Darren Newlin Season 2005

On Newlin: Valuable contributor who can start and be used in long relief ... throws strikes and just knows how to win ... great team player who is willing to help the team in anyway possible ... is in line for one of the three spots in the weekend rotation ... three-pitch pitcher who the coaches feel will be a real anchor to the rotation.
As a Junior (2004): One of the top pitchers on the nation[apos]s 10th best staff in terms of ERA ... 5-0 record with a 3.13 ERA in 17 appearances including six starts ... 42 strikeouts in 60.1 innings of work ... two saves and one complete games ... pitched well and kept UCF in the game in first career appearance at Florida International (Feb. 8) ... entered the contest with UCF trailing 6-2 and held the Golden Panthers scoreless with three innings of work ... did not allow a hit and fanned three ... pitched 3.0 innings of relief vs. #2 LSU (Feb. 13) ... surrendered one run on two hits with one strikeout ... 4.1 scoreless innings vs. Utah (Feb. 22) with three strikeouts and just one hit allowed ... 2.1 innings of scoreless relief with two strikeouts vs. Monmouth (Feb. 28) to garner first collegiate save ... garnered first collegiate victory with relief appearance at Lipscomb (Mar. 6) ... tossed 4.1 innings and allowed no runs on two hits with five strikeouts ... registered second save of the season with stellar relief performance vs. Gardner-Webb (Mar. 13) ... 4.0 innings of relief vs. Stetson (Mar. 26) ... yielded two runs, none earned, with two strikeouts vs. the Hatters ... put together one of the finest first career starts in school history with 6.2 innings of no-hit baseball vs. Belmont (Apr. 17) in a seven-inning game ... ended the contest with a one-hitter and four strikeouts in the 2-0 shutout win ... was named the A-Sun Pitcher-of-the-Week (Apr. 19) for his efforts vs. Belmont ... started and earned a no-decision vs. Troy State (May 2) in second career start ... pitched 4.1 innings and yielded six hits and one run with three strikeouts ... started third career game at No. 13 Clemson (May 9) and got the win ... pitched 5.2 innings and allowed one run in UCF[apos]s 3-2 series-clinching victory ... improved to 4-0 with victory vs. Mercer (May 15) in the third game of the series ... pitched 4.1 innings and allowed one earned run with three strikeouts ... two innings pitched in a no-decision at Georgia State (May 22) ... went 6.0 innings vs. Florida Atlantic in A-Sun Tournament (May 28) ... yielded four runs on nine hits with career-high seven strikeouts.
Prior to UCF: Two-year performer at Tallahassee CC ... one of four Tallahassee CC recruits on the roster ... 2003 second-team all-Panhandle Conference selection after leading the Eagle pitching staff in wins (9), innings pitched (74.2), strikeouts (62), and complete games (3) ... ended the year with a 9-3 record and 4.10 ERA ... appeared in school-record 42nd career game vs. Okaloosa-Walton (Apr. 22) ... won seven straight decisions (Mar. 5-Apr. 12) including his first five in Panhandle Conference action...tossed six-hit shutout vs. Gulf Coast (Apr. 1) ... struck out 10 batters in win over Gloucester (Mar. 15) ... Panhandle Conference Fireman of the Year after posting a 6-3 record with eight saves and 1.86 ERA in 2002 ... first-team all-Panhandle Conference selection...appeared in a single-season record 27 games ... product of Godby High School, where he led the Cougars to the 4A State Championship in 2001...picked up the victory in the state semifinals ... first-team all-sate and first-team Tallahassee Democrat All-Big Bend selection ... finished senior season 13-1 with a 0.71 ERA ... struck out 97 batters in 88.1 innings ... left GHS with seven school records.
Personal: Darren Travis Newlin was born on Nov. 20, 1982 in Tallahassee, Fla. ... son of Charles and Kathy Newlin ... father played collegiate basketball at Georgia State ... a liberal studies major ... chose UCF over Alabama and Western Carolina in the recruiting process.