Biography
2018 (Junior): Named preseason first-team All-America by Baseball America, D1Baseball, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, Perfect Game/Rawlings and College Sports Madness ... Named to the USA Baseball Preseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List ... Earned third-team preseason All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball ... Also voted the Sun Belt Conference Preseason Player of the Year as well as preseason all-Sun Belt Conference.
Team USA (Summer 2017): Appeared in 19 games for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team ... Ranked second on the team in hits (21) and on-base percentage (.449), and third in stolen bases (6) and batting average (.328) ... Helped Team USA to a 15-5 record over 20 contests ... Earned batting champion honors in the Chinese Taipei series after leading the team in batting average (.417) and stolen bases (4), and tying for the team lead in OBP (.500) ... In five games against Cuba, he led the team in doubles (2) and RBI (4), tied for the lead in OBP (.500), and ranked second in batting average (.429) and hits (6) ... Originally started the summer in the Cape Cod Baseball League as a member of the Brewster Whitecaps.
2017 (Sophomore): Appeared and started in 58 games ... Named second-team All-America by the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings ... Also earned first-team all-South Central Region by the ABCA and first-team all-Sun Belt Conference honors ... Led the SBC in on-base percentage (.484), runs scored (55) and RBI (60), ranked second in batting average (.356), third in walks (49), tied for fourth in hits (78) and stolen bases (19), and fifth in slugging percentage (.571) ... Ranked second in the conference in walks (26) in league contests ... Led the team in multi-RBI games (16) and ranked second in multi-hit contests (23) ... Hit safely in 44 of 58 games ... Opened the season with a 13-game hitting streak ... Recorded career highs in hits (4) and RBI (4) in a win at Auburn (March 7) ... Went 3-for-3 with a double, one home run, three RBI, one run scored and one stolen base at Mississippi State (March 12) ... Named the SBC Player of the Week on March 14 after batting .556 with two doubles, one home run, nine RBI, four runs scored and three stolen bases while posting a .636 OBP and .833 slugging percentage in five games ... Collected three hits, including a home run, and tied a career high with four RBI against Georgia State (March 25) ... Named the SBC Player of the Week on March 27 after batting .438 with two home runs, seven RBI, eight runs scored and three stolen bases while posting a .591 OBP and .812 slugging percentage in four games ... Doubled, homered and tied a career high with four RBI in the series opener at ULM (April 7) ... Tied a career high with four hits in the series finale at ULM (April 9) ... Tied his career high with four hits against Southern Miss (April 25) ... Recorded three hits and tied his career high in RBI (4) against Mississippi State in the opening game of the NCAA Hattiesburg (Miss.) Regional ... Named a 2018 presesaon first-team All-American by Perfect Game and a third-team preseason All-American according to Collegiate Baseball.
2016 (Freshman): Named Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America by Collegiate Baseball … Also named to the NCAA Tallahassee (Fla.) Regional all-tournament team after hitting .412 with one double, one triple, one home run, two RBI, four runs scored and one stolen base in four games … Ranked second in the SBC in walks (42), stolen bases (20) and steal attempts (31), third in on-base percentage (.431) and tied for seventh in runs scored (47) … Led South Alabama with a .303 batting average while also recording 12 doubles, one triple, four home runs, 27 RBI, 47 runs scored and 20 stolen bases in 59 games … Hit safely in 44 of 59 games played, including his final three of the season … Posted a .422 slugging percentage and .431 on-base percentage … Recorded a team-best 35-game on-base streak and also posted the second-longest hitting streak on the team at 14 games (4/5-4/29/16) … Batted .239 with six doubles, two home runs, 17 RBI, 20 runs scored and 11 stolen bases in 30 SBC contests ... Went 2-for-3 with a double, one RBI and two runs scored in his Jaguar debut against Evansville (2/20) … Hit his first career home run in the series opener against Middle Tennessee (3/4) … Collected a career-high three hits at Alabama State (4/5) … Tied his career high in hits (3) the following game against New Orleans (4/6) … Also recorded three hits later in the season at the NCAA Regional against Alabama State (6/4) and Florida State (6/5) … Stole two bases in a win over Southern (4/22) … Recorded four assists from right field.
High School: Lettered three years at Denham Springs High School in Denham Springs, La. ... Named 5A all-state by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association as a utility player ... Also named all-Baton Rouge Large Schools Player of the Year and first-team all-Baton Rouge Area by NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune in 2015 ... Hit .451 with two home runs and 38 RBI as a senior ... Helped the Yellow Jackets to a quarterfinal appearance in the 5A state playoffs ... Earned all-district, all-parish and all-metro honors after batting .468 with 27 RBI as a junior … Also went 3-0 on the mound in 2014.
Personal: Full name is Travis Wade Swaggerty ... Born Aug. 19, 1997, in Covington, La. ... Son of Travis Swaggerty and Michelle Blackmon ... Lists hunting among his hobbies ... Favorite movie is “Division III: Football’s Finest” ... Favorite pro sports teams are the Tampa Bay Rays and New Orleans Saints ... Favorite athlete is David Price ... Lists boiled crawfish among his favorite foods ... Majoring in exercise science.
