The New Mexico State Aggies baseball team represents

New Mexico State University New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public land-grant research university based primarily in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest public institution of higher education in New Mexico and one of the state's tw ...

, which is located in

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. The Aggies are an

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program that competes in the

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. They began competing in Division I in 1962 and joined the Western Athletic Conference in 2006. 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

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. A total of 64 Aggies have been drafted, including Joey Ortiz who was selected in the fourth round of the

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Conference Membership History

*1962–1970: Independent *1971–1983:

Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the third-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the midwest. History The MVC was established ...

*1984–1991: Independent *1992–2000:

Big West Conference The Big West Conference (BWC) is an American collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The conference was originally formed on July 1, 1969, as the Pacific ...

*2001–2005:

Sun Belt Conference The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams participa ...

*2006–present:

Presley Askew Field

Presley Askew Field is a baseball

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on the New Mexico State campus in

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.

Year-By-Year Results

Records taken from the 2020 NMSU baseball media guide.

NCAA Tournament History

*The

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started in 1947. *The

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of the tournament has changed through the years.

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

Freshman First-Team All-Americans

Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year

Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year

Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year

Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year

Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year

Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year

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

Aggies in the Major Leagues