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At ASU: Redshirted last season after transferring from the University of Colorado ... will have to take a year off for health reasons but will attempt to return to the Sun Devil squad in 2000-01 ... did not practice most of the season last year because of a nagging back injury ... a finesse post player with solid perimeter skills and good foot speed.
1999-2000: Redshirted after transferring from the University of Colorado.
At Colorado: Played in 21 games for the Buffaloes last season, averaging 5.7 minutes per contest ... averaged 1.4 points and 2.1 rebounds ... scored a season-high seven points vs. Missouri and grabbed a career-high seven boards at Texas ... led the team with 2 steals at Washington State ... played in 13 of Colorado's 16 conference games as a sophomore ... averaged 18.4 minutes and 7.8 points as a freshman in 1997-98, earning nine starts ... was the team's most accurate shooter (.515) in the 16-game Big 12 season ... averaged 16.0 minutes in league games as a freshman with just 23 turnovers for one of the team's best minutes to turnover ratios ... scored a career-high 10 points in the 1997-98 season opener against BYU and repeated the performance against Baylor ... grabbed a career-high nine boards twice in 1997-98, against Wyoming and again vs. Texas A&M ... averaged 1.4 assists to lead the squad's post players.
High School: Rated one of the top players to come out of Colorado in 1997 ... helped lead Doherty High School (Colorado Springs, Colo.) to a 86-8 record in her three years, including a perfect 25-0 slate her sophomore year, when the Spartans won the Class 5A state championship ... was named an honorable mention All-American by Street & Smith's entering her senior year ... averaged 11.1 points, 8.9 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 4.0 steals as a senior, leading the Spartans to a 19-3 record ...a first-team All-Metro Conference selection in 1996-97 ... named the school's 1997 athlete of the year ... was inducted into Doherty's athletic hall of fame in the spring of 1998 ... in addition to Colorado, also considered signing with Arizona State, Kansas and Texas A&M out of high school ... also lettered three years in volleyball.
Personal: Undeclared in her major .... Is contemplating a career as an elementary school teacher ... the daughter of Isy Swagger of Colorado Springs, Colo. ... hobbies include sports, cooking, shopping and riding ATVs ... lists most exciting moment in sports as winning the state title in high school and receiving the school's athlete of the year award ... born Dec. 5, 1978 ... full name is Nicole Renée Swagger.
CAREER BESTS*
Points: 10 (twice), last vs. BYU, 11/22/97
3-Pointers: 1 at Iowa State, 2/13/99
Rebounds: 9 (twice), last vs. Fordham, 12/7/97
Assists: 6 at Stanford, 12/28/97
Steals: 4 vs. Rice, 11/30/97
Blocks: 3 vs. Texas A&M, 1/24/98
Minutes: 35 at Stanford, 12/28/97
* - at Colorado
CAREER STATS*
| Year | G-GS | MIN | FG-FGA | PCT. | 3FG-3FGA | PCT. | FT-FTA | PCT. | REB-AVG. | F-D | A | TO | S | BLK | PTS.-AVG. |
| 97-98 | 28-9 | 514-18.4 | 61-122 | .500 | 0-0 | -- | 17-34 | .500 | 129-4.6 | | 38 | 54 | 29 | 12 | 218-7.8 |
| 98-99 | 21-0 | 119-5.7 | 12-28 | .429 | 1-2 | .500 | 4-10 | .400 | 45-2.1 | 16-0 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 29-1.4 |
| Car. | 49-9 | 633-12.9 | 73-150 | .487 | 1-2 | .500 | 21-44 | .477 | 174-3.6 | XXX | 46 | 66 | 36 | 16 | 247-5.0 |
* - Div. I totals at Colorado
