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Jersey Number 14
Grant Newell
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-9 / 220
- Hometown:
- Chicago, IL
- High School:
- IMG Academy
- Major:
- Undeclared
Accolades
After Cal
2023-24 (So.)
Before Cal
High School
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team Honorable Mention (2022-23)
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Dec. 19-25, 2022)
After Cal
- Transferred to play at North Texas in the 2024-25 season
2023-24 (So.)
- One of four Golden Bears who played in all 32 games during the 2023-24 campaign
- Started the first 11 games of the season before transitioning into a sixth-man role
- Averaged 5.5 points & 3.5 rebounds in 21.2 minutes per game
- Shot 41.3% (66 of 160) from the floor & 30.4% (21 of 69) from 3-point range
- Six double-figure scoring efforts, including a season-high 13 points on 6-of-12 shooting vs. Ole Miss (Dec. 16)
- Pulled down six or more rebounds in six games
- Double-doubled with 11 points & 10 rebounds in Cal's 73-71 win over Stanford (Jan. 26)
- Knocked down a pair of 3-pointers in six games, including wins over CSU Bakersfield (Nov. 13), Colorado (Jan. 10) & Oregon State (Feb. 22)
- Emerged as a key player for the Golden Bears during an impressive freshman season
- Earned a Pac-12 All-Freshman Team honorable mention; was one of seven Pac-12 freshmen to receive at least three votes from the league's coaches
- Averaged 8.0 points & 3.9 rebounds in 26.8 minutes per game
- Started 28 of 31 games played; missed just one game (Washington State at Pac-12 Tournament, March 8) due to an illness
- Posted two double-doubles with 13 points & 12 rebounds in a win vs. Colorado (Dec. 31) as well as 21 points & 10 rebounds at Washington (Jan. 14)
- Was Cal's first freshman with multiple double-doubles in the same season since Ivan Rabb & Jaylen Brown in 2015-16
- Shot 39.7% (98 of 247) from the floor while leading Cal in field-goal attempts
- Was second on the team with 29 steals
- Totaled seven games with double-figure points scored
- Poured in 17 points on 7-of-13 shooting in a loss to Butler (Dec. 10)
- His career-high 21 points at Washington (Jan. 14) came on 10-of-18 shooting
- Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Dec. 19-25) for his performance in Cal's first win of the season vs. UT Arlington (Dec. 21)
- Became Cal’s first recipient of the honor since it was introduced in 2019-20
- Tallied four steals to go along with 12 points & five rebounds at home vs. Washington (Feb. 23)
- Made his collegiate debut with 18 minutes played in Cal's season opener vs. UC Davis (Nov. 7)
- Earned his first start later that week against Kansas State (Nov. 11) in the second game of the year
- Was the “biggest surprise” of Cal’s offseason, according to head coach Mark Fox
Before Cal
High School
- Graduated from Whitney Young High School (Chicago, Ill.) in spring 2021
- Enrolled at the prestigious IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) for a postgraduate year in 2021-22
- Battled through injuries in his lone season at IMG Academy
- Was an All-City Special Mention as a senior at Whitney Young
- Rated as a three-star prospect by Rivals & ESPN
- Born on Sept. 13, 2002 in Chicago, Ill.
- Son of Daryl & Verlena Newell
- Father, Daryl, played defensive tackle and offensive tackle for Northwestern (class of 1985)
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