College
Schwimer attended the University of Virginia (UVA), from which he graduated in 2008 with a degree in sociology and statistics. He interned for a hedge fund while in college, and says that he would be working in that business if he were not a baseball player.
He also played for the Virginia Cavaliers baseball team. In 2006, Schwimer set a UVA single-season record for appearances (36), as he held batters to a .212 batting average in 60.2 innings. In 2007, in 23 appearances he held batters to a .229 batting average. In the summer of 2007, he pitched 33.1 innings for the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League, going 2–2 with 3.51 ERA. He was named to the 2007 Jewish Sports Review All American Team.
He was not drafted in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, as he warned a number of interested teams as the draft approached the 10th round that he would not sign if drafted, because he would rather return to college for his senior year and attain his degree from UVA than sign for the amount of money offered in the later rounds of the draft. In 2008, he was 3–1 with a 1.72 ERA and 14 saves as the closer for UVA. His pitching repertoire included a "lively" fastball, a late-breaking "knee-buckling" slider, and a change-up.
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