VANCOUVER - For the fourth time in just over a week a UBC baseball player received a phone call ending with a summoning to professional baseball. Monday morning it was right-handed pitcher Jeremy Newton.
 
  "I was in Canmore, Alberta and I got a call from a (Milwaukee) Brewer scout saying he had a contract for me down in Arizona," said Newton as he prepared to catch an early morning flight and report to Milwaukee's rookie training camp in Arizona. "I'm pretty excited about it. It was kind of a surprise, but it's great."
 
  Newton's contract offer caps off a banner season for the UBC Thunderbirds. On day two of the 2016 MLB Entry Draft, the Arizona Diamondbacks and Cincinnati Reds selected Curtis Taylor and Alex Webb, also right-handed pitchers, respectively. The next day, the Reds also scooped up slugging first baseman Bruce Yari.


 
  "To put this draft into perspective, out of 1,500 college baseball programs in North America, UBC is in the top 0.35% for having three draft picks in the top 25 rounds," said UBC's Director of Baseball Terry McKaig last week, before even adding Newton's signing to the Thunderbird's surge into professional baseball. "There are less than 55 schools in NCAA Div. 1 baseball that had a better draft than UBC.  A remarkable accomplishment."
 
  As Newton prepares to head to the desert heat of Arizona he can look forward to some familiar faces waiting to greet him. Both Yari and Webb have already reported to the same camp in Arizona, and their paths could cross.

So unbelievably pumped about this!! Congrats @feelin_newty #thatsmyroommate https://t.co/9INy9p3o7W

— Bruce Yari (@BruceYari) June 20, 2016

 
  "I'm going to be playing against Bruce (Yari) down in Arizona," beams Newton. "I don't really know many college teams who get a chance to have guys spend time at the pro level together.  It really shows how great of a program that UBC is, not just in Canada, but in all of North America. My time at UBC has been special. Regardless if this contract ever happened I still feel blessed to have gone to UBC and get a degree hopefully very soon."
 
  Newton will report to the AZL Brewers of the Arizona Rookie League on June 21^st and the rest as they say, is UBC baseball history.