(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – On Wednesday morning, NM State men’s basketball Head Coach Jason Hooten announced the addition of guard Femi Odukale. Odukale spent two seasons at Pitt before transferring and playing his junior season at Seton Hall. At both stops, Odukale proved his ability to play a starter’s role against some of the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Former NMSU basketball player Mike Peake will not face charges in the shooting death of a student on the UNM student last November. We have been following this story from the beginning. You can read that reporting here. The Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office issued the following statement to
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — On Saturday, a commemorative ceremony took place to officially rename a major interchange in Las Cruces in honor of a fallen local hero, Antonio Rodriguez. The I-25 and I-10 interchange, from mile marker 143 to mile marker 145, is now known as the Sergeant First Class Antonio Rey “Rod”
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Joining the Aggie men’s basketball staff for the 2023-24 season will be Assistant Coach Robert Guster, Head Coach Jason Hooten announced on Monday morning. Coach Guster makes his way to the City of Crosses with nearly 25 years of coaching experience after spending the last seven seasons
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Las Cruces Police Department is appealing to the public for assistance in identifying two suspects involved in a dramatic mid-day shooting that took place on Monday, May 15, 2023, near the New Mexico State University campus. The incident, which reportedly began around 12:30 PM near Frenger Park in
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — With four games left in a season that has been anything but pretty, the Aggies were out for bragging rights against in-state rivals New Mexico. After two scoreless innings the Aggies struck first putting on three runs in the bottom of the third. Two of those runs came from
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — After winning the WAC outdoor track and field title on Saturday, it was only fitting the Aggies celebrated the win in Las Cruces with a lunch. NM State won the WAC with a score of 136 points, with Stephen F. Austin (113) and Grand Canyon (98) rounding out the top
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OREM, Utah (KVIA) — NMSU will be leaving the WAC on a losing note, falling 5-4 to Utah Valley on Sunday and in-turn finishing conference play with a 9-21 record. For the first two games of the series between Utah Valley and NM State, offense was plentiful. On Sunday afternoon, the two squads engaged into a
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -One of the primary pieces to the puzzle during Sam Houston’s historic run last season is now an Aggie. Head Coach Jason Hooten announced Tuesday morning that former Bearkat big man Kaosi Ezeagu will be donning Crimson & White this fall. Kaosi Ezeagu | Sr. | 6-10 | Bramton, Ontario,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — According to a new report from ESPN, two former New Mexico State University basketball players, Shakiru Odunewu and Deuce Benjamin, who claimed to be sexually assaulted by their teammates, told ESPN that the alleged perpetrators also targeted other players and some assistant coaches. They added that the attackers manipulated
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Finding high-level talent and experience is often a difficult task in Division I basketball, however, it appears Head Coach Jason Hooten has done so with his newest signee. Hooten announced Wednesday that Central Florida transfer and fifth-year senior Brandon Suggs has made the decision to close out his collegiate
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The law firm retained by NMSU to investigate the university’s handling of recent hazing allegations by two former basketball players released a findings report Wednesday. “Our investigation focused on a programmatic review of NMSU’s anti-hazing policies and procedures,” Greenberg Traurig, LLP said in the report. The law firm specified
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — For the first time two former NMSU basketball players are speaking out about the hazing allegations they made in a lawsuit two weeks ago. Shakiru Odunewu, William “Deuce” Benjamin and Deuce’s Dad William Benjamin are suing the university, two former coaches, and three former teammates, Deshawndre Washington, Doctor Bradley
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — In a letter obtained by ABC-7 dated May 1, the NMSU Faculty Senate call the contract extension of Athletic Director Mario Moccia “both astonishing and deeply disheartening.” “It is irrational why the former NMSU Chancellor would so handsomely reward an individual when the non-academic unit they supervise (Athletic Department)
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NMSU has responded to a letter Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Stephanie Rodriguez, the Cabinet Secretary sent on April 24, asking the university to clarify how it is addressing the alleged hazing incident within the basketball program. The letter from the New Mexico Higher Education Department was sent after
