UC SANTA BARBARA
2023
Played in 36 games for the Gauchos, starting in 29 of them and finishing the season with a slash line of .255/.392/.425 … Hit five home runs and three doubles on the season, driving in 12 runs … Played 14 games at catcher, throwing out five runners … Recorded his first multi-home run game on April 3 against Santa Clara, going 3-for-4 on the day with a double on top of his two homers … Had a three-RBI game against Fresno State on April 1, going 2-for-4 with a home run.
2022
All-Big West Honorable Mention … Played in 39 games for the Gauchos, hitting .337/.485/.525 with a .995 fielding percentage … Led The Big West in on-base percentage (.485), third in on-base plus slugging percentage (1.010), seventh in batting average, tenth in slugging … Hit his first career home run against Long Beach State (April 23) … Recorded his first three-hit game on March 19, going 3-for-4 against Cal State Fullerton.
2021
Appeared in 13 games for the Gauchos, ending the season with a slash line of .231/.375/.231.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year letter winner at Los Alamitos High School under coach Matt Nunez … All-Sunset League selection … Also played football.
PERSONAL
Born September 11, 2001 … Son of John Newman, Sr. and Jaime Allen … Has two sisters, Rylie and Kayla, and two brothers, Maddox and Declan … Majoring in Sociology at UC Santa Barbara.
