Nogales standout Thomas Teel follows a rapidly forming stream of players from Southern Arizona to commit to play baseball for New Mexico State.
Teel was a freshman for the Apaches last year and he appeared in four games with a triple and two RBI to help lead the program to a 6-1 record before the season was cut short.
Former Sahuarita standout Chris Barraza and Nogales standout Kevin Jimenez will be juniors for the Aggies this year. In addition, Sahuarita pitcher Ian Mejia transferred from Pima to New Mexico State along with former Flowing Wells and Pima standout Noah Estrella. Sabino standouts Joey Parker and Jacob Wiltshire will be Aggies in 2021. Nogales junior standouts Demetrio Crisantes and Saul Soto have also committed to play for New Mexico State as did Canyon del Oro standout Marcus Delgado, Nogales senior Matthew Bachelier and Salpointe standout Jack Rogers.
The Aggies compete in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and former Nogales standout Keith Zuniga is an assistant coach.
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