The Sydney Swans have secured the next crop of local talent, with NSW products Isaac Heeney, Jack Hiscox and Abaina Davis all set to line up in the red and white in 2015.

The trio, who were selected by the Swans in Monday morning’s Academy bidding meeting, have all been members of the QBE Sydney Swans Academy over the last four years, and will now get their chance to pursue their AFL careers with the Swans.

Speaking to SwansTV following his selection, Heeney – who the club will take at pick 17 in next month’s draft – said he couldn’t be happier to be a Swan in 2015.

“It feels unbelievable,” Heeney said.

“It’s been a fantastic experience over the past week and to have my name read out this morning was just a dream come true.”

The versatile player, who moved from Cardiff near Newcastle to Sydney this year to pursue his AFL dream, attracted plenty of interest from other clubs over the last 12 months.

In Monday’s Academy bidding meeting, Melbourne bid their number two selection on Heeney, which the Swans quickly matched with their first round pick.

Heeney, who hopes to mirror his game on Fremantle’s Nat Fyfe or Swans midfielder Josh Kennedy, said he intended to reciprocate the faith the Swans have shown in him when he gets his chance next season.

“The Swans Academy has pretty much been the base of everything,” he said.

“If I wasn’t in the Academy, I wouldn’t be where I am now.

“It was good to know that others were looking at you as well, but the faith that the Swans must have in me is unbelievable.

“Hopefully I can show them what I’ve got and crack the team next year.”

The Swans have also committed to selecting elite runner Jack Hiscox, and will use pick 36 to claim him in next month’s AFL Draft.

The 19-year-old, who is a national 800m record holder, made waves at last week’s AFL Combine, where he equalled the beep test record and smashed the 3km time trial record.

Speaking to SwansTV, Hiscox said he was really proud of the way he performed at the Combine this year.

“It was really good because I’m probably one of the only people who look forward to those tests,” he said.

“It was good, in the beep test I equalled what was my best score of 16.1, which was equal-top at the Combine.

“Then, the 3km on the last day I ran a 9.18min, which sort of beat the record by about 15 seconds, which was pretty good.

“It was expected and people had spoken about it during the week, but to go out there and actually run the time was really good.”

The Swans matched an early second round offer to secure Hiscox, who had shown promise as a top-up player for the Swans reserves in the NEAFL in 2014.

Hiscox, who recently decided to put his football before his athletics career, said he was surprised to see his name read out so early in Monday’s bidding meeting.

“It was sort of a bit surreal this morning when I woke up and went onto the website and watched the bidding process happen.

“To have my name pop up, I started to get butterflies and I thought to myself, ‘Wow, this is actually happening!’”

“The bid was from Fremantle and I thought they were going to put in a bid, but getting that bid quite high in the second round as well, I didn’t see myself going that high, so it was really good to see the Swans match it.

“I haven’t been able to wipe the smile off my face all day to be honest and it’s been a really good day and it’s been good to see a dream coming true.”

The Swans’ third selection in Monday’s meeting was key position player Abaina Davis, who has been a part of the Swans Academy since its inception.

The Maroubra-based teenager told SwansTV he couldn’t be happier to be able to continue his football career at home in Sydney.

“I’m over the moon,” he said.

“I couldn’t be happier to stay in Sydney and especially to be able to train and be mentored by the likes of Buddy, Ted Richards, Grundy and Tippett, it’s the best possible result for me.

“Being drafted with two mates as well, it’s definitely one of the best days of my life today.”

Davis, who stands 193cm and 86kg, is expected to add depth to the Swans’ key position posts and can play up forward or down back.

“I’ve played my entire junior career as a forward, but I played my first couple of games in defence at the National Carnival,” Davis said.

“Since then, people have started classifying me as a key defender, so it’s a nice thing to have being a key forward and defender.

“I feel a bit more comfortable playing as a forward, but either end of the ground, as long as I get to play football I don’t care where I play.”

The 18-year, who has always looked up to Adam Goodes as his football role model, said he couldn’t wait for pre-season to get underway in just over a month.

“I can’t wait,” he said.

“The pre-season we’re going to do is probably going to be a lot easier than the stress we’ve had to deal with in the last couple of months.

“I’m looking forward to just being able to work hard and earning the trust of the group and hopefully crack the senior team sooner rather than later.”