Ben Newton

Height:
6-1
Weight:
205
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Loveland, Colo.
High School:
Loveland
Prev School:
Northeastern JC
Major:
masters in economics

2021: Appeared in 41 games making 22 starts (14/catcher, 8/DH) … Ranked third on the team with a .325 (26-for-80) batting average … Hit one home run to go along with six doubles … Drove in 17 runs while scoring 13 times … Tied for third on the team in hit by pitches (five) … Tallied six total sacrifices (two sac flies) ranking fourth on the club … Struck out 22 times while drawing 15 walks … Credited with one game-winning RBI (vs. Cincinnati/April 3) … Tallied seven multi-hit and four multi-RBI games … Collected at least one hit in a game 18 times … Scored at least one run in a game on 11 occasions (multiple twice) … Hit lone home run against Appalachian State (March 6) … Drew at least one free pass in a game 12 times (multiple three times) … Set career-highs in total bases (five vs. Appalachian State/March 6) and RBI (three vs. Charlotte/March 12) … In league play, hit at a .375 (12-for-32) clip with seven RBI and five runs scored … Batted .293 with runners on, .359 with the bases empty and .381 when leading off an inning … With runners in scoring position he batted .400 … Third on the team with a .875 average with runners on third and less than two outs … Successfully advanced runners at a 49.0 percent rate … With two outs, batted .348 with five two out RBI … Posted a .975 fielding percentage committing four errors in 159 chances with 148 putouts and seven assists … Threw out four of 12 would-be base stealers on the season … Played in one NCAA post-season game at Vanderbilt (June 11).

2020: Started seven of 12 games (4/C, 3/DH) during first season with the Pirates … Member of a squad that posted a 13-4 record and finished ranked nationally in a pair of polls during shortened COVID-19 pandemic season … Batted .263 (5-for-19) with a double, six RBI and four runs scored … Led the club with seven hit by pitches, which stood second in The American and 23rd nationally … Tied for the team lead with four total sacrifices (all sac hits) … Struck out seven times and walked twice … Registered one multi-hit and two multi-RBI games … Made ECU debut against William & Mary (Feb. 15) … Recorded first career hit in first start against Georgia Southern (Feb. 23) going 2-for-4 with a double … Drove in a pair of runs on two occasions (Liberty/March 4, Charlotte/March 7) … Plated five runs over a three-game span from March 4-7 … Scored a pair of runs in start against High Point (March 1) … In season finale at UNCW (March 11), was hit by a pitch three times one shy of tying the ECU single-game record … Registered at least one hit in four of seven starts … Threw out one would-be base stealer on the season … Hit at a .500 clip (3-for-6) when leading off an inning … Advanced runners at a 62.5 percent rate (10-for-16) ranking fifth on the club … Tallied a pair of 2-out hits and 2-out RBI … Closed out junior season having reached base in three-straight games … ECU posted a 4-0 record in games which he started behind the plate and 2-1 as the designated hitter … Hit primarily in the six through eight spots in the lineup … Did not commit an error in 47 chances (1.000 fielding percentage) tallying 44 putouts and three assists.

Northeastern Junior College (2018-19): Two-year lettermen under head coaches Bryan Shepherd and Ronnie Deck (retired) … Helped the Plainsmen to 56 wins over two seasons … Two-time Region IX Second-Team All-Conference performer … Appeared in 90 career games posting a .314 (80-for-255) batting average with nine home runs … Scored 62 runs while driving in 63 … Legged out 20 doubles and swiped 12 of 14 bases … Teammate of current Pirate Trystan Kimmel … Redshirted in 2017 … As a freshman hit at a .315 clip (46-for-146) with three homers, 26 RBI and scored 26 runs … Laced seven doubles and was a perfect 7 of 7 on the base paths in 47 games on his way to all-conference accolades … Followed with second all-league honors batting .312 (34-for-109) with six long balls … Recorded 37 RBI and scored 36 runs to go along with 13 doubles and five stolen bases (seven attempts) in 43 contests … Phi Theta Kappa All-Colorado, President’s List member and an Academic All-American.

Loveland High School: Two-sport athlete that earned six letters (baseball 3, basketball 3) … Three-year varsity lettermen under the direction of coaches Jake Marshall and Jerod Cronquist … Appeared in 55 career games (including one year of junior varsity) … Four-time MaxPreps Player-of-the-Game selection … Posted a .385 (60-for-156) prep career batting average with one home run, 29 RBI and 40 runs scored … Tallied five doubles and five triples to go along with 10 hit by pitches … Drew just 12 walks while striking out 26 times … Posted a .461 on-base and .500 slugging percentage … Fielded at a .936 clip committing 11 errors to go along with 27 assists and 135 put outs (173 total chances) … As a freshman appeared in 12 games where he posted a .350 batting average (14-for-40) with a home run, two doubles and four triples … Drove in eight runs while scoring 14 times … During sophomore campaign he hit at a .373 (19-for-51) clip with a home run, 15 RBI and scored 13 runs on his way to honorable mention all-conference accolades … Earned the first of two consecutive all-conference honors (second-team) as a junior where he batted .345 (20-for-58) with a pair of doubles and one triple … Recorded nine RBI and scored 13 runs … As a team captain during senior season made 17 appearances where he hit .447 (21-for-47) with three doubles and four triples … Scored 14 runs while driving in five on his way to all-league honors … Played travel ball for the NoCo Roughnecks under coaches Nathan Howell and Harold Simmons … An all-conference performer on the hardwood who played in 45 games averaging 7.5 points and 1.8 rebounds per game … Honor Roll student and AP Scholar.

Personal: Full name is Benjamin Anthony Newton, but prefers to go by Ben … Born in Longmont, Colo. … Son of Carol and Tony Newton … Has one sibling (Emily) … Graduated with a bachelor's of science degree in applied economics (Dec. 2020) … Enrolled in graduate school working towards his masters in quantitative economics & econometrics (expected to graduate in Summer 2022) ... Sister Emily was a four-year lettermen at South Dakota School of Mines (volleyball) ... Two-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021) ... Two-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team selection (2020-21).