New Mexico State Aggies baseball


The New Mexico State Aggies baseball team represents New Mexico State University, which is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The Aggies are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Conference USA. They began competing in Division I in 1962 and joined C-USA before the 2024 season.
The New Mexico State Aggies play all home games on campus at Presley Askew Field. The Aggies have played in four NCAA tournaments. Over their 15 seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, they have won two WAC regular season titles and one WAC Tournament.
Since the program's inception, 5 Aggies have gone on to play in Major League Baseball. A total of 64 Aggies have been drafted, including Joey Ortiz who was selected in the fourth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.
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Conference Membership History

Presley Askew Field

Presley Askew Field is a baseball stadium on the New Mexico State campus in Las Cruces, New Mexico that seats 1,000 people. It opened in 1981. A record attendance of 1,615 was set on February 27, 2015, during the home opener against Incarnate Word.

Head coaches

Records taken from the 2020 NMSU baseball media guide.
1962–1965Presley Askew442–69–3.378
1966–1968Pat Ryan323–59.280
1969–1982Jim Kwasny14300–380.441
1983–1986Curt Cook478–104.429
1987Sal Gonzalez120–34.370
1988Mike Ryan138–18.679
1989–1996Elliott Avent8225–213.514
1997–2000Rocky Ward481–136.373
2001–2002Gary Ward269–48.590
2003–2014Rocky Ward12374–322–2.537
2015–2019Brian Green5158–122–1.564
2020–2023Mike Kirby232–38
Totals11 coaches60 seasons1,440–1,543–6

Year-By-Year Results

Records taken from the 2020 NMSU baseball media guide.

NCAA tournament History

YearRecordPctNotes
20020–2.000Eliminated by San Diego in Tempe Regional
20031–2.333Eliminated by UNLV in Tempe Regional
20120–2.000Eliminated by Missouri in Tucson Regional
20180–2.000Eliminated by Kent State in Lubbock Regional
20220–2.000Eliminated by Vanderbilt in Corvallis Regional
Totals1–10.091

Awards and honors

  • 12 Patriots have been named to an NCAA-recognized All-America team.
  • Over their 15 seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, 26 different Patriots have been named to the all-conference first-team.

All-Americans

YearPositionNameTeamSelector
1980OFKevin Wilner3rdNCAA
2002OFRyan Kenning1stNCBWA
2002DHGabe Veloz1stCB
20031BBilly Becher1stNCBWA
20031BBilly Becher3rdBA
20041BBilly Becher1stNCBWA
20041BBilly Becher3rdBA
2009SSBryan Marquez1stABCA
2009SSBryan Marquez2ndNCBWA
2016OFDaniel Johnson3rdABCA
2017CMason Fishback2ndCB
2018PJonathan Groff2ndCB
20192BNick Gonzales1stABCA
20192BNick Gonzales1stCB
20192BNick Gonzales2ndBA
20192BNick Gonzales2ndNCBWA
2019SSJoey Ortiz1stCB
2019SSJoey Ortiz2ndABCA
2019SSJoey Ortiz2ndNCBWA
20191BTristan Peterson1stCB
20191BTristan Peterson3rdNCBWA
2019OFTristen Carranza2ndNCBWA
2019OFTristen Carranza3rdABCA

Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year

YearPositionName
2016OFDaniel Johnson
2019SSJoey Ortiz

Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year

Taken from the 2020 NMSU baseball media guide. Updated February 28, 2020.

Aggies in the Major Leagues

AthleteYears in MLBMLB teams
Jerry Hinsley1964, 1967New York Mets
Fernando Ramsey1992Chicago Cubs
Mark Acre1994–1997Oakland Athletics
Jason Rakers1998–2000Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals
Tyler Sturdevant2016Tampa Bay Rays
Joey Ortiz2023-presentBaltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers
Nick Gonzales2023-present

Taken from the 2020 NMSU baseball media guide. Updated February 28, 2020.