Kayla Newman

Position:
Freestyle
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Highland Park
Hometown:
Highland Park, Ill.

Career Honors
- Academic All-MAC Team (2025)
Four Appearances in Top 10 Times in Ball State S&D History
- No. 6 in program history in the 500 freestyle (4:55.50)
- No. 4 in program history in the 1000 freestyle (10:10.05) and 800 freestyle relay (7:26.09)
- No. 3 in program history in the 1650 freestyle (16:50.07)

2024-25: Sophomore
- Named to Academic All-MAC Team.
- Earned one individual event win in the 500 freestyle (5:14.11) at Bellarmine (Nov.23).
- Swam her season-best time in the 200 freestyle (1:55.92) during prelims at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28).
- Captured her season-best time in the 500 freestyle (5:11.12) during prelims at the MAC Championships (Feb. 27).
- Earned her season-best time in the 1000 freestyle (10:32.71) with her split in the 1650 at the MAC Championships (March 1).

2023-24: Freshman
- Captured three individual wins and one relay win.
- Part of the 800 freestyle relay team that placed first (7:26.09) at the House of Champions Invitational (Nov. 17), earning the fourth-best time in program history.
- Swam the fifth-best time in program history in the 500 freestyle (4:55.50) at the House of Champions Invitational (Nov. 16), earning the 15th-best time in the Mid-American Conference that season.
- Recorded the third-best time in program history in the 1650 freestyle (16:50.07) at the House of Champions Invitational (Nov. 18), earning the sixth-fastest time in the Mid-American Conference that season.
- Captured the fourth-fastest time in program history in the 1000 freestyle (10:10.05) at the MAC Championships (March 2), earning the sixth-best time in the Mid-American Conference that season.
- Swam her season-best time in the 100 backstroke (52.98) at the House of Champions Invitational (Nov. 18).
- Recorded her season-best time in the 200 freestyle (1:52.79) at the House of Champions Invitational (Nov. 17).