Aggie athletics update

Baseball:  NM State travels to Utah for three Western Athletic Conference games against Utah Valley Friday through Sunday, May 12-14. That will be preceded by a game Wednesday, May 10 versus Utah. Then the Aggies will come home for a 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, game against the University of New Mexico at Presley Askew Field.

The Aggies are currently 12-31 overall and 9-18 in conference after losing two of three to Seattle May 6-8 in Las Cruces.

Softball: The Aggies won two of three WAC games against Abilene Christian in Las Cruces May 5-6, to finish 21-25 on the regular season and 10-14 in conference play. NM State did not qualify for the eight-team WAC post-season tournament taking place this week in Phoenix.

Football: Three NM State Aggies so far have been invited to NFL training camps. Linebackers Chris Ojoh and Trevor Brohard, a dominant dimension of the Aggie defense, each were invited, Ojoh to the New Orleans Saints and Brohard to the San Francisco 49ers. And defensive lineman Lazarus Williams has been invited to the Miami Dolphins’ training camp.

Men’s Basketball: NM State has brought in two additional players for the 2023-24 season.

Jaylin Jackson-Posey will be a 6-2 junior guard for the Aggies. He spent last season with Stephen F. Austin, averaging 6.7 points, 1.9 rebounds and shooting 44.8 percent from the three-point line.

Also joining the Aggies will be 6-6 senior guard Brandon Suggs, who played Division I basketball at both East Carolina and Central Florida, where last year he averaged 6.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and shot 41.2 percent from beyond the arc in 19.3 minutes per game.

That makes five players signed by new Aggie coach Jason Hooten.