Andrew Caliendo signs with T-Birds

Farmington - Andrew Caliendo set his baseball future in motion when the Piedra Vista senior signed a letter of intent to play for the New Mexico Junior College Thunderbirds today at the Jerry A. Conner Fieldhouse.

     Caliendo said there were a few factors that led to signing with NMJC, including the relationship he built with the coaching staff and the effort they put into his recruitiment.

     "They were really friendly," Caliendo said. "Jimmy Durham, he's the head coach and every other week I'd get a text from him asking, 'How's it going?' Coach (Jake) McCarter, he's the recruiting coach, and I'd get the same thing from him.  I thought that was really imnportant.  It was really friendly environmnet and atmosphere, and that was really awesome."

     Other key factors for Caliendo picking the T-Birds over the slew of other programs that had recruited him was haing a alot of family in the Hobbs area and the full-ride scholarship NMJC offered him.