EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A less than illustrious Miner football season led to the end of the Dana Dimel head coaching era. This week, UTEP ushered in the start of the Scotty Walden era. The university introduced Walden to the public as the new head football coach Wednesday. That new head coach wasted no
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Volleyball have taken the city by storm the last few weeks and Sunday was no different. The Miners in front of another sold out crowd beat South Florida in straight sets (25-14, 26-24, 25-13) to secure a spot in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship game. Tuesday against Wichita State
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EUGENE, Oregon (KVIA) — The UTEP Miners (6-4) had an eight-point lead in the first half but Oregon (6-2) tied it up before pulling away in the second half to down UTEP, 71-49, Saturday night. The Orange and Blue finished at 36.0 percent from the floor (18-50), with pressure from Oregon causing some issues. UTEP
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Here in El Paso, the high school football season has finished for 2023 but there is still plenty more football to played. Right now the best seniors in the city are preparing for the Greater El Paso Football Showcase All-Star game, while on Saturday the top quarterbacks from the Sun
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP volleyball will square off against South Florida in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship semifinals scheduled for Sunday, December 10, at 1:30pm MT inside Memorial Gym. Adding to the postseason excitement, fans have eagerly snatched up every available ticket with the match declared officially sold out. The atmosphere is sure to
Continue Reading UTEP Volleyball Face South Florida in NIVC Fab 4 Matchup EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP volleyball will square off against South Florida in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship semifinals scheduled for Sunday, December 10, at 1:30pm MT inside Memorial Gym. Adding to the postseason excitement, fans have eagerly snatched up every available ticket with the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP women’s basketball lost a 68-63 overtime battle to Portland Saturday afternoon. Adhel Tac and Erin Wilson both recorded double-doubles for the Miners. The Miners (4-6) led by as many as nine points at the end of the third quarter, but the Pilots (6-5) rallied back despite 31 turnovers in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Chapin Huskies have been one of the best teams in El Paso for the past several years and this season is no different. They entered their non-district clash with the Bel Air Highlanders on Friday night in search of their 58th straight win over an El Paso team. Not
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Franklin grad Beau Sparks has had a phenomenal first season at the next level – finalist for the FCS Jerry Rice Freshman of the Year Award, FCS Football Central Freshman All-American accolades and on Friday named United Athletic Conference freshman of the year. Sparks was a true freshman wideout for
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CNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — “You don’t need legs to leave your footprint on this planet” is a motto by which Zion Clark lives his life. Since birth, the American has continuously and ferociously defied the odds, navigating every challenge in his way and creating a legacy to be proud of. The 26-year-old
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are ready to run it back. UTEP will once again get to play host to a tournament match as part of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. The Miners will face the South Florida Bulls in the semifinals Sunday, December 10, inside Memorial Gym with first serve set for 1:30
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – NM State Head Coach Jerry Kill has instrumented one of the quickest turnarounds in all of college football and is now receiving recognition for his accomplishments with the Aggie program. On Wednesday, Coach Kill was named the Conference USA Co-Coach of the Year while also earning AFCA Region 4 Coach of the Year honors.
