University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2026: Strong first season in Red and Blue, appearing in 17 games with seven starts as an opener … Posted a 4.39 ERA, striking out 26 batters over 26.2 innings … Held opposing hitters to a .245 batting average … Logged a strikeout in collegiate debut at then No. 24 Texas A&M (2/22) … Tossed 2.2 scoreless innings at Mercer (2/28) and struck out two … Finished with a strikeout vs. Delaware (3/10), while not allowing a run over two innings … Earned the first save of his career vs. Dartmouth (3/21) … Notched a pair of Ks in a scoreless frame vs. La Salle (3/24) … Tallied two strikeouts in three consecutive appearances against Columbia (4/4), Lafayette (4/7), and Cornell (4/12) … Punched out the side in one inning of relief work during the Liberty Bell Classic title game vs. Saint Joseph’s (4/21) at Citizens Bank Park … Registered a season-high four strikeouts and didn’t allow a run at Harvard (4/25) … Grabbed the second save of his career in the series finale against the Crimson (4/26) … Held Brown (5/2) scoreless through 2.2 frames in the Ivy League Tournament, while notching three Ks.

High School: Four-year varsity starter and letterwinner … Second-team Liberty District selection in 2025 … Second-team Liberty District in 2024 … Honorable mention Liberty District honoree in 2023 … Racked up 173 strikeouts during career … During senior season, tossed a 17-strikeout, complete-game one-hitter.
 
Personal: Born Nicholas Newburn … Mother, Mary, played basketball at Princeton … Father, Jade, played basketball at Brown … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn?: “I chose Penn because it is the perfect blend of world-class academics and great baseball. The coaches are phenomenal, and it is a great team environment.”