2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 24
Jaden Newell
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-8
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Destin, Fla.
- High School:
- Choctawhatchee High School
- Prev Team:
- Choctawhatchee High School
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Bio
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, served as an administrative assistant in Human Resources at UGA.
• 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, served as an administrative assistant in Human Resources at UGA.
