Biography
Career
A .294 hitter (101 for 344) with 66 runs, 37 doubles, three triples, eight home runs, 64 RBIs and four stolen bases in 99 games with 97 starts ... has 28 multi-hit games and 18 multi-RBI games ... career-long nine-game hitting streak and 17-game on-base streak
Awards
2023 GAC Freshman of the Year
2024 All-GAC (second team)
2024 Academic All-GAC
GAC Rankings
1st, Doubles (25) - 2023
1st, Doubles per Game (0.58) - 2023
NCAA Rankings
1st, Doubles per Game (0.58) - 2023
4th, Doubles (25) - 2023
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-11th], at Southeastern Okla., Apr 15, 2023 ; at East Central, Apr 21, 2024
Doubles: 2 [t-9th], 6 times
Triples: 1 [t-5th], at East Central, Apr 21, 2024 ; at Delta St., Feb 02, 2024 ; Union (TN), Mar 07, 2023
Home runs: 1, 8 times
Total bases: 9 [t-14th], at Southeastern Okla., Apr 15, 2023
RBI: 3, 4 times
Runs scored: 3, 4 times
Walks: 3 [t-9th], at Southwestern Okla., Mar 16, 2024
Hit by pitch: 1, 13 times
Sac flies: 1 [t-13th], 6 times
Sac bunts: 1, Okla. Baptist, Feb 23, 2024
At bats: 6, at East Central, Apr 22, 2024
Stolen bases: 2 [t-13th], 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