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP volleyball team continues their historic run in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. In front of a sellout crowd of 3,271 inside UTEP’s Memorial Gym, the Miners defeated the Clemson Tigers in four sets. It’s the largest crowd to ever see a UTEP volleyball game in the program’s history. Wednesday’s
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – One day removed from Conference USA announcing all-league awards, the Aggies are collecting honors of the highest order within the conference as CUSA released its player of the year awards on Wednesday morning. The league office has named quarterback Diego Pavia the CUSA Offensive Player of the Year. The award was based
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Update: UTEP is hosting an official presentation to introduce Walden as new head football coach. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Austin Peay’s Scotty Walden has been name the UTEP’s head coach, sources close to ABC-7 say. This comes after former head coach Dana Dimel was fired at the end of last month. Dimel had one-year
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – As the last standing Conference USA team in postseason play, the UTEP Volleyball team (23-9) is gearing up for an exhilarating showdown as they face off against Clemson in a highly anticipated rematch on Wednesday, December 6, at 7:00 p.m. MT. The clash is set to unfold inside Memorial
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – UTEP football’s wide receiver Kelly Akharaiyi, offensive lineman Elijah Klein, linebacker Tyrice Knight, center Andrew Meyer and defensive end Maurice Westmoreland were tabbed All-Conference USA first team to lead the list of 12 Miners earning postseason recognition. Defensive end Praise Amaewhule, running back Deion Hankins and punter Joshua Sloan garnered
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – Otis Frazier III recorded his first career double-double (11 points, career-high 10 rebounds) as the UTEP men’s basketball team eased past Division II Western New Mexico, 90-62, at the Don Haskins Center Monday evening. Zid Powell (14 points) Tae Hardy (12 points) and Corey Camper Jr. (10 points)
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 watched as a line of people stood wrapped around the Sun Bowl Association office in West El Paso Monday morning. People were rushing to buy their tickets to see the match between Notre Dame and Oregon State after organizers warned tickets could sell out in 24 hours. Officials with
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UPDATE – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have been announced as Oregon State’s opponent in the 90th edition of the Sun Bowl. The last time the Irish came to the Sun City was for the Sun Bowl in 2010, against the Miami Hurricanes. EL PASO, Texas – The Oregon State Beavers are heading to El
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Volleyball took down the UT Arlington Mavericks in front of a home crowd at Memorial Gym. The Miners took the match in four sets, only dropping the second by a score of 23-25. The other sets went in the Miner’s favor at 25-18, 23-25, 25-13. UTEP’s season record moves
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — On Saturday, the Lobos and Aggies clashed for the first time in nearly two years. The home team fed off the energy from its sellout crowd all night, soundly defeating the visiting Aggies 106-62. NM State was led by Femi Odukale, who drew 12 fouls to finish with 18 points
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Albuquerque, New Mexico (KVA) — Lucía Yenes did her best to keep the Aggies afloat, dropping in a season-high 20 points along with six rebounds, two assists and two steals but NMSU ended up falling 67-52 to rivals UNM. With that result the Lobos improved to 6-2 on the season, while NM State dropped to
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LYNCHBURG, Virginia – The New Mexico State Aggies gave it their all, but in the end it wasn’t enough to extinguish the Liberty Flames. Liberty would win their first Conference USA championship after defeating the NMSU Aggies, 49-35. It was a hard fought game from both sides, but the Aggies just couldn’t keep pace especially
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LYNCHBURG, Virginia – The New Mexico State Aggies are in a fight to bring home their first ever Conference USA championship. At the half, the Aggies and the Liberty Flames are all squared at 21 a piece. The Aggies couldn’t have asked for a better start to the game. On their first possession of the
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – For just the fourth time in program history and first since the undefeated season in 1960, the Aggies will enter a game riding an eight-game win streak as they compete in the Conference USA Championship game versus No. 20 Liberty in Lynchburg, Va., on Friday night. Game
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball (4-4) dropped a tight game to sharp-shooting Colorado State (6-0) Thursday evening at the Don Haskins Center. Mahri Petree led the Miners with 21 points. Jane Asinde posted her fourth double-double of the year, scoring 12 points and tallying a game-high 14 rebounds. Delma Zita also finished in double
Continue Reading CNN By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods returned to competitive golf on Thursday at the Hero World Challenge in Albany, the Bahamas. Playing in his first tournament since withdrawing from the Masters in April, the 15-time major champion had an up-and-down first round, finishing with four birdies, five bogeys and a double
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso native and UTEP fan favorite, Deion Hankins announced Thursday via X, that he’s leaving the program. Hankins has opted to enter the transfer portal after five seasons at UTEP. The running back will have one more year of eligibility remaining. The news comes as a plethora of UTEP players
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