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New Mexico State infielder Nick Gonzales is the Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Year. The Arizona native had a .448 batting average with 12 home runs and 36 RBI in a season that was cut short by the pandemic. Gonzales had reached base in 82 straight games when the season was ended. He is expected to be a top five pick during Major League Baseball’s draft next month. Gonzales played for the Dubois County Bombers of the Ohio Valley League in the 2018 season.