EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –The UTEP track and field team earned four more medals on day two of the 2024 Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by UTEP on Saturday on Larry K. Durham Track at Kidd Field. Jakub Belik won his second consecutive gold medal in the outdoor men’s high jump at
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP announced they are looking for the next individual to lead the aerospace center at the university. The university has opened a national search for who will lead the center next. This comes after The National Science Foundation suspended a grant to UTEP’s aerospace center. On Monday, UTEP announced they
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The season for the UTEP Miners came to a heartbreaking end Thursday night in Las Cruces. The Miners came up short in their elimination game in the Conference USA Tournament against the Liberty Flames, 13-10. UTEP had a 8-4 lead in the bottom of the 6th inning before Liberty’s Brynn
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – The 2024 Conference USA Championships will be held at Larry K. Durham Track at Kidd Field on May 10-12. The three-day meet begins Friday morning and wraps up on Sunday night. Tickets are available here, only $20 for all three days. Friday’s action starts at 9:30 a.m. with the combined events (decathlon, heptathlon), while the field events begin at 3:30
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – After losing their first game in the Conference USA Tournament against Louisiana Tech, 2-0, the Miners battled back in a elimination game against Jacksonville State. The Gamecocks had a 6-0 lead in the 6th inning, but UTEP rallied winning the game 7-6 to stay alive in the tournament. The Miners
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball program is losing its top assistant coach. Monday, Oklahoma State announced the hiring of Jeremy Cox as the team’s new assistant coach. Cox will join the Cowboys coaching staff of newly appointed head coach, Steve Lutz. Lutz was the head coach of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers last
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP soccer team has added three more players to its 2024 signing class, Head Coach Gibbs Keeton announced Wednesday. A brief profile on each signee and a quote from Keeton follow below. Ana “Anita” Quintero Forward Panama City FC Panama City Panamá Has five caps with the Panamá senior
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Locomotive FC have announced that UTEP’s women’s head soccer Coach Gibbs Keeton will become the first-ever director of girls soccer for the Locomotive. The El Paso native became the head coach for the women’s soccer team in 2023 and came in with 15 years of coaching experience at the
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BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (KVIA) — The UTEP softball team concluded their series against WKU with an impressive 7-2 victory in the series finale, showcasing a dominant performance at the plate on Sunday afternoon at the WKU Softball Complex. UTEP improves to 25-19 (11-13 Conference USA) while WKU drops to 31-19-1 (16-8 CUSA). The Miners wasted no
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BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (KVIA) — The UTEP softball team faced adversity with another weather delay that lasted nearly four hours, ultimately falling short to WKU, 6-2, on Saturday afternoon at the WKU Softball Complex. UTEP drops to 24-19 (10-13 Conference USA) while WKU improves to 31-18-1 (16-7 CUSA).Saturday’s game started quietly, with the first two innings
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Hundreds of Luis Miguel fans began lining up outside the Don Haskins Center Wednesday, hours before the iconic singer’s much-awaited concert. Luis Miguel is performing in El Paso for two nights only at UTEP, May 1 and 2 at 8 p.m. ABC-7 was the only local station granted access inside
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP head football coach Scotty Walden came to the defense of one of his players after he was called out by Shedeur Sanders on social media. Sanders is a quarterback at the University of Colorado, and is the son of Colorado head coach Deion Sanders. Xavier Smith is a safety and was a
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – UTEP track and field’s Marissa Simpson was named the Conference USA Female Track Athlete of the Week as announced by league officials on Wednesday. The CUSA weekly awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear. Marisa Simpson clocked in a 13.08 in the women’s 100-meter hurdles and placed second at the
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP student-athletes and teams were recognized at the sixth-annual Golden Pick Awards, sponsored by the Robbins Family, at the Don Haskins Center on Monday. A list of the major award winners and a summation of their accomplishments follows below. In an action-packed show to cap the year that
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP softball team secured a thrilling victory on Sunday afternoon at Helen of Troy Field, defeating Liberty 4-3 in a nail-biting series finale. UTEP’s Ajia Richard stunned with a game-tying triple, setting the stage for Marijn Crouwel’s heroic walk-off single, propelling UTEP to their first Conference USA Tournament berth since 2019. The Miners
