Major: Telecommunications – Media & Society
Career Honors:
- 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2015 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- 2014 NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team
- 2014 SEC All-Defensive Team
- 2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2013 SEC All-Tournament Team
- 2013 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
Career Highlights:
- Made top 10 on 1 single season list: tied for 10th with 13 hit by pitches….Made top 10 on 2 UF career lists: tied for 9th with 148 RBIs and 5th with 35 hit by pitches
As a Senior (2016):
- Has played in every game this season except two... Serves as Florida’s defensive replacement at first base if she does not start
- In the second game of UF’s series against Alabama, Schwarz tied the game up at 2-2 in the fourth inning when she mashed her second home run of the season to left
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Recorded Florida’s first triple of the 2016 season against Jacksonville on Feb. 17. The three-bagger was Schwarz’ fourth of her career
- Scored a career-high tying three runs vs. JU on Feb. 17
- Has turned 66 double plays in her career which gives her the school record outright, as she passed Melissa Zick at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic
- In her first start of the season against USF, Schwarz hit the 20th homer of her career
- Hit two homers against Georgia in the 2013 SEC Tournament
- Caught the final out at first base to clinch the Gators 2014 and 2015 NCAA Championships
As a Junior (2015):
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- 59 games / 30 starts
- Recorded three multi-hit and multi-RBI games
- Notched a pair of RBI in the Gators national-championship clinching win over Michigan on June 3
- Committed just two errors in 218 chances
- Was perfect on four stolen-base attempts
- Tied her career high with four doubles
- Hit two home runs during the season with the second coming against Mercer on Feb. 22
- Shared duties at first base with Kayli Kvistad and was used a defensive replacement for Kvistad in the late innings when she didn’t get the starting nod
- Opened the 2015 campaign with a season-best five-game hitting streak
- Scored a career-high tying three runs against Hampton on Feb. 6
- Hit .283 with runners on base and .294 with runners in scoring position
- Recorded an on-base percentage of .434 in non-SEC games
- Snagged a season-high 10 putouts on two-separate occasions during the season
As a Sophomore (2014):
- NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team (IF)
- SEC All-Defensive Team
- Was perfect on 147 defensive chances during conference play
- Improved from her freshman year in batting average, runs scored, hits, doubles, RBI, walks and on-base percentage, while reducing strikeouts
- Set a career-high with five RBI March 16 at LSU
As a Freshman (2013):
- Named to the SEC All-Tournament Team
- Finished the season with just two errors and a .995 fielding percentage as UF’s first baseman
- Had zero errors through the regular season, with both coming in the postseason
- Batted. 266 her freshman year with three doubles, two triples and nine homers, ranking fourth for UF in the long ball category
- Paced the SEC in fielding double plays (17) and putouts (398)
- Led UF in chances and putouts, had 11 multiple-RBI games, eight multiple-hit games and ranked third for the Gators with 37 RBI in 2013
- Tied a single-game school record with two HR vs. Georgia in SEC Tourney
- Had six game-winning RBI, including a RBI double that was the game winner in the Super Regional final against UAB for the Gators
- Turned in the second-highest GPA among all Florida freshman student-athletes in 2013
High School / Travel Ball:
- 2012 graduate of Palm Beach Gardens High School
- Played travel ball with the Gold Coast Hurricanes, coached by Marty Cooper
- Led Palm Beach Gardens to the 2012 FHSAA 8A Regional Semifinals, as the Gators were nationally ranked among the top five teams in the country
- Palm Beach Gardens won three straight District and Regional titles (2009-11), with a district runner-up finish in 2012
- Gators claimed back-to-back Florida 6A State championships in 2010 and 2011
- Hit a tiebreaking homer to lead the Palm Beach Gardens to the 2011 state title, earning Player of the Game honors
- 2012 Miracle Sports Class 8A Florida High School All-State First-Team (IF)
- 2012 8A All-Conference pick
- 2012 FACA Softball All-Star
- Two-time Palm Beach Post and Sun-Sentinel First-Team All-State (2011-12)
- Three-time Palm Beach Post and Sun-Sentinel All-Area (2010-12)
- 2012 Defensive Player of the Year
- Won Palm Beach Gardens’ 2011 Gator Award
- Also played volleyball in high school
- Graduated in the top five percent of her class
Schwarz’s Career Statistics
Year |
avg |
gp-gs |
ab |
r |
h |
2b |
3b |
hr |
rbi |
bb |
so |
sb-att |
fld% |
2013 |
.266 |
64-57 |
154 |
29 |
41 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
38 |
24 |
41 |
5-7 |
.995 |
2014 |
.282 |
65-64 |
170 |
43 |
48 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
40 |
34 |
31 |
5-6 |
.993 |
2015 |
.231 |
59-30 |
91 |
27 |
21 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
14 |
15 |
25 |
4-4 |
.991 |
2016 |
.167 |
61-17 |
66 |
16 |
11 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
14 |
15 |
4-6 |
.981 |
TOTAL |
.252 |
249-168 |
481 |
115 |
121 |
11 |
4 |
21 |
103 |
87 |
112 |
18-23 |
.991 |
Schwarz’s Career Bests
CAREER-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Hits: 3, at Kentucky, Apr 14, 2013; Longwood, Apr 21, 2013; at FAMU, Mar 02, 2013
Doubles: 1, 12 times
Triples: 1 [t-4th], 4 times
Home runs: 2 [t-3rd], vs Georgia, May 11, 2013
Total bases: 8, at Kentucky, Apr 14, 2013; vs Georgia, May 11, 2013
RBI: 5, at LSU, Mar 16, 2014
Runs scored: 3, 6 times
Walks: 2, 11 times
Hit by pitch: 2 [t-5th], at USF, Feb 06, 2014; at Tennessee, Mar 30, 2014
Struck out: 3 [t-6th], 5 times
Sac flies: 1 [t-9th], Presbyterian, Mar 03, 2013; Hampton, May 17, 2013
Sac bunts: 1, 6 times
At bats: 7 [t-2nd], vs Nebraska, Jun 01, 2013
Stolen bases: 1, 19 times