Berry College

2016: Named to the SAA Academic Honor Roll...played in four games for the Vikings...drove in one run...stole one base this year.

High School: Four-year letterman in baseball at Thomson High School in Thomson, Georgia...three-year first team all-region selection...two-year letterman in football and cross country....319 BA, two home runs, 23 RBI, 19 runs scored, .933 fielding percentage, .985 OPS and tied for team lead in home runs his senior year...advanced to the playoffs all four years...region champions his junior year... two-time first team all-region...received the Robert E. Knox Sr. Award for Outstanding Male Athlete his senior year...member of Beta Club...UGA Certificate of Merit recipient...Skills USA Region Champ for two years...Skills USA State Champ junior year...2015 Construction CTAE Student of the Year...McDuffie Scholarship Gold Medallion winner...2015 East Ga. Work Alliance Skills Champ in Masonry...graduated with honors.

Personal: Preston Whitaker Newton was born in Augusta, Georgia...son of Jennifer and Preston Newton...majoring in dual-degree engineering at Berry.