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2025 RMU Women's Soccer Roster

Justin Berl/RMU Athletics
Justin Berl/RMU Athletics
Justin Berl/RMU Athletics
Justin Berl/RMU Athletics
Justin Berl/RMU Athletics
Justin Berl/RMU Athletics
Justin Berl/RMU Athletics

23 Paloma Swankler

23 Paloma Swankler

  • Position:
    Forward // Captain
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Irwin, Pa.
  • High School:
    Norwin

Summary

Biography

Worth Noting:
- Named a Team Captain for the 2024 and 2025 season 
- Horizon League All-League Second Team (2024) 
- 2x Horizon League All-Academic Team (2024, 2025) 
- 2x College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024, 2025) 
- Plays semi-professionally in the off-season for Beadling SC 

2025 Highlights (Senior) 
- Appeared and started in all 17 games 
- One of four players on the roster to start in each match 
- Finished the season with three goals and three assists
- Her three assists were tied first on the team while her three goals ranked second on the team 
- Recorded her first assist of the season vs. Southern Indiana (8/21) 
- Scored RMU's lone goal against Bowling Green (9/4) 
- Netted a goal vs. Green Bay (9/21) 
- Went on a three-game point streak near the end of the season, recording an assist vs. Cleveland State (10/16) and Oakland (10/19), and scored at Wright State (10/25) 
- Finished the season with 16 shots with 12 on goal 
- Logged a total of 1,307 minutes, playing the full 90 minutes of the match four times 

2024 Highlights (Junior)
- Played and started in all 19 games for the Colonials
- Produced six goals and five assists
- Logged a total of 1,512 minutes playing forward
- Played a complete game five times 
- Tallied 46 shots and 25 on target 
- Scored a goal in the first two games of the season against Le Moyne (8/18) and Southern Indiana (8/22)
- Scored the game-tying goal against Darmouth (9/8) 
- Had a three-game point streak in the final three games of the regular season
- Put in the game-winning goal at Cleveland State (10/10)
- Passed out an assist and scored the game-winning goal in the final minute against Wright State (10/26) 
- Ranked third in the Horizon League in assists (5)
- Tied fourth in game-winner's (2)
- Ranked fifth in the conference in goals (6) 
- Her 17 points ranked sixth in the Horizon League 

2023 Highlights (Sophomore)
- Appeared in all 20 games for the Colonials, starting one game
- Finished the year with five points (2G, 1A) 
- Tallied 27 shots with 14 on goal
- Dished out an assist at Saint Francis (8/27) 
- Scored in back-to-back games at YSU (10/25) and vs. Wright State (10/29) to help RMU clinch their first Horizon League playoff appearance and the program's first playoff win
- Scored the game-winning goal at YSU (10/25) to send RMU to the playoffs 
- Played a season-high 65 minutes against Wright State (10/29) 


2022 Highlights (Freshman)

- Appeared in 17 games, with four starts at forward
- Finished the year with six points (2G, 2A)
- Made her collegiate debut against VMI
- Finished fourth on the team with 25 total shots and third with 18 shots on goal
- Carded her first career point with an assist against UMass
- Tallied her first collegiate score and her first two-goal game in a 7-1 win over Hampton
- Collected an assist and one shot in a 1-0 win over UMBC
- Recorded a season-high six shots and five shots on goal against Delaware St.
- Tallied four shots, with three coming on goal against Green Bay
- Placed two shots on goal in a 2-0 win over Detroit Mercy
- Carded three total shots and one shot on goal at IUPUI
- Registered at least one shot in 10 contests

Prep Highlights: 
- Attended and played soccer and unified bocce at Norwin High School
- 4A WPIAL Finalist in 2019
- 3x Section Champion (2018-2020)
- As a senior, named a Moe Rosensteel Player of the Year Nominee
- 2x All-WPIAL player
- 4x All-Section player and 4x Big 56 All-Section
- Scored 46 goals and 21 assists in her high school career 
- 2023 Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete Nominee
- Norwin School District Council of PTA's Scholarship Winner
- Excellent Honor Roll student all four years 
- Member of the Show Choir, Bel Canto Women's Choir and National Honors Society Member 

Personal: 
- Born on May 23, 2004
- Daughter of Kim and Dan Coyne
- Has one sibling: Pilar Ballough
- Mom played D2 softball at Seton Hill 
- Majoring in Sports Psychology
- Enjoys reading, working out and spending time with her family and friends
- Traveled to Guangdong, China to visit her birthplace and learn about the culture to which she came from 
- Plans to study Occupational Therapy and become a certified OT 
- Women's Leadership and Mentorship Program Cohort 9
- Member of SAAC
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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2022Freshman

    Forward
    5'5"
    23
  • 23

    2023Sophomore

    Forward
    5'5"
    23
  • 23

    2024Junior

    Forward // Captain
    5'5"
    23
  • 23

    2025Senior

    Forward // Captain
    5'5"
    23