Nicole Newton

Position:
Middle Blocker
Class:
Senior
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
Wylie, Texas
High School:
Lovejoy

Career at Tulsa: A three-year returning letterwinner … has played in 94 matches and 304 sets for the Golden Hurricane. She has recorded double-digit kills twice in her career.

Senior (2015): recorded a career-high .833 hitting percentage against USF (10/16)... matched her season-high four digs against Tulane (9/25)...compiled a season-high 17 total attempts against North Texas (9/19)... registered a .600 hitting percentage against Arkansas State (9/11)... recorded a season-high eight kills against College of Charleston (9/4)... totaled a season-high 4fourdigs against College of Charleston (9/4)... compiled a season-high 10.5 points against College of Charleston (9/4)... registered a season-high 5.0 blocks against PIttsburgh (8/29)... recorded a career-high two service aces against Grand Canyon (8/29)

Junior (2014): Played in all 31 matches and all 117 sets … finished the season with career highs for kills (180), digs (66), blocks (88), and points (238.5) … recorded 123 kills (1.60 kills per set), 56 digs (0.73 digs per set) and 52 blocks (0.68 blocks per set) in league play … tied a career-high 10 kills against UCF (11/14) … had a career-high .700 hitting percentage (8-1-10) against UConn (11/23) … recorded a season-high nine digs against SMU (11/26) … tallied a career-high 14.5 points against UCF (11/14) … compiled a career-high seven blocks against UCF (11/14) and Louisiana-Monroe (9/5).

Sophomore (2013): Played in 24 matches and 70 sets … recorded 95 kills (1.36 kills per set), 34 digs (0.49 digs per set), 46.0 total blocks (0.66 blocks per set) and 124 points (1.77 points per set) … totaled 39 kills, 1.39 kills per set, a .250 hitting percentage, 15 blocks, 0.54 blocks per set in league matches … registered a season-high 10 kills, two assists and 14.0 points against Mississippi State (9/7) … recorded a season-high .667 (6-0-9) hitting percentage at Baylor (9/6) … compiled a season-best five blocks against LIU Brooklyn (9/20) … tied her season-high with seven digs at UAB (9/29).

Freshman (2012): Played in 15 matches with three starts and appeared in 29 sets ... totaled 23 kills (0.79 k/s), hit .264, collected four digs, 15 blocks (0.52 b/s) and 31.5 points (1.09 pts/s … hit above .250 in six matches ... recorded two or more kills in seven matches … tallied four kills while hitting .571 vs. East Carolina (9/23) … set a season high of 4.0 blocks at UTEP … recorded six kills and 3.0 blocks vs. Northwestern State.

High School: Played volleyball four years at Lovejoy High School and earned two letters … an Academic All-State selection … as a senior, she compiled 174 kills and a .482 hitting percentage with 182 blocks and 72 digs … was named the District 19-3A Blocker of the Year … was named to the Texas State All-Tournament Team in 2011 … as a junior, she led her school to the Texas Class 3A State Championship and was an honorable mention All-District 11-3A selection.

Personal: Born Nicole Rae Newton on August 23, 1994 in Laguna Hills, Calif. ... daughter of Russell and Patricia Newton ... most memorable event was leading her team to the Texas Class 3A State Championship as a senior ... favorite movie is “Seven Pounds” … favorite TV show is “Girl Code” ... favorite book is The Five People You Meet in Heaven ... major is nursing.