AJ Newton

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-3
Hometown:
San Jose, Calif.
Prev School:
Foothill College

2014-15 (Senior)
After missing 11 games due to injury, she returned to average 10.0 points per game during conference play... Posted a team high in scoring eight times this season to lead the team.... Ranked second on the team in points per contest, with 9.8 per game in 20 games played... Played all 40 minutes at Fresno State.

Tallied a season-high 19 points, sinking four three-pointers at UNLV.
Scored double digits in 10 contests.

2013-2014 (Junior)
Ranked in five Mountain West categories including third in assists/turnover ratio (1.9 ratio, 107 assists, 57 turnovers), fourth in three-point field goals made (33-74), fifth in three-point field goal percentage (.383), 13th in free throw percentage (.767), and 18th in scoring (11.4 points per game)...Named MW Scholar-Athlete and academic all-conference.

One of five players to start in all 33 games.
Held a team high of .857 three point field goal percentage in a game versus San José State.
Scored double digits in 12 games.
Posted two 20 point scoring games.

Foothill College
Played in one season with the Owls... Was awarded Most Valuable Player in the Coast Conference... First-team all-conference... First-team all-state JCs... Was the Foothill women's basketball co-captain... Voted Owl's team MVP... Averaged 20.7 points and 3.0 assists per game.

San José State
Made 21 starts in 28 total appearances...averaged 8.8 points, 2.1 assists, 1.9 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 24.9 minutes per game... Reached double-digit scoring in 12 games and led the team is scoring a total of 10 times... Awarded academic all-WAC.

Valley Christian High School
First Team WCAL all four years... Voted freshman, sophomore, junior & senior of the year for the WCAL & Mercury News... Valley Christian girls basketball team MVP all four years... On the top ten player list California three out of four years... Won Central Coast Conference sectionals all four years... Team captain for three years.

Personal
Ajhanai Channel Inez Newton-Anderson was born on March 30, 1992 in San Jose, Calif. , to Talaya Anderson and Tracy Gipson... Is the oldest of six siblings... Has three sisters, Jordan, Nyah and Kiara and two brothers, CJ and Keland... Is a sociology major at Colorado State.