Northwest Mississippi Community College Rangers

2015: Played and started in 47 of 48 games in centerfield...hit .259 with nine doubles and three triples...had eight multi-hit and five multi-RBI games...had a season-high three hits (twice)...drove in 20 runs and scored 32 more...drew a team-high 39 walks (second in a single-season)...had five sacrifices...stole 20-of-27 bases...had a .416 on-base percentage...fielded .954 in 109 chances.

High School: Played for head coach Chris McMinn at Magnolia Heights…back-to-back-to-back MAIS AAA Division II State Champions in 2012, 2013 and 2014...the Chiefs finished a perfect 37-0 in 2013, becoming just the third team in the state of Mississippi to go undefeated...finished No. 8 in the country in the final MaxPreps Xcellent 50 National Baseball Rankings…a three-time All-MAIS selection...was named one of the Top 20 Underclassmen to Watch in Mississippi by The Clarion-Ledger...as a senior, named MAIS MVP, an MAIS Fab 15 Senior and Clarion-Ledger Second Team All-State selection…hit .472 as a senior with six doubles, six triples, two home runs and 28 RBIs and added 35 stolen bases...as a junior, hit .303 with nine doubles, three triples, a home run, 15 RBIs and 27 runs scored…he also stole 28 bases and had a .490 on-base percentage...also recruited by five other MACJC teams before choosing Northwest.

Personal: Son of Michael and Monika Newson…has two siblings, Justin (26) and Latalo (18)…likes to hunt and play video games in his free time...studying general college…born April 3, 1995.