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Kaden Swaim of the Concord University baseball team has been voted to the National College Baseball Writers' Association (NCBWA) All-Atlantic Region First Team, the organization announced Friday afternoon.
Swaim, a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is a member of the NCBWA All-Atlantic Region First Team after batting .349 with 13 home runs and 49 RBI. He added 12 doubles in 2025. Swaim finished second in the MEC in both home runs and OPS (on-base percentage plus slugging percentage) at 1.136. Among all Atlantic Region players, Swaim was sixth in OPS.
Defensively, Swaim threw out 11 baserunners attempting to steal. He fielded .978 in 164 chances behind the plate as he also split time as the team's designated hitter.
Swaim went on a tear for the final three weeks of March. From March 8 through the end of month, the Concord backstop recorded eight home runs and 27 RBI while batting .415 (22-for-53) over a 16-game stretch.At the end of the 16-game run, Swaim was named Mountain East Conference Player of the Week after crushing three home runs and driving in 11 runs in a 4-0 weekend versus Wheeling and West Liberty. He was also the NCBWA Atlantic Region Hitter of the Week with the performance.
Swaim was one of five MEC selections on the NCBWA All-Atlantic Region First Team along with the Point  Park duo of Jared Campbell and Omar Morillo as well as Frostburg State pitcher Patrick Bauer and designated hitter Jake Holler.
Mansfield's Jacob Houtz was named the NCBWA Atlantic Regional Player of the Year while Seton Hill ace Ian Korn was the NCBWA Atlantic Regional Pitcher of the Year. Millersville's Jon Shehan was selected as the NCBWA Coach of the Year.
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