New Mexico Sports

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Arguably the greatest Aggie football player of all time and a member of the Ring of Honor, Charley Johnson, passed away at the age of 85 on Tuesday, September 3. Johnson, a 1970 inductee into the US Bank/NM State Athletics Hall of Fame, led NM State during its greatest two-year

DALLAS, Texas – Conference USA unveiled its first 2024 Volleyball Weekly Awards on Monday, anointing Starr Williams as the Offensive Player of the Week. The redshirt junior tallied a remarkable .560 hitting percentage in back-to-back matches over the weekend at the Georgia Tech Invitational. Williams led the Aggies from the front row in both matches,

DALLAS, Texas – 2023 All-Conference USA Second Team member Brooke Schultz won her first Conference-USA Weekly Award of her career CUSA announced on Aug. 27, at 11 a.m. MT. Schultz recorded two goals and one assist on the week. Schultz had a stellar week as she scored two goals in two games, both game-winning goals.

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – NM State beat Oregon 2-1 in their second-ever matchup and first in Las Cruces on Aug. 22 at the NM State Soccer Complex. Goals from Ariana Leamons and Brooke Schultz propelled the Aggies to their first-ever win over a Power-four conference opponent. “They’re a high press team and really like disrupting your rhythm

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – NM State redshirt senior Canaan Yarro has been named to the Rimington Trophy Watch List, which is awarded annually to the nation’s most outstanding center. This year, the Trophy committee worked with Pro Football Focus (PFF) to narrow down its list to the top 40 centers in

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – NM State is set to play Cochise College in an exhibition match on Friday, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Soccer Athletic Complex. Friday’s exhibition will serve as the Aggie’s first contest ahead of the 2024 season.  Back for More NM State returns nine starters from

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) ARLINGTON, Texas – The Atlanta Braves drafted Titus Dumitru in Round 16 with the 491st pick on July 16 of the MLB Draft. He is the second member of the 2024 baseball team to be drafted in the 2024 MLB Draft. Dumitru is the fourth Aggie to be drafted by the Braves, the last

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) ARLINGTON, Texas – Keith Jones II was drafted by the Texas Rangers in round nine with the 285th overall pick in the MLB Draft on July 15. Jones becomes the first Aggie drafted by the Rangers in program history and the ninth Aggie to be drafted in the first ten rounds of

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Conference USA released its 90-game schedule of 2025 women’s basketball games on Thursday. Kennesaw State became CUSA’s 10th member earlier this month, meaning each team will play two more contests, increasing each member’s conference slate from 16 to 18 games. NM State finished 6-10 a year ago,

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – On Jan. 2, theNew Mexico State Aggies Men’s Basketball will be embracing the start of its second season in Conference USA play in none other than the Pan American Center.  On Thursday morning, Commissioner Judy McLeod and the league office released the Aggies’ 18 CUSA matchups that

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – NM State Soccer welcomes 10 new Student-Athletes to their roster as the 2024 season inches closer to kicking off. The new players round out the roster to 33 total student-athletes. #00 | Gabriela Semlick | Fr. | Goalkeeper | Ceder Tree Classical Christian School | Ridgefield, Wash.

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – On Monday evening, Carl Cherenfant made it official that he will be in Crimson and White this fall for the Aggies.  Cherenfant spent his freshman season at Memphis before transferring to New Mexico State.  Carl Cherenfant | So. | G | 6-5 | Pompano Beach, Fla. |

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Wednesday the league office announced start times and the television schedule for the 2024 campaign. This season, the Aggies’ home schedule will feature six home games, including two on national television. Additionally, NM State Athletics announced that the Nov. 9 matchup versus Western Kentucky will serve as

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) RUSTON, Louisiana – The Aggies 2024 season comes to an end after losing 8-2 to the third seed Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in the second round of the Conference USA Championship tournament on Thursday, May 23, in Ruston, La. The first season of the Angier era comes to an end with a final

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) RUSTON, Louisiana – The Aggies lost 3-5 to the Dallas Baptist Patriots in the first round of the Conference USA Championship Tournament on Wednesday, May 22, in Ruston, La. Keith Jones II, Mitch Namie and Romeo Ballesteros recorded two hits apiece. Hayden Walker earned the start for the Aggies and threw two

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Keith Jones II was named one of 68 collegiate baseball players on the Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist by the NCBWA. The Dick Howser Trophy is awarded to the nation’s top player of the year. Jones is the fifth Aggie to be named a Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist, following the

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Thursday, NM State football announced two future scheduled games with the University of Tulsa with the two programs taking part in a home-and-home series scheduled for 2025 and 2034. NM State will first welcome the Golden Hurricane on Sept. 6, 2025, at Aggie Memorial Stadium before traveling to Tulsa,

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky – The Aggies are traveling to Kentucky to play conference foe Western Kentucky in final three game series of the 2024 regular season. Game one will start on May 16 at 2 p.m. MT with the second game of the series starting 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one.

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – Conference USA unveiled its 2024 Softball Postseason Awards on Tuesday. Four Aggies earned all-league honors, led by Desirae Spearman. The freshman was named CUSA Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, landing two spots on the All-CUSA First Team and one on the All-CUSA Freshman Team.

(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – With the Conference USA Championships wrapping up two weeks ago, the league office announced its complete list of all-conference honorees on Thursday morning. After winning the individual title, Emma Bunch was named the CUSA Player of the Year while also hauling in CUSA Most Improved Player and First Team

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The New Mexico State Aggies made it four wins in a row after defeating rival New Mexico, 10-8, Tuesday night in Las Cruces. With the game tied at 8 in the bottom of the 9th, NMSU’s Keith Jones would hit a 2-run home run to cap off the win with