Northwestern State University of Louisana

2025 Season:
• Made four appearances out of the Demon bullpen.
• struck out three in a scoreless inning of relief in a March 4 win against LeTourneau.

2024 Season:
• Appeared in 15 games, starting three, in his first Division I season.
• tied for second on the team with 40 strikeouts.
• notched his second win with two scoreless innings of one-hit relief in a 2-0 shutout of Lamar on May 4.
• earned his first win at NSU with three innings of two-run relief, striking out four, in an April 13 victory at Nicholls.
• struck out all six batters he faced in two perfect innings of an April 6 loss to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
• worked three innings of one-run relief against Southeastern on March 24.
• tossed two scoreless innings, striking out three, in Game 1 of a March 10 doubleheader at Little Rock.
• fanned a career-high five and picked up a three-inning save in a March 2 win against Troy.
• struck out four in 2 1-3 innings of relief against Northern Illinois on Feb. 23.
• worked two innings in his NSU debut Feb. 18 against Southern Illinois. 

Prior to NSU:
• Pitched at Lethbridge College.
• named second-team All-CCBC as a starting pitcher.
• earned academic all-conference honors and graduated with a 3.4 GPA.
 
High School:
• Played volleyball at Notre Dame High School and was team captain as a senior.
• played four seasons with the Calgary Cubs organization and JM Elite baseball.
• honor roll student graduated with 3.0 GPA.
 
Personal:
• Born Dec. 21, 2002.
• son of Sheila Rusnell-Newton and Kevin Newton.
• has two brothers, Declan and Ethan.
• majoring in health and human performance.
• plans to become a CNC machinist.
• life’s ambition is to play professional baseball.