 In 1983, his senior season, he earned first-team All-American honors and was named the ISAA Goalkeeper of the Year.He also lettered in baseball at Clemson in 1983.Swanner represented the U.S. at the 1983 Pan American Games, playing in a 1–2 first round loss to Chile and joined the U.S. Olympic soccer team as it prepared for the 1984 Summer Olympics.