Biography
Career
A .294 hitter (166 for 564) with 104 runs, 51 doubles, four triples, 16 home runs, 115 RBIs and nine stolen bases in 159 games with 157 starts ... has 47 multi-hit games and 30 multi-RBI games ... career-long nine-game hitting streak and 17-game on-base streak
Harding Rankings
Most doubles: t-2nd (51)
Most assists: 10th (366)
Awards
2023 GAC Freshman of the Year
2024 All-GAC (second team)
2025 CSC Academic All-District
2024 Academic All-GAC
2025 Academic All-GAC
GAC Rankings
1st, Doubles (25) - 2023
1st, Doubles per Game (0.58) - 2023
11th, RBI (51) - 2025
NCAA Rankings
1st, Doubles per Game (0.58) - 2023
4th, Doubles (25) - 2023
2025
Slashed .295/.389/.477 in 220 at-bats with 38 runs, 14 doubles, one triple, eight home runs, 51 RBIs and five stolen bases in 60 games, all starts ... started all 60 games at SS ... had 19 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games ... had a seven-game hitting streak and nine-game on-base streak ... his 220 at-bats ranked fourth in an HU single season ... 2 for 6 with a run, four RBIs and a home run at Northwestern Okla. (2/15) ... 2 for 4 with two runs, five RBIs and two home runs at Southeastern Okla. (3/22) ... 4 for 5 with an RBI and two doubles at Southern Ark. (4/7) ... 2 for 4 with a run, 4 RBIs and a double vs. Southern Nazarene (4/18) ... 4 for 5 with four runs, four RBIs and two home runs vs. Arkansas Tech (5/17) in the Central Regional
2024
Slashed .286/.379/.438 in 203 at-bats with 37 runs, 12 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 39 RBIs and one stolen bases in 56 games, all starts ... started 56 games at SS ... had 17 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games ... had a nine-game hitting streak and 17-game on-base streak ... his 140 assists ranked eighth in an HU single season and his 203 at-bats were ninth ... 3 for 5 with two runs and an RBI against Delta St. (2/2) ... 3 for 4 with three runs, two RBIs, and a home run vs. Ouachita Baptist (4/23) ... 4 for 5 with two runs and four RBIs vs. East Central (4/21).
2023
Hit .305 (43 for 141) with 29 runs, 25 doubles, one triple, three home runs, 25 RBIs and three stolen bases in 43 games, 41 starts ... started 41 games at SS ... had 12 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games ... had a four-game hitting streak and nine-game on-base streak ... led the team in doubles (25) ... his 25 doubles set an HU single-season record ... 3 for 4 with a run, two RBIs and two doubles vs. Henderson St. (4/1) ... 4 for 4 with two runs, two RBIs, two doubles and a home run at Southeastern Okla. (4/15) ... 3 for 5 with an RBI and two doubles vs. East Central (4/22) ... 3 for 4 with two runs, three RBIs and two doubles vs. Ouachita Baptist (4/25).
Previous School
A 2022 graduate of Stewarts Creek High School in Smyrna, Tennessee
Honors: All-Area ... All-District ... selected to play for Team Tennessee by the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association - Summer 2021
Personal
Born: Nashville, Tennessee
Major: Management
Parents: Eric and Laura Newsom ... has one brother (Connor) and one sister (Madelyn)
Enjoys listening to George Strait ... not a fan of spiders or carbonated drinks
Career Highs
Hits: 4 [t-12th], 4 times
Doubles: 2 [t-10th], 7 times
Triples: 1 [t-5th], 4 times
Home runs: 2 [t-2nd], at Southeastern Okla., Mar 22, 2025 ; vs Arkansas Tech, May 17, 2025
Total bases: 10 [t-7th], vs Arkansas Tech, May 17, 2025
RBI: 5, at Southeastern Okla., Mar 22, 2025
Runs scored: 4 [t-12th], vs Arkansas Tech, May 17, 2025
Walks: 3 [t-10th], at Southwestern Okla., Mar 16, 2024
Hit by pitch: 1, 16 times
Sac flies: 1 [t-13th], 9 times
Sac bunts: 1, Okla. Baptist, Feb 23, 2024 ; East Central, Mar 15, 2025
At bats: 6, at Northwestern Okla., Feb 15, 2025 ; at East Central, Apr 22, 2024
Stolen bases: 2 [t-14th], Ark.-Monticello, Mar 10, 2023
Field chances: 14, vs Arkansas Tech, May 09, 2024
Putouts: 6, at Northwestern Okla., Mar 25, 2023
Assists: 9 [t-4th], Northwestern Okla., May 04, 2024
