Completed Event: Baseball at Omaha on May 22, 2025 , Loss , 6, to, 7 , 10 inn.
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FINAL
Baseball
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at Omaha
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South Dakota State University Athletics
2018 Baseball Roster
Johnson, Newt
Jersey Number 33
Newt Johnson
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 210
- Position:
- Infielder
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rapid City, S.D.
- High School:
- St. Thomas More H.S.
- Major:
- Exercise Science
Bio
HONORS AND AWARDS
• All-Summit League Second Team (2017)
• Summit League Player of the Week (March 20, 2017)
• Summit League All-Academic Team (2017)
• Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence (2016, 2017)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2015, 2016, 2017)
2017: Earned second-team all-Summit League honors after sharing the team lead with 40 runs batted in and 16 doubles ... sat out the season opener, then started the final 49 games of the season ... led team with 12 multi-RBI games and ranked third with 17 multi-hit games ... led team with a .336 batting average in Summit League play ... opened the campaign by hitting safely in 15 of his first 16 games, putting together hitting streaks of seven and eight games ... delivered key two-run double in sixth inning as part of three-RBI performance in first game of doubleheader against Waldorf (3/6) ... hit three-run first-inning homer in win over Minnesota-Crookston (3/8) ... named Summit League Player of the Week on opening weekend of conference play after going a combined 7-for-14 with four RBI and eight runs scored in three-game sweep at Omaha (3/17-19) ... doubled and drove in two runs in each of the first two games of the Omaha series ... went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored in home win over Fort Wayne (4/1) ... drove in three runs as part of 3-for-6 effort at the plate in series finale at Western Illinois ... ended home series against Oral Roberts by going 7-for-14 with two doubles and four RBI (4/21-23) ... plated season-high five runs, including go-ahead bases-clearing three-run double in top of the sixth inning, of series opener at Fort Wayne (5/12) turned in fifth three-hit game of the season with 3-for-4 effort at the plate in first game of twinbill against Omaha (5/19)
2016: Played in 54 games as the team’s primary third baseman, earning 50 starts ... recorded 11 multi-hit games ... top performance at the plate was a 3-for-5 effort with career highs of two home runs and six runs batted in against Virginia Commonwealth (2/27) ... doubled twice in four trips to the plate and scored three times in series opener at Sacramento State (3/4) ... went 2-for-4 with a double, three runs batted in and career-high four runs scored in series opener at Fort Wayne (4/2) ... wrapped up series sweep of Fort Wayne with two doubles and two RBI (4/3) ... was 3-for-5 with RBI in series opener against Western Illinois (4/29) ... opened series against Oral Roberts by going 3-for-5 with run scored and RBI (5/13) ... drove in three runs in regular season series finale against North Dakota State (5/21) ... collected two hits and two RBI in Summit League Baseball Championship opener against Oral Roberts (5/25)
2015: Started 33 of the 43 games he played ... recorded 10 multi-hit games ... collected first collegiate hit in pinch-hitting appearance at Austin Peay (2/14) ... combined to go 4-for-9 with double, two RBI and pair of runs scored in doubleheader at Stephen F. Austin (2/28), which started season-best six-game hitting streak ... posted consecutive two-hit games to close out Summit League series at Fort Wayne (3/28-29), scoring season-high three runs in middle game of three-game set ... hit homers in back-to-back games, versus North Dakota State (4/12) and North Dakota (4/14) ... ended game against UND 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored ... hit three-run double in ninth inning of Summit League Baseball Championship game against Fort Wayne (5/22)
BEFORE SDSU: Played on two state championship teams for the storied Post 22 American Legion baseball program in Rapid City, adding a high school state title with St. Thomas More High School in 2014 ... batted over .400 in both the 2013 and 2014 Legion seasons ... tallied 11 home runs and 78 runs batted in, adding 11 doubles and 16 triples for a .782 slugging percentage in 2013 ... also played on two state Class state championship basketball teams at St. Thomas More and earned all-state honors in football as a defensive back ... academic all-state selection in football
