
• Big East All-Rookie Team
• Played the most minutes of any freshman in 2009, totaling 1,851
• Led the team in assists with six; first rookie to lead WVU in assists since 1999
• First collegiate assist on Chelsey Corroto’s goal against Duquesne
• First collegiate goal was game-winner, a header, to knock off Marquette at home
• Big East Rookie of the Week (10/12)
• Registered team-best sixth assist in NCAA opening-round match against Loyola (Md.)

In High School
• Honor roll student at St. Ignatius of Loyola
• Won a Bronze medal with the Canadian National Team at the 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship in Trinidad & Tobago
• Started every match of the 2008 U-17 World Cup
• Twice nominated for the prestigious adidas Canadian Player of the Year award (07, 08)
• Won a Bronze medal with Ontario at the 2007 BMO Financial Group U-16 Girls National All-Star Championship

Personal
• Daughter of Marek and Agata Szwed
• One of two children
• Birthday is November 18
• Majoring in journalism
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll member
• Big East Academic All-Star
• Dean’s List
• President’s List
• Multiple training camps with U-20 Canadian National Team (2009)

Related Articles

The Long Road Back
Posted: 10.24.12

Women's Soccer: 2011 Award Winners Revealed
Posted: 2.4.12

Back-to-Back Championships
Posted: 11.6.11

No. 13 WVU Routs Seton Hall
Posted: 10.30.11

Senior Moment
Posted: 10.9.11

Women's Soccer: No. 23 WVU Routs Connecticut
Posted: 10.22.10

Women's Soccer: Five Named All-BIG EAST
Posted: 11.5.09

Women's Soccer: BIG EAST Honors Lewis, Szwed
Posted: 10.12.09

Women's Soccer: Miller Nets Game-Winner
Posted: 10.9.09

Women's Soccer: Szwed Nets Game-Winner
Posted: 9.24.09

Mountaineers Rout Duquesne
Posted: 9.3.09



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