Kole Newman

Photo by: David Silverman Photography

Class:
Senior
Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
6-5
Weight:
185
Hometown:
Santa Monica, Calif.
High School:
Brentwood School

2025: Finished second on the team with 97 saves, adding six steals, three goals and two assists ... Scored two goals with two saves against Connecticut College (Sept. 20) ... Collected 12 saves with a goal against Chapman (Sept. 21) ... Had eight saves with a steal and an assist against LIU (Oct. 4) ... Finished with 10 saves against MIT (Nov. 1) ... Picked up 13 saves against LIU (Nov. 9) ... Had 11 saves in the NWPC Tournament against MIT (Nov. 23).

2024: Finished second on the team with 98 saves and added nine assists and seven steals ... Started the season with eight saves against Fordham (Sept. 7) ... Had nine saves and a goal against Biola (Sept. 14) ... Finished with 11 saves and an assist against Iona (Oct. 6) ... Had nine saves against MIT (Nov. 3) ... Finished with 15 saves with two assists and two steals (Nov. 10).

2023: Finished second on the team with 113 saves and added seven steals and three assists ... Finished with nine saves against Pepperdine (Sept. 2) ... Had 14 saves against Pacific (Sept. 4) ... Collected 10 saves in a win over Salem (Oct. 14) ... Posted 12 saves with a steal against Cal State Fullerton (Oct. 21) ... Had 11 saves with one assist against LIU (Oct. 29) ... Saved 18 shots with a steal and an assist against MIT (Nov. 4).

2022: Named to the NWPC All-Tournament Team ... Led Brown with 202 blocks in goal ... Allowed 267 goals to finish the season with a .431 save percentage ... Added 18 steals and six assists ... Had nine blocks and allowed just two goals in his first-career game against Austin College (Sept. 3) ... Finished with 11 blocks and two steals against Air Force (Sept. 4) ... Tallied 13 blocks with a steal in a 12-9 win at Iona (Oct. 2) ... Posted 12 blocks against No. 8 Princeton (Nov. 5) ... Had 13 blocks against St. Francis Brooklyn (Nov. 6) ... Finished with 12 blocks in a 20-7 win over Iona in the first round of the NWPC Tournament.

Before Brown: Member of Los Angeles Water Polo Club and Westside Water Polo ... Named First Team CIF-SS and three-time First Team All-League ... Two-time Team MVP and three-time defensive MVP ... Two-time team captain and holds the school record in blocks at Brentwood ... Four-time varsity letter winner ... Four-time member of the Honor Roll.

Why Brown?: “Brown has a strong water polo program, as well as an outstanding academic reputation. The campus and location both really appealed to me and fit what I was looking for. It seemed like somewhere I would be very happy."