2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
Ryan Swan
- Height:
- 6-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Aurora, CO
- High School:
- Overland
- Position:
- Center
- 1,094 career points ranks 19th at Air Force.
- 2018-19 All-Mountain West Honorable Mention.
- MW Top 10 in rebounding in 2018-19.
- Led team in rebounding as a sophomore and junior.
- 536 career rebounds in 103 games.
- Shot .511 from field for career and 38.2 percent from three point range.
2019-20 (Senior)
- Team co-captain.
- Played in 32 games, making 29 starts.
- Second on team in scoring and rebounding at 12.5 ppg and 5.2 rpg.
- Led team in rebounding 11x and also led team with 4 double-doubles.
- Shot .514 from field, .370 from three and .705 from line.
- Third on team with 37 three’s.
- Double-double with 12 pts, 10 reb in just 15 mins vs. Colo. State.
- Double-double with 14 pts and 11 reb vs. New Mexico.
- 22 pts and 8 reb in 24 mins vs. San Jose State.
- Season-high 31 pts and 11 reb vs. Utah St. 2nd double-double of season
- 25 pts vs. UC Riverside, to go with 4 three’s.
- Team-high 24 pts vs. Drake. Tied career-high with 4 three’s.
- Double-double vs. Army with 10 pts, 10. Added 4 assist and 3 steals
2018-19 (Junior)
• All-Mountain West Honorable Mention.
• Led team in rebounding at 7.1 rpg and was second in scoring at 12.6 ppg.
• Played in 31 games, making 27 starts.
• 8th in MW in rebounding. Had five double-doubles on season.
• Averaged 13.2 ppg and 8.5 rpg in MW play.
• Also led team with 13 blocked shots.
• Career-highs of 37 pts, 13 field goals and four three's vs. Wyoming. The 37 points is the third most in a conference game in Air Force history.
• 21 pts vs. Nevada, making four three's.
• Led team with five doubles-doubles.
• Led team in rebounding 17 times.
• 3rd double-double of season with 12 pts and 17 reb vs. SJSU in career-high 41 mins. Most rebounds by a Falcon since 2000 season.
• Shot .612 from the field on two-point shots.
2017-18 (Sophomore)
- Led team in rebounds (5.4), second in scoring (11.9) in MW games.
- Led team with .477 field goal percentage and 17 blocked shots.
- Second on team with 61 free throws made and 82 attempted.
- Third on team in scoring (9.2) and second in rebounding (4.5) overall
- Started 18 games this season.
- Averaged 12.5 points, 5.5 rebounds as starter....double figures in 13 of 18.
- 11 points, eight rebounds, career-best four assists vs. San Diego State.
- Averaged 17.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in wins over CSU, New Mexico.
-18 points, 8 rebounds vs. CSU, 17 points, 10 rebounds vs. New Mexico.
- First-career double-double with 17 and 10 vs. Lobos.
- Matched career high of 19 points and had five rebounds vs. Boise State.
- 17.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game vs. UNLV and SJSU.
- Career-high 19 points, nine rebounds, two steals at San Jose State.
- Then-career highs of 16 points and eight rebounds vs. UNLV.
- 16 points and 30 minutes vs. UCR in first-career start.
- Played in nine games last season, averaging 2.9 points per game.
2016-17 (Freshman)
- Played in the final seven games of the season.
- Averaged 1.9 points and 1.0 rebounds per game.
- Matched his career high in scoring of four points three times, including vs. Colorado State in the Mountain West tournament.
Before Air Force
Lettered three years in basketball and volleyball … was a two-time honorable mention all-league selection … helped his team to the state championship in 2015 … high school basketball coach was Danny Fisher … attended the Air Force Academy Prep School and played basketball.
Personal
Member of cadet squadron 31 ... mother is Diane Swan … has an older sibling, who played basketball at Colorado … majoring in management … planning on going to pilot training … nickname is Swanny ... active in his squadron as the Squadron Anti-terrorism and Force Protection officer ... spent summer prior to senior year working the ropes course as a Cadre (cadet officer) at Expeditionary Survival Training (EST), completed powered flight and completed a summer academics class in astronautics ... spent summer prior to his junior year teaching dismount tactics as a cadet instructor at Expeditionary, Survival and Evasion Training (ESET), completed Operations Air Force at Lackland AFB, Texas and completed a summer class in biology ... began playing basketball for fun at age five, but did not play competitively until age 16 ... credits his sister as having the biggest influence on his sports career ... hobbies are watching movies/anime, hanging with friends and bowling ... pregame superstition is dancing ... favorite possession is his skateboard one thing on his bucket list is to go to an NBA All-Star game ... on road trips, he never forgets his headphones ... dream vacation spot is somewhere with a beach ... guilty pleasure is dark chocolate covered almonds ... favorite role model is his mother ... favorite team is the Philadelphia Eagles and favorite athlete is LeBron James ... something most people don’t know about him is that he loves anime ... enjoys listening to Drake ... favorite TV show is The Office ... favorite movie is Moana ... favorite class subject his math because his mother teaches it.
