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2016-17 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Samantha Newman

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown El Dorado Hills, Calif.
  • High School Oak Ridge HS

Biography

SOPHOMORE/2016-2017: Scored 35 individual points at the PSCS Championships … Had the sixth-highest 1-meter dive score on the year, with 173.05 points at the PCSC Championships … Had the sixth-highest 3-meter dive score on the year, with 180.65 points at the PCSC Championships … Named All-PCSC (8th place/3 meter dive) … Also named All-PCSC honorable mention (14th place/1meter dive) … Named PCSC All-Academic honorable mention … Named a Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

FRESHMAN/2015-16: Scored 25 individual points at the PCSC Championships to help lead the Waves to a fourth-place finish … Earned All-PCSC honorable mention in the 1 meter and 3 meter diving events … Earned CSCAA Team Scholar Athlete honors … Was also named a Pepperdine Scholar Athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 2015 … Four-year varsity letter winner in both diving and tennis … Earned a third-place finish at the Sac-Joaquin Section Championship as a sophomore … Fifth place finisher at the Delta River League Trials … Team-high scorer and team captain as a junior … Also senior captain of tennis team … 2014 Sierra Foothill League Tennis Champions … National Honor Society Marketing President of Art Media Club … Competes for Coach Roland King in Rocklin, Calif. on the club circuit … Junior Olympics qualifier in freestyle skiing, trampoline and tumbling.

PERSONAL: Born in Truckee, Calif. … Daughter of Robyn and Rick Newman … Older sister Sydney is also a diver on the Pepperdine squad … Plans to major in advertising … Enjoys missionary work and hopes to continue volunteering in under developed countries … Chose Pepperdine because “I love Pepperdine because of the attitudes of the students and faculty, its location, its Christian morals and academic reputation.”

FAVORITES: Serena Williams (pro athlete) … About Time (movie) … Modern Family and SpongeBob SquarePants (tv shows) … The Shack (book) … Sushi (food) … Sloth (animal) … Besides diving, enjoys equestrian sports, soccer, skiing and tennis.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Diving
    5'2"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Diving
    5'2"