Jack Newman Class: Sophomore Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa High School: Hoover Height / Weight: 6-3 / 160 Birthdate: 10/20/1987 Experience: 1 Letter

Fall 2007: Competed in all five tournaments this fall ... Finished with a one-over par 211 (71-69-71) at the Fighting Irish Invitational, while tying for fourth place ... Shot a 226 (71-75-80) at the Inverness Intercollegiate and tied for 44th ... Tied for 26th at the Gopher Invitational, after shooting a three-day total of 228 (75-75-79) and finishing tied for 26th ... Tied for 43rd at Shoal Creek (75-76-79--230) ... Finished tied for 20th at the Big Ten/Pac 10 Challenge (76-78-72--226).

Summer 2007: Finished 16th at the Iowa Amateur Championship ... Advanced to round of 32 at Iowa Match Play Championship ... Medalist at US Open Local Qualifying with a score of 70 at South Bend Country Club in South Bend, Ind.

2006-07: Competed in a total of 10 events on the season for the Spartans... Recorded his first career win at the Fossum/Spartan Invitational (206--67-72-67), tying with fellow Spartan Matt Harmon ... Recorded his best rounds of golf at The Maxwell and the Fossum/Spartan Invitational (67) ... Finished tied for 12th at the Big Ten Championship with a 301--77-77-72-75 ... Recorded a 206, for his lowest 54-hole score for the season, at the Fossum/Spartan Invitational.

Summer 2006: Advanced to sectional qualifying of the U.S. Open Qualifiers ... Qualified for the U.S. Amateur Public Links ... Finished 14th at the Iowa Amateur, posting a 54-hole score of 73-76-74 -- 223 ... Posted a fifth-place finish at the Des Moines Men's City Tournament with a 71-73-71 -- 215 total.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Hoover High School in Des Moines, Iowa ... Served as golf team captain his junior and senior seasons ... Named 4A Iowa State Golfer of the Year in 2005 ... Won 4A State Golf Championship by four strokes with a 36-hole score of 68-70 -- 138 ... Recorded a 70.1 scoring average as a senior, and did not finish lower than second in any high school tournament ... Shot school-record rounds of 32 and 66 as a junior ... Qualified for state tournament as a junior ... Academic All-Conference in golf (four years), basketball (two years), baseball (two years), and swimming (one year) ... Qualified for the 2005 U.S. Junior Am ... Won Low Am at Herman's Sani at 10-under-par ... Won Iowa Junior Tour Championshp at 7-under-par ... Member of National Honor Society and National Council on Youth Leadership.

Personal: Born Oct. 20, 1987 ... Son of Bob and Maribeth Newman ... Brother Dave played basketball at Northwestern University, and Drake University ... Father played baseball for Illinois State ... Undeclared major ... His dad is his biggest golf influence because he introduced him to the game ... Adam Scott is his favorite golfer ... Career ambition is to play on the PGA Tour.

Newman Year-by-Year
				Best
Year	Rnds	Strokes	Avg.	Round	Top 5	Top 10	Top 20
2006-07	35	2,639	75.40	67	1	1	4
2007(F)	15	1,121	74.73	69	1	1	2
Career	50	3,760	75.20	67	2	2	6

Low Round: 67, at 2007 Fossum/Spartan Invitational
Low Tournament: 206, at 2007 Fossum/Spartan Invitational