2019 (Senior): Made 15 appearances while leading the team with 13 starts on the mound … Tied for third on the team with three wins while compiling a 6.91 ERA … Collected a team-high 60 strikeouts in 56.0 innings … Ranked second on the team with three five-plus inning starts … Posted career-highs of nine strikeouts and 7.1 innings pitched against FIU (3/23) … Earned a win over Norther Kentucky (2/15) after striking out six in 5.0 innings of scoreless ball … Picked up a win over Rice (5/3) after fanning eight batters in 6.0 innings of action.
2018 (Junior): Made 17 total appearances for the Hilltoppers, including 8 starts, which tied for third-most on the team ... Went 3 scoreless innings in a start at No. 15 Vanderbilt on April 10, allowing only 2 hits with 1 strikeout across 46 pitches ... Had scoreless outings out of the bullpen on 3 occasions (vs. Belmont on Feb. 20, vs. West Virginia on March 4 and at Austin Peay on May 1) ... Had career-highs of 5.1 innings and 84 pitches in a Friday night start at Charlotte on May 4, allowing 3 runs in a 4-2 loss to the 49ers ... Went 3.2 innings vs. Northern Illinois on Feb. 25 and 3 innings vs. UTSA on March 30, allowing only 1 earned run in each appearance.
At Jefferson College: Went 11-1 with a 1.40 ERA for the Vikings as a sophomore in 13 starts, striking out 83 in 64.1 innings, and was named Honorable Mention NJCAA All-American ... Allowed only 31 hits and 10 earned runs, holding the opposition to a .142 batting average ... Ranked fifth nationally in ERA and seventh in wins ... Averaged 11.6 strikeouts per 9 innings, which ranked 34th nationally ... Did not allow an earned run across 4 starts (all wins) in the month of March, striking out 25 over 21 innings with only 6 hits allowed ... Struck out 13 in 6 innings in his final Vikings start vs. St. Louis CC on May 13 ... Earned All-Region and All-Conference First Team in 2017 ... Went 4-1 as a freshman in 9 starts, striking out 61 in 47.2 innings ... Struck out a career-high 14 in 6 innings at Kirkwood CC on March 8, and struck out 12 in 7 innings vs. St. Louis CC on March 21.
Personal Info: Born September 19, 1995 in St. Peters, Mo. ... Son of Tim and Ellen Newell ... Has a younger brother, Jake ... Studying Finance at WKU ... Biggest thrill in sports was hitting the go-ahead homerun in an elimination high school playoff game to win and advance to the next round ... Chose WKU because he saw the potential for the program to win games in a great baseball conference ... Newell's parents had the biggest influence on his athletic career because they have given him the drive to succeed and shown him the path to success ... Earned All-District First Team and All-Conference Second Team honors as a junior at Francis Howell Central High School ... Was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 33rd round of the 2017 MLB Draft.
