HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Timberline High School...Lettered three years in baseball...An All-State selection in 2000...Named first-team All-Conference...Selected team captain...Named team MVP as a senior...Posted an 8-2 record and hit .464 in 2000...Played in the 2000 All-Star Game at Centennial High.

PERSONAL: Born September 25, 1981...Parents are Don and Jill Newton...Has one brother...Major is Secondary Education and Kinesiology...Favorite team is the Seattle Mariners.