Category: Sports

NM State guard Christian Cook and UTEP forward Otis Frazier III round out the preseason all-conference squad.

The title game for the 2025 CUSA Women’s Basketball Championship will air on CBS Sports Network.

Conference USA released its initial broadcast schedule for the 2024-25 men’s basketball season Thursday featuring over 150 nationally-televised and digital games played on CUSA courts.

Schools from all over New Mexico will take part in the 1st ever NMAA State Marching Band contest on Saturday October 26, 2024.

For team scores, Rio Rancho dominated Boys 5A, taking half of the top ten spots; however, the top two finishers hailed from Organ Mountain High School.

Following one of the Aggies’ most dominant individual defensive performances in recent history, defensive end Kale Edwards has been named the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week – the league office announced on Monday morning.

Brown becomes the fourth Aggie to win a CUSA Player of the Week award in 2024.

NM State ended day three of the ITA Mountain Regional Championships with a gritty showing in singles qualifying play.

The Aggies emerged victorious in a match that ultimately was delayed two separate times due to weather, began one hour and 15 minutes later than originally scheduled and spanned a total of three hours and 28 minutes before coming to a close at 11:48 p.m.

Action at the Mountain Regional Championships will resume tomorrow morning. 

Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia was added to the watch list for the 2024 Maxwell Award.

NM State (11-10, 5-4 CUSA) turned in its best performance of the Conference USA season and arguably its best outing of the entire year as it swept FIU (2-17, 0-7).

Competition in the Sport Class is fierce, with the rapid introduction of race-driven engine and airframe technology.

NM State suited up for action one final time in the regular season on Friday, Oct. 18, as they took part in the Arturo Barrios Invitational, hosted by Texas A&M

NM State opened the ITA Regional Championships with a solid showing in singles qualifying play, securing three victories on day one.

The Aggies delivered an impressive performance on the first day of the Mountain Regional Championships, sweeping all three singles qualifying matches and notching two impressive doubles wins in the round of 64. 

“The first principle of contract negotiations is don’t remind them of what you did in the past. Tell them what you’re going to do in the future.” —Stan Musial

The Academy Extravaganza is an important race to cap off the regular season because it is the location at which the State Championships will be run on November 9–just a few short weeks away.

Once again, NM State has played its way to the team title at its home tournament.

Bunch finished tied for 10th at the Dale McNamara Invitational, shooting 73-71-76-220 (+7).

Arkansas would take home the team title at the Dale McNamara Invitational after combining to shoot a score of 858 (+6) to win the event by 21 strokes.

Tuesday night football returned to the City of Crosses as NM State hosted a thriller across national airwaves.

Louisiana Tech dropped another heartbreaker in overtime, falling by a final score of 33-30 to New Mexico State on Tuesday night at Aggie Memorial Stadium.

Volleyball in our broader community is about to enter prime time.

Copa de Vecinos is a competition designed to recapture the community-defining nature of local scholastic sports.

The Aggies and Bulldogs first met in 1967 and have shared a conference affiliation on three different occasions during the program’s respective histories – spending time together in the Big West, Western Athletic Conference and now CUSA.

The busiest week of the Aggies’ Conference USA slate has come and gone.

On the day, the Aggies outshot the Owls 12-7 and despite recording just three shots on goal, were able to tally their eighth multi-goal game of the season.

Pavia completed 15 of 18 passes for 143 yards with two touchdowns and an interception, and he rushed for 53 yards on 14 carries.

The Aggies earned their first win in seven days with a four-set victory over Sam Houston, led by 16 kills from Starr Williams and 21 Darian Markham digs.

With two trips to Texas already behind them this week, the Aggies will head further east for a weekend in Huntsville.

New Mexico State University alumni Xochitl Alvarado, Cayman Greene and Dillon Gregory are fairly new to professional football but are already making an impression on their respective teams.

CUSA Commissioner Judy MacLeod, as well as head coaches and players from each program will be on hand to preview the upcoming 2024-25 men’s and women’s basketball seasons.

On the second day of play, the Aggies were matched up against rival New Mexico.

With the loss, the Aggies fell back to .500 for the season and in league play (9-9, 3-3 CUSA).