New Mexico STATE baseBALL Presley Askew Field | Las Cruces, NM 88003 | @NMStatebaseball | @nmstatebaseball | @nmstatebaseball | www.NMStateSports.com NOTES 2021 SCHEDULE #4 NM State (19-32) vs. #5 Seattle (16-31) FEBRUARY Wednesday, May 26 | 7:00 p.m. (MT) | Mesa, Ariz. | Hohokam Stadium 19 at UNLV Canceled 20 at UNLV* Canceled AGGIES REDHAWKS 21 at UNLV Canceled Head Coach: Mike Kirby Head Coach: Donny Harrel 26 at Abilene Christian L | 8-7 Record at NM State: 30-35 (Second year) Record at Seattle: 261-343-2 (11th Year) 27 at Abilene Christian L | 15-9 Overall (NCAA): Same Overall (NCAA): 481-433 (18th Year) 28 at Abilene Christian W | 12-2 (7) 2021 WAC TOURNAMENT MARCH AGGIE FACTS: 2 at Texas State L | 8-6 5 at Texas A&M L | 4-1 • The Aggies open the 2021 WAC Tournament Wednesday night against the 6 at Texas A&M L | 5-0 fifth-seeded Seattle Redhawks. 7 at Texas A&M L | 7-1 # • NMSU played Seattle earlier this season (Mar. 26-28) at Seattle. Three of the 12 Dixie State W | 17-3 (7) 13 Dixie State*# W | 14-3 (6) • W | 19-2 (7) four contests were decided by one run. 14 Dixie State# L | 19-13 • The Aggies will look to win the second WAC Tournament title in school history. 17 Benedictine Mesa W | 7-3 NMSU won the 2018 WAC Tournament. The Aggies are making the 12th appear- 19 Northern Colorado# W | 13-7 # ance at the WAC tourney in school history and are 13-22 all-time in WAC post- 20 Northern Colorado* W | 6-0 • W | 15-8 21 Northern Colorado# W | 7-4 season play. 26 at Seattle U# L | 2-1 • With a win, NMSU would advance to face either No. 1 Grand Canyon or No. 2 27 at Seattle U*# W | 2-1 • L | 4-3 Sacramento State on Thursday. If UTRGV defeats Utah Valley, the Aggies would 28 at Seattle U# L | 6-1 face the Lopes at 8 p.m. MT. If UVU upsets UTRGV and Aggies win, NMSU would APRIL play Sac State Thursday at 4 p.m. MT. 1 at #19 Oregon L | 5-0 • The Aggies 2-0 in the opening round of the WAC Tournament since 2018. 2 at #19 Oregon L | 8-2 • Seven Aggies were named to one of the three All-WAC teams. Sophomore 3 at #19 Oregon* L | 2-1 • L | 6-1 9 at #24 Sacramento State*# L | 10-5 • W | 10-2 Zerek Saenz was named to the first team, while outfielder Tommy Tabak, second 10 at #24 Sacramento State# L | 9-6 baseman Kevin Jimenez and shortstop Brandon Dieter were all named to the sec- 11 at #24 Sacramento State# L | 4-0 ond team. Senior Chris Jefferson, infielder Ethan Mann and Cal Villareal round 16 vs. Grand Canyon# L | 5-4 # out the Aggies seven selections. 17 vs. Grand Canyon* L | 4-2 • L | 3-1 18 vs. Grand Canyon# L | 11-3 • Four different Aggies led the WAC in a specific category. Saenz led the league 20 at #13 Arizona L | 11-4 in hits (72) and on-base percentage (.473), while Mann led the league with 50 23 at Tarleton State# L | 12-8 runs batted in. Mann also was second in the WAC in HRs, hitting 11 long balls. 24 at Tarleton State*# L | 4-1 • W | 8-3 # • Infielder Kevin Jimenez has worked the most-free passes in the conference (39) 25 at Tarleton State W | 17-6 27 Benedictine Mesa W | 5-1 while Chris Jefferson has recorded the most complete games in the country and 30 vs. UTRGV# L | 8-5 the WAC (7). • Jefferson will take the ball for the Aggies on Wednesday night. The Texan MAY 1 vs. UTRGV*# W | 12-1 • W | 12-8 pitched seven strong innings against SU, allowing just four hits and one run. The 2 vs. UTRGV# W | 11-10 Redhawks hit just .174 off him. 7 at Utah Valley# W | 6-3 8 at Utah Valley*# L | 2-4 • W | 10-7 9 at Utah Valley# L | 5-7 14 vs. California Baptist# L, 4-10 PITCHING MATCHUP: 15 vs. California Baptist*# L, 2-4 (8) • L, 6-11 (7) # ERA W-L APP GS IP H R ER BB K 16 vs. California Baptist L, 7-17 NM State: RHP Chris Jefferson 4.21 5-6 12 12 72.2 68 37 34 25 65 18 at #7 Arizona L, 3-14 (7) Seattle: RHP Morgan White 4.66 2-4 13 13 56.0 47 31 29 31 59 26 vs. #5 Seattle 7:00 p.m. * Doubleheader | # Western Athletic Conference opponent All times in MT and subject to change NM STATE BASEBALL - GAME NOTES NMStateSports.com New Mexico STATE baseBALL Presley Askew Field | Las Cruces, NM 88003 | @NMStatebaseball | @nmstatebaseball | @nmstatebaseball | www.NMStateSports.com GENERAL INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION Location .......................................................Las Cruces, N.M. 2020 Overall Record .......................................................... 12-4 Founded ...............................................................................1888 Home ..................................................................... 12-0 Enrollment .......................................................................14,432 Away ........................................................................ 0-4 Chancellor ....................................................Dr. Dan E. Arvizu Neutral .................................................................... 