2001 Was second-team All-MAC selection at catcher ... started 31 of BGSU’s 54 games behind the plate, along with five starts in leftfield and one as the DH ... had career-year in every offensive category ... had a .583 slugging pct. and .423 on-base pct. ... committed just two errors behind the plate (.992 fielding pct.) ...threw out team-high 16 base runners in 46 attempts ... had season-high four hits and five runs batted in against Toledo (April 22), finishing with seven total bases in the game.
2000 Made eight starts behind the plate and one in CF ... BG was 6-2 in his starts as a catcher ... had two hits vs. Buffalo (Apr. 25) ... had two RBI vs. Detroit (Apr. 5) ... hit homers against UB and Findlay (Apr. 19).
1999 Made first collegiate start on Apr. 13 vs. Xavier, recording a sacrifice fly and an RBI single ... recorded first collegiate hit Mar. 11 vs. Sacred Heart.
HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity letters at Bryan High for coach Tom Held ... Bears won the league (NWOAL) all four years compiling an overall mark of 81-19 ... three-time all-district honoree ... selected to the NWOAL All-League team all four seasons ... batted .449 as a senior with 25 RBI and 22 stolen bases ... hit .425 in 1997 with 18 RBI and 15 SB ... batted .450 in 1996 with 15 RBI and 12 SB ... also lettered in football and basketball ... earned all-state accolades in football as a junior and senior and in baseball as a sophomore ... served as football and baseball team captain as a senior.
SUMMER BALL Played for in the New York Collegiate Baseball League for Cortland Apples ... finished with 10 doubles and .388 batting average, tops in the league.
PERSONAL Full name Timothy Stephen Newell ... born Feb. 29, 1980, in Paducah, Ky. ... son of Steve and Lea Newell ... majoring in interpersonal communication ... father played football at Ithaca College ... has a younger sister (Kylene) who is on the BGSU soccer team.
