Matt Swartz joined the Wheaton men's soccer team in 2007 as a sophomore, after transferring from Creighton University. Swartz was a two-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) First Team All-Region selection for the Thunder in his three seasons. He was a three-time First Team All-CCIW selection, and as a senior in 2009, he was named the conference's "Co-Player of the Year." In his three seasons with the Thunder, Swartz recorded 28 career assists, a mark that is still eighth on Wheaton's all-time assists list. In both 2007 and 2008, Swartz was among the Division III leaders in assists per game.
When he debuted for the Thunder in 2007, Swartz had a CCIW-best 10 assists, and he scored seven goals. He helped lead Wheaton to a CCIW Tournament Championship as he scored one goal and assisted on another in Wheaton's 3-0 victory against Elmhurst in the CCIW Tournament Championship Match. In Wheaton's 3-0 victory against Carroll College in the first round of the 2007 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Tournament, Swartz was credited with an assist on each of Wheaton's three goals.
Wheaton won the CCIW's regular season championship and the CCIW Tournament in 2008. Swartz had 12 assists in the 2008 campaign, and seven of those came in conference play, as both totals were CCIW bests that season. Swartz's 15 total points in league play was also a conference high that season.
In 2009, Swartz was named the CCIW's Co-Player of the Year and helped lead Wheaton to its fourth-consecutive CCIW Tournament title and 17
th-consecutive Division III Tournament appearance. He led the conference in assists in league play as a senior and his 13 overall goals for the season that year were the most of any player in the conference, as were his 32 total points. He scored two goals and had an assist in each of Wheaton's two CCIW Tournament matches that season as the Thunder won the conference tournament.
Matt graduated from Wheaton in 2010 with a degree in Business/Economics. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska, where he is a certified financial planner for Merrill Lynch. Matt and his wife Anna have four children: Julia, Joseph, Lucy and Benjamin.