0-0 Twitter ................................................... @dan_arvizu WAC Record ......................................................................... 0-0 Director of Athletics ....................................... Mario Moccia WAC Tournament ...............................................................N/A Twitter ...................................@MarioMocciaNMSU Lettermen Returning/Lost .............................................. 22/12 Senior Women’s Admin. ..............................Dr. Renay Scott Position Players Returning/Lost ..................................... 15/8 Twitter ................................................. @NMSUVPSS Pitchers Returning/Lost ..................................................... 7/4 Faculty Athletics Rep. ..........................Dr. Kevin Melendrez Newcomers ............................................................................15 Twitter ..................................... @KMelendrezNMSU Nickname ...................................................................... Aggies Top Returning Position Players Colors ......................................................... Crimson & White C Jason Bush R-Sr. .283, 5 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI Mascot .................................................................... Pistol Pete 1B Zach Smits Jr. .400, 4 2B, 1 3B, 9 RBI Affiliation ....................................................... NCAA Division I 2B Kevin Jimenez So. .288, 4 2B, 1 3B, 8 RBI, 3 SB Conference ......................................Western Athletic (WAC) 3B Austin Duffy So. .241, 5 2B, 1 3B, 15 RBI OF Zerek Saenz So. .344, 2 2B, 9 RBI, 1 SB STADIUM INFORMATION OF Tommy Tabak Jr. .324, 4 2B, 1 3B, 9 RBI Home Field ....................... Presley Askew Field (The ‘Skew) Capacity .............................................................................1,000 Top Returning Pitchers Surface ...........................................................Infield: FieldTurf RHP Chris Barraza So. 2-0, 2.66 ERA, 20.1 IP, 16 K ............................................ Outfield: Bermuda grass LHP Frank Dickson Jr. R-Jr. 1-0, 2.16 ERA, 8.1 IP, 7 K Dimensions ............... LF: 345 | CF: 400 | RF: 345 | Alleys: 385 RHP Lyle Hibbitts Jr. 0-0, 10.38 ERA. 13.0 IP, 6 K Opened 1981 (Expanded in 2014) RHP Chris Jefferson Sr. 2-1, 2.05 ERA, 22.0, 17 K Largest Crowd .........................1,615, vs. UIW (Feb. 27, 2015) LHP Sammy Natera Fr. 0-0, 7.71 ERA, 4.2 IP, 3 K PROGRAM HISTORY Top Players Lost First Year .............................................................................1962 1B Tristan Peterson .250, 4 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI All-Time Record .................................................1,438-1,542-6 2B Nick Gonzales .448, 3 2B, 12 HR, 36 RBI at The ‘Skew................................................715-405-3 OF Daniel Head .318, 2 2B, 1 3B, 5 RBI in the WAC (Tourney) ....................197-210-2 (11-21) RHP Chance Hroch 2-1, 4.68 ERA, 25.0 IP, 20 K in the Sun Belt (Tourney) ......................... 50-46 (5-6) LHP Alex Pinedo 1-1, 3.18, 11.1 IP, 14 K in the Big West (Tourney) .....................63-164 (N/A) RHP Alex Reyes 2-1, 13.50 ERA, 7.1 IP, 6 K in the Missouri Valley (Tourney) ............ 3-29 (5-17) RHP Aldo Fernandez 1-0, 5.14 ERA, 14.0 IP, 16 K in NCAA Tournament ............................................ 1-8 RHP Mitchell Allen 1-0, 7.71 ERA, 7.0 IP, 12 K Regular-Season Conf. Championships (Last) ........ 2 (2019) Conf. Tournament Championships (Last) ............... 2 (2018) Top Newcomers NCAA Tournament Appearances (Last) ................. 4 (2018) INF Ethan Mann Jr. 23 HRs in 72 JUCO games NCAA Regional Appearances (Last) ....................... 4 (2018) UTIL Ronnie Allen Jr. Jr. Ohio State transfer MEDIA RELATIONS RHP Ian Mejia Fr. Drafted by NY Mets (2018) RHP Rorik Maltrud So. Oklahoma transfer BSB Contact .....................................................Andrew Stern UTIL Brandon Dieter So. Stanford transfer Office ......................................................914-589-9666 RHP Nick Rogers Jr. Bethune-Cookman transfer Email ............................................. [email protected] Twitter .........................................@Andrew_Stern94 Mailing Address .........................................1815 Wells Street ................................................Las Cruces, NM 88003 NM STATE BASEBALL - GAME NOTES NMStateSports.com New Mexico STATE baseBALL Presley Askew Field | Las Cruces, NM 88003 | @NMStatebaseball | @nmstatebaseball | @nmstatebaseball | www.NMStateSports.com NUMERICAL ROSTER # Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown / High School / Previous School 1 Mark McNelly INF R/R 6-2 207 Fr. Limerick, Pa. / Spring-Ford 2 Austin Duffy INF R/R 6-0 190 So. Mesa,