Longwood University Athletics

2012: Fourth-year team member, first-year team captain … will open as the starting first baseman … 2011: Started 43 of 45 games … hit .308 with four home runs, 11 doubles, 25 RBI, 28 runs, and 3-4 stolen bases … 13 multi-hit games … six multi-RBI games … season-best seven-game hitting streak (11-25, .440) … 2011 Longwood Male Academic PRIDE?Award … 2010: Started 43 of 44 games … hit .248 with eight home runs, seven doubles, 34 RBI, 25 runs, and 1-2 stolen bases … 10 multi-hit games … 10 multi-RBI games … season-best four-game hitting streak (4-13, .308) … 2009: Started all 46 games … hit .293 with four home runs, 14 doubles, 31 RBI, 25 runs, and 1-1 stolen bases … nine multi-hit games … seven multi-RBI games … season-best 11-game hitting streak (15-41, .366) … High School: Four-year standout at Salem in Virginia Beach … All-State, All-Region, and All-District as a senior … hit .495 with 12 home runs, and 31 RBI … All-District as a junior, sophomore, and freshman … played for former Lancer great and now current Longwood assistant coach Brett Mooney ‘05 … Personal: Son of Gwen and Bill Newman … played in the 2010 Coastal Plain League for Asheboro (.156, 2 HR, 11 RBI) … played for 2007 Virginia Commonwealth Games team champions … Academics: Sociology major, with a minor in criminal justice.