• All-Summit League Second Team (2017)
• Summit League Player of the Week (March 20, 2017)
• Summit League All-Academic Team (2017)
• Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence (2016, 2017)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2015, 2016, 2017)
2017: Earned second-team all-Summit League honors after sharing the team lead with 40 runs batted in and 16 doubles ... sat out the season opener, then started the final 49 games of the season ... led team with 12 multi-RBI games and ranked third with 17 multi-hit games ... led team with a .336 batting average in Summit League play ... opened the campaign by hitting safely in 15 of his first 16 games, putting together hitting streaks of seven and eight games ... delivered key two-run double in sixth inning as part of three-RBI performance in first game of doubleheader against Waldorf (3/6) ... hit three-run first-inning homer in win over Minnesota-Crookston (3/8) ... named Summit League Player of the Week on opening weekend of conference play after going a combined 7-for-14 with four RBI and eight runs scored in three-game sweep at Omaha (3/17-19) ... doubled and drove in two runs in each of the first two games of the Omaha series ... went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored in home win over Fort Wayne (4/1) ... drove in three runs as part of 3-for-6 effort at the plate in series finale at Western Illinois ... ended home series against Oral Roberts by going 7-for-14 with two doubles and four RBI (4/21-23) ... plated season-high five runs, including go-ahead bases-clearing three-run double in top of the sixth inning, of series opener at Fort Wayne (5/12) turned in fifth three-hit game of the season with 3-for-4 effort at the plate in first game of twinbill against Omaha (5/19)
2016: Played in 54 games as the team’s primary third baseman, earning 50 starts ... recorded 11 multi-hit games ... top performance at the plate was a 3-for-5 effort with career highs of two home runs and six runs batted in against Virginia Commonwealth (2/27) ... doubled twice in four trips to the plate and scored three times in series opener at Sacramento State (3/4) ... went 2-for-4 with a double, three runs batted in and career-high four runs scored in series opener at Fort Wayne (4/2) ... wrapped up series sweep of Fort Wayne with two doubles and two RBI (4/3) ... was 3-for-5 with RBI in series opener against Western Illinois (4/29) ... opened series against Oral Roberts by going 3-for-5 with run scored and RBI (5/13) ... drove in three runs in regular season series finale against North Dakota State (5/21) ... collected two hits and two RBI in Summit League Baseball Championship opener against Oral Roberts (5/25)
2015: Started 33 of the 43 games he played ... recorded 10 multi-hit games ... collected first collegiate hit in pinch-hitting appearance at Austin Peay (2/14) ... combined to go 4-for-9 with double, two RBI and pair of runs scored in doubleheader at Stephen F. Austin (2/28), which started season-best six-game hitting streak ... posted consecutive two-hit games to close out Summit League series at Fort Wayne (3/28-29), scoring season-high three runs in middle game of three-game set ... hit homers in back-to-back games, versus North Dakota State (4/12) and North Dakota (4/14) ... ended game against UND 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored ... hit three-run double in ninth inning of Summit League Baseball Championship game against Fort Wayne (5/22)
BEFORE SDSU: Played on two state championship teams for the storied Post 22 American Legion baseball program in Rapid City, adding a high school state title with St. Thomas More High School in 2014 ... batted over .400 in both the 2013 and 2014 Legion seasons ... tallied 11 home runs and 78 runs batted in, adding 11 doubles and 16 triples for a .782 slugging percentage in 2013 ... also played on two state Class state championship basketball teams at St. Thomas More and earned all-state honors in football as a defensive back ... academic all-state selection in football
Baseball Highlights vs Omaha (05.22.2025)
Thursday, May 22
Baseball Highlights vs Oral Roberts (05.21.2025)
Wednesday, May 21
Baseball Weekly Update (05.19.2025)
Monday, May 19
Baseball Highlights vs Oral Roberts (05.17.2025)
Saturday, May 17
