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2026 Baseball Roster

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15 Steve Solorzano

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher/Infield
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Las Cruces, N.M.
  • High School Las Cruces HS

Biography

AWARDS
  • 2025 First Team All-CUSA Designated Hitter
  • 2024 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
2025 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 50 games and made 49 starts... Finished the 2025 season batting .335 to rank 12th among CUSA hitters... Also maintained a .470 on-base percentage to rank 4th among CUSA hitters... Led the team in OPS (1.021), slugging percentage (.538) and on-base percentage (.470)... Was tied for the team lead in home runs (8)... Ranked second among Aggies in batting average, runs scored (49), doubles (14), RBIs (41), total bases (102), walks (33) and third in hits (62)... Finished the year a perfect 6-6 on stolen base attempts... Finished the year with 17 multi-hit games to rank third among Aggies... Turned in 11 multi-RBI performances as a sophomore... Started at first base for 24 of the first 27 games... Started 22 of the final 23 games at designated hitter.

2024 (Freshman)
The Freshman from Las Cruces was featured in 30 games for the Aggies making 29 starts... Solorzano played in every game he was healthy in as he missed 24 games due to a hand injury... Solorzano had a batting average of .327... In 110 at-bats he recorded 36 total hits... He hit six doubles and three home runs for the Aggies... Solorzano also hade 18 RBIs... Solorzano made five appearances and one start on the mound... He threw for 7.0 total innings on the year only giving up nine hits and six earned runs... Solorzano walked two batters and struck out nine in his seven innings of work.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Las Cruces High School in 2023... in 2023 he was named first team All-State pitcher, second team All-State catcher, District 3-5A Player of the Year, and played in the Bob Ogaz All-Star Classic as a Pitcher/Catcher... in 2022 was named second team All-State Pitcher, first team All-District infielder and pitcher... in 2021 was named first team All-District Pitcher... according to Perfect Game Solorzano was ranked as the best third baseman in New Mexico and the 22nd third baseman in the nation... had a batting average of .441... recorded 65 RBIs... 42 stolen bases... had an ERA of 1.47... holds Las Cruces High Schools career strike out record with 265... was in National Honor Society. 

PERSONAL
Son of George Solorzano and Luisa Camacho... has four siblings... both parents attended NMSU... father is a US Army veteran... mother owns The Clubhouse in Las Cruces... majoring in Individualized Studies.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2024Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher/Infield
    6'0" 190 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2025Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher/Infield
    6'0" 190 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2026Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher/Infield
    6'0" 190 lbs
    15