Jaden Newell

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-8
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Destin, Fla.
High School:
Choctawhatchee High School
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• Recipient of the Leon Farmer Athletic Scholarship for 2024-25.

2024-25 Season Highlights:
• Older brother of freshman Asa Newell.
• Following two seasons as a walk-on, was placed on scholarship during the summer.
• Played in seven games during the season, averaging 0.4 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.1 steals in 1.2 minutes of PT in those contests.
• Missed the exhibition outing at Charlotte due to injury but returned to play the final 4:32 of UGA’s 114-76 exhibition victory over UCF.
• Converted on an old-fashioned three-point play against Alabama A&M to top his previous career scoring high...two points against Alabama A&M last season.
• Also posted a rebound and a steal versus Alabama A&M.
• After playing in three of 37 outings during the 2023-24 season, logged PT in five of 2024-25’s first 11 contests.
• Checked in for his brother Asa during the regular-season finale against Vanderbilt.
• Logged his final playing time of the season against No. 24 Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament.

2023-24 Season Highlights:
• Checked in to three contests and produced matching averages of 0.7 points and 0.7 rebounds in 2.3 minutes of playing time per game.
• Averaged 15.0 minutes in two outings – the first and third contests – of Georgia’s international summer exhibitions in Italy.
• Played the final two minutes of Georgia’s preseason exhibition victory over Eastern Kentucky.
• Checked in for regular-season action for the first time as a Bulldog against North Florida and posted a rebound and steal in two minutes of PT.
• Scored his first career points at the free throw line with 42 seconds remaining against Alabama A&M.
• Clocked in for the final two minutes of Georgia’s NIT semifinal matchup with Seton Hall and grabbed a defensive rebound against the Pirates.
• The older brother of freshman Asa Newell, the third-highest ranked prospect to sign with the Bulldogs in the internet age behind Anthony Edwards and Lou Williams.

2022-23 Season Highlights:
• Walk-on who earned a redshirt for the season while contributing to the scout team but not logging any regular-season PT.
• Checked in for the final minute of Georgia’s exhibition victory over Georgia College.

High School Highlights:
• Coached by Mike Memmen as a senior and by Andrew Thigpen as a junior and a sophomore at Choctawhatchee High.
• Played in 50 games for Choctaw High’s Indians, including 29 contests as a senior.
• As a senior, averaged 4.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game to help Choctaw post a 14-15 record and reach the first round of the Florida 5A state tournament.
• Helped the fourth-seeded Indians upset top-seeded Godby, 69-55, in the semifinals of the 5A District 1 tournament before falling to Pine Forest, 70-62, in the championship
matchup. Pine Forest went on to reach the semifinals of the 5A state tourney.
• Scored a career-high 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds – one shy of his career high – in Choctaw’s season-ending setback to Riverside in the round of 32 of the state tournament.
• Collected a career-most nine rebounds in a 55-47 victory over Escambia on Jan. 11.
• Popped for 10 points in a 49-44 victory over Milton, more than 20 percent of the Indians’ total offensive output in the Jan. 17 contest.
• As a junior, helped the Indians to a 26-3 record and a runner-up performance in the Florida 5A state tourney.
• Played in 20 games during his junior season, averaging 1.1 points and 1.4 rebounds.
• The Indians finished the season at No. 22 overall in MaxPrep’s all-classification rankings for the state of Florida.
• Debuted on the varsity during his sophomore year at Choctaw, which finished 22-7 and advanced to the round of 16 of Florida’s 2020 7A state tournament that season.

Personal:
• Born January 8, 2004, Jaden is the son of Justin Newell and Carmen Mitchell-Newell and is majoring in Biology.
• Lived in Athens for six years during his childhood – from when he was 6-12 years old – while his grandmother, Jacqueline Mitchell, worked on UGA’s campus in the President’s Office and Human Resources.