By Katherine Sullivan, Staff Writer
The Newman Jets Baseball team welcomed many new faces to the field this year as
well as many returning players. Of the returners, seven are “super-seniors,”
meaning that they’re playing at least one year beyond the typical four-year
college career. The super-seniors include Devin
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By Dawson Schmidt, Guest Writer
Three Newman Jets have been selected for the MIAA Community Culture Task Force,
a group that will advise the conference on ways it can celebrate and enhance
diversity.
The group consists of five athletic administrators, four student-athletes, two
faculty members, and two coaches, selected from
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By Sara Nielson, Guest Writer
Newman has announced Hayden Jones will fill the role of the new head strength
and conditioning coach. Jones came to Newman from Webber International, where he
worked as the head of strength and conditioning for the last four months.
Ever since former coach Stryder Blackburn
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By Tejay Cleland, Sports Editor
Newman athletics were put on hold after a COVID-19 scare last Wednesday, but
most teams were practicing again as of Monday, said Joanna Pryor, Newman’s
athletic director.
The abrupt halt of sports activities came about, Pryor said, after a dramatic
uptick in positive cases
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By Tejay Cleland, Sports Editor
Four runners from Newman University will be headed to Lubbock, Texas Nov. 14 for
a “National Invite” in place of an official national championship. With fall
sports championships being canceled this year because of COVID-19, there will be
no official national championship.
Eight conferences around
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