Jared Newson

Jared Newson (born September 26 1984) in Belleville IL., is an American Basketball Player currently playing for the Cairns Taipans in the National Basketball League (Australia).

Newson arrived in Australia from the NBA Development League and was the final player cut from the Dallas Mavericks' list for the 2007/08 season after averaging 3.6 points and 1.4 rebounds in seven pre-season contests. Recently played in Germany for Bayer Giants Leverkusen where local fans dubbed him Jared 'Air' Newson after he won a dunk competition. During his stint in Germany Newson averaged 13.3 points and 5.5 rebounds per game and helped the Giants advance to the first round of the playoffs where he averaged 16.8 points and seven rebounds per game. At UT Martin Newson averaged 16.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game and is among the school's top 10 all-time scorers and earned All-Ohio Valley Conference first-team honors in 2006, his senior season.

Cairns Taipans(2007-2008)

Newson arrived in Australia in December 2007 replacing Rashad Tucker as one of the Taipans two imports. In the 11 regular season games Newson played he averaged 13.4 points per game and overall for the season had 23 steals, 8 Blocks and 25 Assists while shooting 41% from the field.Newson was dropped from the team at the start of the 2008-09 NBL Season