Commerce, Texas

Junior punter Daniel Swaim added to his weekly accomplishments on Wednesday when he was named Don Hansen's Football Gazette NCAA Division II Football Gazette Special Teams Player of the Week. It is the third honor for the Kilgore, Texas native this week. Earlier in the week, he was named Lone Star Conference North Division Special Teams Player of the Week and Tuesday, he was named the D2football.com Special Teams Player of the Week.

All this recognition comes from his efforts in his first collegiate start against West Texas A&M, where he had six punts for 313 yards. His first punt of the contest went for 70 yards - the longest punt in school history since Will Schale had a 74 yard punt in 1998.

In his collegiate debut, two weeks ago, he had a 50-yard punt against Texas A&M-Kingsville. He went on to punt the ball seven times for 244 yards and an average of 34.9 yards per kick. For the last two years, Swaim has been a defender on the Lon Morris College soccer team.

A graduate of Kilgore High School, he was a three-year letterwinner in soccer, twice in football and in baseball. On the gridiron, he was not a kicker; he was a defensive tackle and offensive guard as a two-year starter and letterwinner. His brother, Dustin was a four-year member of the football team at Mary Hardin Baylor.

For the season, he has punted the ball 13 times for 557 yards for an average of 42.8 yards per kick.

Swaim and the Lions are back in action on Saturday at 6:00 pm in Stephenville, Texas when they face No. 16 Tarleton State. The Texans are ranked No. 16 in this week's American Football Coaches Association Poll. All the action can be heard live on KETR (88.9 FM) or www.ketr.org(.)