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — No UTEP or NMSU players were drafted in the 2023 NFL Draft but already we’ve seen a few with some news. On Monday NMSU linebacker Trevor Brohard earned a spot at the San Francisco 49ers rookie training camp. Brohard started all 13 games fro the Aggies in 2022 and finished
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BOULDER CITY, Nevada — Garrison Smith has punched his ticket to the NCAA Tournament after winning the individual title at the WAC Men’s Golf Championships. Smith broke the 21-year old WAC Men’s Golf Championship record by shooting a 197 (-19). Smith became the first individual champion for NM State since 2014 when Pay Beyhan won. On the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — It’s now official, new NMSU men’s basketball head coach Jason Hooten will start his campaign with a completely new roster. Sunday Anthony Roy entered the transfer portal, according to verbal commits. Roy was the lone remaining player from the 2022-23 roster who hadn’t either entered the portal, announced their
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SANTA FE, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is planning to push new legislation making it clear that hazing is a crime under state law. The announcement comes as two NMSU basketball players file a lawsuit against the university, two former coaches, and three of their teammates alleging hazing and sexual
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico State University says it plans to launch a task force to prevent hazing. The university’s basketball team has been embroiled in controversy since two players claimed they had been sexually assaulted by some of their teammates. “NMSU has taken extensive measures, including, without limitation: recalling the entire
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — In the span of five months, the NMSU Men’s basketball program was involved in a deadly shooting, three players on the team were accused of sexually assaulting at least two other players, the program was suspended, the head coach fired and a lawsuit filed. Now new head coach Jason
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Aggies have now added their second Georgia product and first front court signee as Head Coach Jason Hooten introduced Clarence “Monzy” Jackson as the newest member of the program. The forward will be making his third Division I stop after spending last season at Jacksonville State and the previous
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STEPHENVILLE, Texas (KVIA) — The Aggies dropped both games in the doubleheader with Tarleton on Saturday which saw the Texans get the sweep. After outslugging the Aggies in the opening game, the Texans found a way to win a pitchers duel in the night cap. In game one there was no score until the fourth,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Aggies avoided the sweep on Saturday with a 6-5 victory over UT Arlington. Eight Aggies recorded base hits, including Jillian Taylor and Kayla Bowen who both had multi-hit days. Bowen went 2-3 at the plate with RBIs and 2 home runs. She now has 12 home runs for
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – New Mexico State’s director of athletics, Mario Moccia will remain as the university’s top administrator of athletics. Moccia recently signed a 5-year contract extension that will keep him at NMSU until 2027. The news of Moccia’s contract extension was made public during a tumultuous week for NMSU. First, there was
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – After 14 practices during the Spring football session, the New Mexico State Aggies capped it off with a football game. Thursday night at Aggie Memorial Stadium, the NMSU football team took part in a Spring football game. It was Crimson versus White. The teams were put together through a draft
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LAS CRUCES, Texas – New Mexico State guard Deuce Benjamin has entered the transfer portal. The Las Cruces native was one of the final players from last season’s roster to announce his intention to leave the program. Benjamin, a graduate of Las Cruces High School, spent just one season with the Aggies. NMSU’s new head
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) – The 8th Annual Las Cruces Film Festival (LCIFF) is captivating audiences from around the world this week, with an extra dose of excitement from the appearance of Giancarlo Esposito, the acclaimed actor best known for his role as Gustavo “Gus” Fring in the hit series Breaking Bad, and as
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) – New Mexico State University (NMSU) has announced the appointment of Jay Gogue as interim chancellor after Chancellor Dan Arvizu resigned on Friday, April 7. The NMSU Board of Regents agreed to a mutual separation with Arvizu, who said that he believed the transition would allow the university to focus
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KVIA) – After dropping the first two games of the series, NM State baseball bounced back in a big way on Sunday against Sam Houston. Facing a 10-1 Bearkats team that leads the WAC, NM State put ten runs on the scoreboard to cap off a 10-6 win in Huntsville. After back-to-back singles from Keith
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