UC Santa Barbara
2013 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2015 Big West Co-Field Player of the Year
2015 All-Big West First Team
2015 West All-Region First Team
Career Stats: 166 GP, 594 AB, .318 BA, .392 OBP, ,387 SLG, 108 R, 189 H, 26 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR, 77 RBIs, 62 BB, 65 K, 24 SB, 11 CS
2015: Followed up a strong summer with a career year in his senior campaign, leading the Big West with a .368 batting average over 57 appearances ... Also had the third-best OBP in the league at .447 and the fourth-most hits at 74 ... Clubbed three home runs this season after having hit zero in his career prior ... Drew a career-high 27 walks ... His .473 slugging percentage was over 100 points higher than his previous career best (.345 in 2013) ... Reached base in the last 15 games of the regular season, his longest such streak of the season ... Had a nine-game hit streak from Apr. 26 to May 15 ... Hit .383 in conference play, best among UCSB regulars ... Batted .404 with runners in scoring position ... Had 20 multi-hit games, best on the team ... Now has 30 career games with 3+ hits ... Has more games this year with three hits (11) than two (nine) ... Provided all the offense with a three-run homer in Apr. 11’s 3-2 win over CSUN ... Was named Big West Field Player of the Week on Feb. 23 (second time in his career) after hitting .647 in a midweek win over BYU and a series win over Kentucky ... Finished a triple shy of the cycle in a 10-3 UCSB win over Kentucky on Feb. 20 ... The Gauchos were 17-2-1 when Newell had 2+ hits ... Hit in each spot of the lineup 2-5, with his most starts coming in the three-hole ... Team is 20-5 when he hits third in the lineup ... Oldest player on the 2015 roster ... Went 1-9 in the Regionals ... Was named the Big West Co-Field Player of the Year alongside Cal State Fullerton's David Olmedo-Barrera ... Drafted in the 35th round of the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Miami Marlins with the 1,046th overall pick.
2014: Made 50 appearances as a junior with 48 starts ... Batted .271 for the year with a .350 on-base percentage, .341 slugging percentage, 46 hits, 30 runs scored, 20 RBIs, 12 doubles, 18 walks, 16 strikeouts, and five stolen bases (eight attempts) in 170 at-bats ... Hit .271 in conference play ... Had 11 multi-hit games ... Clubbed seven doubles in Big West play, fourth-most conference-wide ... Reached in 11 straight contests from Feb. 21 to Mar. 9 ... Had a season-high three hits on three occasions, including a standout 3-4, two-RBI, two-double performance at UC Davis on May 22 ... Scored a walk-off run against Cal State Fullerton on Apr. 12 after leading off the bottom of the 10th inning with a single ... Stroked a game-winning RBI single in the 10th inning of a Mar. 25 game against Fresno State ... Made 29 starts in right field and 19 starts in left field ... Team went 14-5 with him as the starting left fielder ... Throughout the season, batted in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth spots in the lineup ... Had an OBP of .388 in leadoff at-bats ... Had RBI hits in both of his bases-loaded at-bats ... Tied for the team-lead among outfielders with 102 putouts to go along with three assists ... Made two errors on the year, recording a .981 fielding percentage for the second straight year ... Had a breakout summer for the Matsu Miners of the Alaska Baseball League, as the lefty outfielder drove in 38 runs in just 31 games with 15 extra-base hits – including seven home runs – while finishing with a gaudy 1.067 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) ... Was voted the Player of the Year for the Alaska Baseball League as well as being an ABL All-Star ... Overall summer stats: .353/.464/.603, 33 GP, 124 AB, 38 RBI, 41 H, 22 R, 7 HR, 19 BB.
2013: Played in 59 games with 258 plate appearances for his first season with the Gauchos ... Led the Gauchos with 69 hits for a .309 batting average with 37 runs, 26 RBIs, six doubles, and one triple ... In the outfield, recorded 154 put outs and three assists for a .981 fielding percentage ... Picked up five putouts in 4 different games, including against Pacific (May 17), where Newell also recorded two hits and an RBI ... Earned Honorable Mention for the All-Big West team in addition to the Big West Field Player of the Week (4/29) after hitting an incredible .643 over four games.
Oregon State/Linn Benton CC: Transferring from Oregon State, Cam played under Head Coach Greg Hawk for the Linn-Benton Road Runners…accumulated a .350 batting average … First Team All-NWAACC, First Team All Region OF, Gold Glove, Team MVP, Big Stick (Best Hitter) Award … State Honor Roll, Deans List.
High School: Earned two varsity letters for Head Coach Troy Thompson and the Roseburg Indians … Batted .471 in 2010 … 2010 First Team All Southwest Conference … 2010 First Team All-State … Helped lead the Indians to two league championships in 2009 and 2010 … State runners up in 2009 … Member of Roseburg High School Honor Society … Class Co-Valedictorian.
Personal: Born on Aug. 1, 1991 to Clint and Carol Newell in Roseburg, Ore. … Has one sibling Connor (18) … Currently majoring in economics … Aspires to play professional baseball or own a business … Favorite teams are the San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Mariners, and Portland Trail Blazers … Most memorable sports moment was playing in the American Legion and Babe Ruth World Series in 2006 and 2010 … Favorite athlete is Jacoby Ellsbury … Favorite movie is The Dark Knight … Favorite book is Josh Hamilton: Beyond Belief … Hobbies include golf and working out … Favorite TV show is Sportscenter … Also recruited by Oregon State, Kansas, Western Oregon, and Chico State.