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DETROIT, Michigan (KVIA) — UTEP’s Elijah Klein and Tyrice Knight were selected at the 2024 National Football League Draft on Saturday in Motown. Knight, a 6-1, 233-pound linebacker was picked by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth round at pick no. 18, while Klein, a 6-4, 319-pound offensive guard, was taken by the Tampa Bay
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP football’s Gavin Hardison, Zuri Henry and Andrew Meyer have agreed to terms on free-agent deals with National Football League teams on Saturday afternoon. Hardison, a 6-1 7/8, 206-pound quarterback, and Meyer, a 6-7, 313-pound center, came to deals with the Miami Dolphins. Henry, a 6-5, 310-pound offensive tackle signed
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP softball team (23-17, 9-11 Conference USA) dropped the second game of their series against Liberty (31-18, 19-4 CUSA), 12-1, in a shortened five-inning contest Saturday morning at Helen of Troy Field. In the bottom of the first inning, UTEP struck first with a single to center field by
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – With the game tied at six all, Liberty scored three runs in the sixth inning to defeat UTEP, 9-6, on Friday night at the Helen of Troy Softball Complex. The Flames (30-18, 18-4) used 12 hits including a trio of two-run home runs to power past the Miners
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — With the Spring football season officially at a close, former Austin Pear Governor, Kory Chapman, was able to chat with ABC-7 to give some insight on how the new era of Miner football team is looking thus far. Chapman met UTEP’s head football coach, Scotty Walden, at Austin Peay and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP’s new head football coach Scotty Walden is becoming quite the household name but he’s rewritten the book on a few key phrases that will soon become household among UTEP fans. Normally most coaches would use typical football terms such a special teams, offense, defense and so on. Part of Walden’s initiative to revamp the culture
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) TEXARKANA, Arkansas – The UTEP men’s golf team teed off in match play at the 2024 Conference USA Men’s Golf Championship for the first time in seven seasons and came up with an upset victory, 3-2, over top-seeded LA Tech in the semifinals, followed by a dramatic 3-2 loss against Liberty in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In late November of 2023, when UTEP was on the hunt to find a head coach to create a new era of Miner Football, UTEP Athletic Director, Jim Senter had a name in mind that would take the Miner Football program in a direction it has never been in before. Scotty Walden,
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas -UTEP’s Faith Aragon earned Conference USA Pitcher of the Week honors, presented by Blenders Eyewear, the league announced Monday. Pitcher of the Week – Faith Aragon, UTEP – Freshman – Pitcher – Carlsbad, N.M. Aragon delivered masterful performances to help the Miners (23-15, 9-9 CUSA) secure a pair of shutout road victories
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RUSTON, Louisiana (KVIA) — In a thrilling doubleheader clash against Louisiana Tech on Sunday, the UTEP softball team demonstrated their mettle, ultimately splitting the games in a display of both triumph and challenge. The day kicked off with a resounding 4-0 shutout victory, marking the program’s first Conference USA road series win since 2016 and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Head Football Coach Scotty Walden signed shirts promoting the new era of UTEP football coming this fall season. The signing event went on from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. earlier today. UTEP’s new Miner Football “Culture” shirts went on sale today at the UTEP bookstore. Three new shirts are
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners will get to showcase what they’ve been working on all Spring this upcoming Saturday. The Miners will take the field for their Spring football game, the first under new head football coach Scotty Walden. Coach Walden spoke with ABC-7 for a preview of Saturday’s game, and what he
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) MIAMI, Florida – The No. 9 seed UTEP tennis team (7-14) drilled No. 8 seed Sam Houston (8-13), 4-0, in the opening match of the 2024 Conference USA Women’s Tennis Championships on the campus of FIU Thursday. The Miners advance to the quarterfinals to battle top seed and No. 27 nationally FIU
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – NJCAA Second-Team All-American and former consensus top 100 and four-star prospect Ahamad Bynum (Trinity Valley Community College) has signed a national letter of intent to compete with the UTEP men’s basketball team beginning with the 2024-25 season, head coach Joe Golding announced Wednesday. He will have two years
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – NFL veteran Quintin Demps will serve as an honorary coach for the 2024 UTEP Football Orange vs. Blue Spring Game on Saturday (April 20) at 10 am in the Sun Bowl. The Orange & Blue Game is sponsored by Speaking Rock. “We are thrilled that Quintin has chosen to
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