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EL PASO, Texas – Get your first look at the 2022 UTEP Volleyball team at the Orange vs. Navy Scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 13. First serve for the scrimmage is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Memorial Gym and admission is FREE.  After the scrimmage, UTEP Volleyball will host a post-match autograph session.  For fans coming to the

DALLAS, Texas – UTEP football’s Praise Amaewhule is one of 85 defensive standouts in Division I FBS to be selected to the 2022 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List as announced by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) on Tuesday. Amaewhule was named to the 2021 All-Conference USA first team. The redshirt junior, who started all 13

EL PASO, Texas – A slate of nine games and one exhibition will comprise the non-conference portion of the UTEP women’s basketball schedule, head coach Kevin Baker announced on Friday. Prior to formally getting underway with the new season, the Miners will host Western New Mexico on Nov. 5 in an exhibition contest. The campaign

EL PASO, Texas – Less than 10,000 tickets remain for the UTEP football team’s season opener against North Texas on Aug. 27 at 7 pm.  UTEP is closing in on selling out a game in the Sun Bowl for the first time since 2008.  The current stadium capacity is 45,971. Fans have been able to

ATLANTA, Georgia – UTEP running back Deion Hankins is one of 115 players from college football’s Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) to be named to the 2022 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List on Thursday. The Wuerffel Trophy is College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service. Hankins, heading into the 2022 season as a redshirt sophomore, ranked tied

EL PASO, Texas – UTEP football fans can preview the highly-anticipated 2022 season and enjoy a delicious breakfast on the field in the picturesque Sun Bowl at “Morning with the Miners” on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 7:30 am. This is the second edition of “Morning with the Miners” and the first since 2019.   UTEP Coach

DALLAS, Texas – UTEP football’s Praise Amaewhule is one of 85 defensive standouts in Division I FBS to be selected to the 2022 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List as announced by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) on Tuesday. Amaewhule was named to the 2021 All-Conference USA first team. The redshirt junior, who started

EUGENE, Oregon – Former UTEP Miner Emmanuel Korir has done it again. Korir became a world champion after winning the 800 meter event Saturday in Eugene, Oregon. Korir, who represents his home country of Kenya, had never won gold at the World Championships. Now he can check that off of his list of accomplishments. The

EUGENE, Oregon – Emmanuel Korir is on pace to possibly bring home another gold medal. Thursday, at the World Track and Field Championships in Eugene , Oregon, the former UTEP Miner won his semi-final race in the 800m run. It was a great turnaround for Korir who on Wednesday finished with a less than impressive

EL PASO, Texas – The Miner Caravan returns to central El Paso on Saturday!   Meet student-athletes from the UTEP men’s basketball, football and volleyball programs at Cielo Vista Mall (8401 Gateway Blvd. West) on Saturday (July 23) from 12-3 pm. Scheduled to attend are Otis Frazier III, Jamari Sibley, Jamal Sumlin and Malik Zachery from

DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s running back duo of Ronald Awatt and Deion Hankins were recognized to the 2022 Doak Walker Award Watch List as announced by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum, which released the preseason candidates on Wednesday. The prestigious Doak Walker Award was created in 1989 to recognize the nation’s premier running back for

DALLAS, Texas – UTEP track and field great Anthony Rotich, a four-time national champion, was inducted into the Conference USA Hall of Fame Class of 2022 as announced by league officials on Monday. Rotich concluded his track and field career as the most decorated runner in conference history. His impressive resume includes a trio of NCAA