Eric Swenson Class: Graduated Hometown: Scotch Plains, NJ High School: St. Joseph Height / Weight: 6-3 / 200 Event: Breast Birthdate: 03/15/1986

Team captain ... would win team's Mr. Congeniality Award if one existed ... always outgoing and upbeat ... takes great pride in representing the team and University.

As a Junior: Collected top times of the season at the BIG EAST Championship in the 100 Breast (56.62), 200 Breast (2:06.94), and 200 IM (1:55.01) ... his 200 Breast completion was the fifth-quickest on the year for Notre Dame.

As a Sophomore: Notched BIG EAST "A" cuts in the 100 Breast, 200 Breast and 200 IM ... placed 10th in the 100 Breast with a season-best time of 56.58 at the BIG EAST Championships ... placed 15th in the 200 Breast at the conference meet with a time of 2:08.41 ... career-best 200 Breast mark (2:06.49) came at the Notre Dame Invitational ... also posted top-career time in the 200 IM (1:56.55) at the Notre Dame Invite ... Notre Dame Invitational champion in the 100 Breast ... also part of two winning 200 Medley Relay teams ... recipient of the team's Patrick Reilly McManus Captains' Award for his performance in and out of the pool in pressure situations and for exemplifying the concept of being a teammate ... named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team.

As a Freshman: Clocked BIG EAST "A" cuts in the 100 Breast (56.39) and the 200 Breast (2:07.04) ... both of those marks were achieved in the dual meet at Oakland ... swam a conference "B" cut in the 200 IM (1:56.65) at the Notre Dame Invitational ... top 50 Free time of 23.35 came at Iowa ... second on the team in the 100 Breast ... fifth on the team in the 200 Breast ... earned 102.5 total points on the season (69 individual, 33.5 relay) ... won the 100 Breast at Oakland and placed second in the 200 Breast at the same meet ... runner-up in the 100 Breast versus Louisville ... named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team.

The Swenson File: Competed for his club team, the Jersey Gators, in the 2005 and 2006 ConocoPhillips Swimming National Championships ... clocked a time of 1:05.32 in the 100M Breast at the 2005 meet ... six-time high school All-American and two-time New Jersey state champion in the 100 Breast ... ranked 16th nationally among 17- and 18-year olds in the 100 Breast (57.00) from 2003-04 ... earned All-America honors six times ... won three individual YMCA national titles between the 2003 and 2004 seasons ... finished in the top six in the 100 and 200 Breast races in both of those national meets ... finished first on the Independent Schools All-American list in the 100 Breast in 2004 ... 10-time YMCA national finalist ... finished first at the state championship in two relays and one individual event (100 Breast) ... team won the state championship in 2003 and 2004 ... YMCA state record holder in the 100 Breast and his team's record holder in 12 events ... established county and Pirate Invitational records in the 100 Breast ... undefeated in the 100 Breast as a junior and senior ... former U.S. Open qualifier ... was fifth in the country in the event among 15- and 16-year-olds in 2003 ... two-time all-state and four-time all-conference performer ... Middlesex County Swimmer of the Year for the 2003-04 season ... member of the National Honor Society ... school's top scholar athlete as a senior ... grandfather graduated from Notre Dame in 1941 ... has three brothers ... brother, Billy, swims at Rowan University ... brother, Steve, swam at the College of New Jersey ... born April 15, 1986, in Plainfield, N.J. ... son of Barbara and Norman Swenson ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.