Swan’s breakout bat and reliable glove made her one of the portal’s top catchers
In the 2026 season, Samantha Swan erupted into a true impact player for Arizona State, hitting .383 with 12 home runs, 55 RBIs, 21 doubles, a .450 on-base percentage and .700 slugging while earning first-team All-Big 12 honors and being ranked as a top catcher in the transfer portal. She brings a rare mix of power, contact, and defensive steadiness behind the plate, plus the kind of big-moment edge that showed up in postseason play. If a team wants a catcher who can drive the ball and hold the staff together, Swan is very much the real deal.
