2023-24 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Played in 27 games off the bench
• Missed the first five games of the year after a knee injury ended her high school career the previous February, had surgery March 10, 2023
• Averaged 7.1 points in 12.6 minutes per game
• Led Big Ten freshmen and the nation with 4.8 3-pointers per 40 mins, while finishing first in the league and ninth in the country with 22.6 points per 40 mins
• Finished fourth among Big Ten freshmen with 1.5 3-pointers per game
• Added to Big Ten’s highest freshman scoring output of 23.5 points per game, third highest in program history and highest at Purdue in 30 years
• Led Big Ten freshmen in usage rate at 29.4%
• Shot 42% from the field
• Knocked down 41 3-pointers at a 39.4% clip, eighth most triples by a freshman in program history
• Finished fourth among Big Ten freshmen in triples in all games and conference play (30)
• Posted eight games in double figures, including five in her last nine
• Shot 42.9% from distance over five games in the Big Ten Tournament and the WNIT
• Hit double figures for the first time against Indiana State (Dec. 20)
• Drained five 3-pointers against Michigan State to finish with 19 points (Feb. 21)
• Dropped a career-high 25 points with seven 3-pointers in the Big Ten Tournament against Nebraska (March 7) – Purdue freshman single-game record, fourth most triples by a Boilermaker ever, tied Brittany Rayburn’s (2012) Purdue Big Ten Tournament record and the Big Ten Tournament freshman record
• Twice recorded a pair of steals against Wisconsin (Feb. 25) and Michigan (March 3)
NOTABLE
• No. 103 player in the nation, No. 29 guard with a 21 rating by Dan Olson Basketball Report
• No. 8 player in the state by Prep Girls Hoops
• Named 2022 Illinois Miss Basketball and Illinois 4A Player of the Year as a junior
• Invited to the U18 USA Team Trials
• Four-time all-state, all-conference and all-area honoree
• Twice named the MSL West Player of the Year
• Honored as the Barrington Female Athlete of the Year in 2021-22
• Won conference, regional, sectional, super-sectional titles as a junior, reaching the state finals
• Invited to U18 Team USA camp as a junior
PREP
• Played for Barrington Prep
• Closed career scoring 23.1 points per game with 3.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.0 steals as a senior before injury sidelined her in February
• Tallied 21.4 points, 5.2 rebounds behind a 58% clip inside the arc as a junior
• Set the school record for points in a season (750), 3-pointers in a year (86), thrice set the school mark for points in a game (40, 37, 36)
• Averaged 16.5 points, 4.3 steals per game as a sophomore
• Totaled 462 points to average 14.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game during her freshman campaign
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Sophia Annabelle Swanson
• Birthdate: Aug. 3, 2005
• Birthplace: Hoffman Estates, Ill.
• Intended Major: Elementary Education
• Parents: Jim and Sloan Swanson
• Sloan played basketball at St. Joseph's College, winning three GLVC titles and graduating in 1989
• Sloan had a standout career at Hamilton High School earning Second Team All-State and a spot on the 2014 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary Team
• Jim was a three-year football letterwinner at Ohio from 1988-90, leading the Bobcats in receiving with 37 catches for 503 yards and a touchdown as a tight end in 1989
• Siblings: Sam and Audrey
• Played in 27 games off the bench
• Missed the first five games of the year after a knee injury ended her high school career the previous February, had surgery March 10, 2023
• Averaged 7.1 points in 12.6 minutes per game
• Led Big Ten freshmen and the nation with 4.8 3-pointers per 40 mins, while finishing first in the league and ninth in the country with 22.6 points per 40 mins
• Finished fourth among Big Ten freshmen with 1.5 3-pointers per game
• Added to Big Ten’s highest freshman scoring output of 23.5 points per game, third highest in program history and highest at Purdue in 30 years
• Led Big Ten freshmen in usage rate at 29.4%
• Shot 42% from the field
• Knocked down 41 3-pointers at a 39.4% clip, eighth most triples by a freshman in program history
• Finished fourth among Big Ten freshmen in triples in all games and conference play (30)
• Posted eight games in double figures, including five in her last nine
• Shot 42.9% from distance over five games in the Big Ten Tournament and the WNIT
• Hit double figures for the first time against Indiana State (Dec. 20)
• Drained five 3-pointers against Michigan State to finish with 19 points (Feb. 21)
• Dropped a career-high 25 points with seven 3-pointers in the Big Ten Tournament against Nebraska (March 7) – Purdue freshman single-game record, fourth most triples by a Boilermaker ever, tied Brittany Rayburn’s (2012) Purdue Big Ten Tournament record and the Big Ten Tournament freshman record
• Twice recorded a pair of steals against Wisconsin (Feb. 25) and Michigan (March 3)
NOTABLE
• No. 103 player in the nation, No. 29 guard with a 21 rating by Dan Olson Basketball Report
• No. 8 player in the state by Prep Girls Hoops
• Named 2022 Illinois Miss Basketball and Illinois 4A Player of the Year as a junior
• Invited to the U18 USA Team Trials
• Four-time all-state, all-conference and all-area honoree
• Twice named the MSL West Player of the Year
• Honored as the Barrington Female Athlete of the Year in 2021-22
• Won conference, regional, sectional, super-sectional titles as a junior, reaching the state finals
• Invited to U18 Team USA camp as a junior
PREP
• Played for Barrington Prep
• Closed career scoring 23.1 points per game with 3.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.0 steals as a senior before injury sidelined her in February
• Tallied 21.4 points, 5.2 rebounds behind a 58% clip inside the arc as a junior
• Set the school record for points in a season (750), 3-pointers in a year (86), thrice set the school mark for points in a game (40, 37, 36)
• Averaged 16.5 points, 4.3 steals per game as a sophomore
• Totaled 462 points to average 14.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game during her freshman campaign
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Sophia Annabelle Swanson
• Birthdate: Aug. 3, 2005
• Birthplace: Hoffman Estates, Ill.
• Intended Major: Elementary Education
• Parents: Jim and Sloan Swanson
• Sloan played basketball at St. Joseph's College, winning three GLVC titles and graduating in 1989
• Sloan had a standout career at Hamilton High School earning Second Team All-State and a spot on the 2014 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary Team
• Jim was a three-year football letterwinner at Ohio from 1988-90, leading the Bobcats in receiving with 37 catches for 503 yards and a touchdown as a tight end in 1989
• Siblings: Sam and Audrey