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Ali Newland
LSU
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2024 NFCA South All-Region First Team
2024 All-SEC First Team
2024 SEC All-Defensive Team
2024 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2024 Brad Davis Community Service Award
2024 SEC Community Service Team
2024 SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 26)
2023 NFCA South All-Region First Team
2023 All-SEC First Team
2023 SEC Community Service Team
2023 SEC Player of the Week (May 8, 2023)
2023 Female Volunteer of the Year (Mikey Awards)
2023 CSC Academic All-District
2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
2022 SEC Community Service Team
2022 Female Volunteer of the Year (Mikey Awards)
2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
SENIOR SEASON (2024)
Selected to the NFCA South All-Region First Team, the All-SEC First Team and SEC All-Defensive Team… Started in all 61 games played in left field… Had a .304 batting average on 56 hits, drove in 41 runs, scored 35 runs and stole seven bases on nine attempts…Had 20 extra-base hits, including 11 doubles and nine home runs, including two grand slams to contribute to a .511 slugging percentage…Recorded a .402 on-base percentage with the help of 30 walks…Was second on the team with 17 multi-hit games, and third with nine multi-RBI games…Strung together a 14-game reach base streak and seven-game hitting streak… A highlight reel in the outfield, she joined 12 others in program history with a perfect fielding percentage with at least 85 chances…Registered 93 putouts and two assists…Named SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 26) after batting .556 with a team-high 10 hits in the Tiger Classic (Feb. 22-24)…Also held honors for the SEC Community Service Team, the Brad Davis Community Service Award, and the program’s second-ever SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Concluded her career with a .298 batting average behind 166 hits, 122 RBIs, 104 runs and 25 home runs…Had 60 career extra-base hits and a .499 slugging percentage…In the field she had a .958 career fielding percentage with 92 putouts, 91 assists and eight errors…is a three-time SEC Community Service selection and 2024 nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year award.
JUNIOR SEASON (2023)
In addition to being named to the SEC Community Service Team for the second consecutive season, earned her first NFCA South All-Region and All-SEC First Team selections…Played in 59 games and started in 57 at either the left field or catcher position…Ended the season with a .329 batting average with 54 hits, 38 RBIs, 37 runs and was 8-for-8 in stolen bases…Also recorded a .494 slugging percentage and .417 on-base percentage…Hit nine doubles and six homers…Led the team in SEC play with a .419 batting average, 31 hits, 18 runs, 16 RBIs, a .627 slugging percentage and a .458 on-base percentage …In league play, her 31 hits and .413 average ranked No. 2 and No. 4 in the SEC, respectively…Recorded a 14-game reached base streak, 13 multiple hit games, 11 multiple RBI games and a 10-game hitting streak…Won first SEC Player of the Week award on May 8 after ending the regular series with a .700 batting average behind seven hits and three runs scored with a 1.000 slugging percentage in the series win over Georgia…Had a .974 fielding percentage with 177 putouts and 12 assists.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2022)
Started in 55 all games played … Recorded a .284 batting average and totaled 48 hits, 35 RBI, 26 runs, 12 doubles, one triple, and seven home runs in her 169 appearances at the plate … Had 11 multiple-hit games, including two three-hit games against Kentucky (April 2), and San Diego State (May 20) … Logged nine multiple-RBI games, including a season-high four RBI on three occasions against Notre Dame (Feb. 19), Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 27) and Arkansas (March 27) … Was the third toughest batter to strike out with a 14.1 rating … Recorded 135 putouts and 11 assists … Named to the SEC Community Service Team for her work in the community, in which she participated in at least one service opportunity almost every month since the beginning of the academic year … Involved in campus events such as Geaux Teal and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2021)
Saw action in 25 games and got the start in 14 of those appearances … In 40 plate appearances, she tallied eight hits with one double, one triple and three home runs … Drove in eight runs and scored six herself … Drew seven walks … Started out the season with a four-RBI game against North Dakota on Feb. 17 … All four RBI she tallied came off of a pinch-hit grand slam in her first career at bat … Hit the second of back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the sixth inning against Texas on March 5 … Recorded nine putouts in nine chances when she caught behind the plate or played in right field
HIGH SCHOOL
Joined the Tigers from Bremen, Georgia … Ranked the 20th best recruit in the 2020 class by Extra Inning Softball and 55th by FloSoftball … Part of the No. 2 class in the nation in 2020 … Lettered all four years at Bremen High School … Was named a three-time First Team All-Region selection, three-time First Team All-Area, three-time First Team All-State, three-time All-Area MVP and three-time Region 6AAA Player of the Year … Helped her team to a second-place finish in the AA Georgia State Playoffs … voted the 2018 Times Georgia Most Valuable Player and was named a PGF All-American in her senior season … Batting 567 with a 1.216 slugging percentage and a .697 on-base percentage her senior season … Finished that year with 16 home runs, 45 RBI, 13 doubles and 53 hits … Went 23-for-23 in stolen bases … Played summer ball for the Georgia Impact under Patrick Lewis … Helped her squad to a PGF Championship run the past two years … Took third place at the Atlanta Legacy Tournament … was the PGF Independence Day Tournament Champions and Top Gun Nationals Runner Up this summer … Was an Honor Graduate, an Army National Scholar-Athlete, a three-time Principal’s Roll selection and a three-time National Honor Society member
PERSONAL
Full name is Alison Olivia Newland, born July 6, 2002 in Snellvile, Georgia … She is the daughter of Scott and Brandi Newland … Her father Scott played baseball at Young Harris from 1999-2001 and Georgia from 2001-03 … Her mother Brandi played softball at Young Harris from 2000-01 … Has a younger brother, Brock … She is currently undecided on major.