St. Pius alum Walker transferring to New Mexico State baseball

New Mexico State baseball on Wednesday introduced the addition of two switch pitchers, together with St. Pius alumnus Hayden Walker from Pepperdine.

Will Sierra is also coming to NMSU from Washington State.

Walker, a 6-foot-2 left-hander, pitched 10 innings over the course of two seasons with Pepperdine. He was the Gatorade prep participant of the 12 months as a highschool junior with a 0.48 earned-run common.

“Hayden can actually pitch, a southpaw with the flexibility to vary speeds,” mentioned Aggies pitching coach Keith Zuniga. “Hayden’s mentality and pitch capacity immediately makes us higher.”

Proper-hander Sierra, a Montreal native, was 3-2 with a 5.60 ERA over 27 video games with Washington State. In 35.1 innings he struck out 44 opposing hitters  (11.3 strikeouts per 9 innings).

Earlier than going to Washington State, Sierra attended Chipola Faculty in Florida the place he earned a redshirt 12 months earlier than heading to Yavapai Faculty in Arizona for 2 seasons. In two seasons on the junior school degree, Sierra posted a 4-1 document with 61 strikeouts in 46.1 innings.
 
Beforehand, Sierra was a member of the Group Canada Junior Nationwide Group from 2015-2017 and performed for Group Canada on the 2017 World Baseball Championships. Sierra was additionally named Preseason All-Canada Twice and chosen within the twenty eighth spherical of the 2016 Main League Baseball Draft by the New York Mets.

“Will has an electrical arm that can are available in and make an impression straight away,” Zuniga mentioned. “He can run it as much as 96 with an influence slider to place you away. We’re wanting ahead to having his expertise on the Aggie pitching workers.”