EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP’s new head football coach, Scotty Walden continues to make waves, signing another five players on Monday. That brings Walden’s recruiting class so far to 33, after announcing 23 on early singing day and another five last week. Monday’s group includes three Division 1 FBS transfers, one offensive player and
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DALLAS, Texas (KVIA) — Trey Horton III has been named the Conference USA Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Monday. The 2023-24 CUSA Players of the Week awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear and are voted on by the league’s sports information directors. It is the first time of his career that Horton III
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP women’s basketball (6-9, 1-1 CUSA) fell to FIU (12-5, 3-0 CUSA) 83-62 Saturday afternoon. Mahri Petree and Erin Wilson both scored in double digits for the Miners. The game was back-and-forth through three quarters before the Panthers were able to put the game away in the fourth, outscoring UTEP
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MIAMI, Florida (KVIA) — UTEP drained 59 percent from the floor (27-46), including 57 percent from 3-point range (8-14), but a late run by FIU allowed the Panthers to sneak past the Miners, 72-68, Saturday evening. Tae Hardy tallied a team-high 15 points while freshmen Trey Horton (career-high 14 points) and David Terrell Jr. (10
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EL PASO, Texas – Franklin High School quarterback Shay Smith made it official Friday morning putting pen to paper on path to becoming a UTEP Miner. A signing ceremony was held at Franklin High School. Smith’s teammates, friends and family were in attendance. Smith will follow his father, Paul Smith’s footsteps who played for the
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS. Texas – David Terrell Jr. played well across the board in a pair of games last week on the way to being named the Conference USA Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Monday. The 2023-24 CUSA Players of the Week awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear and are voted
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP men’s basketball team shot 52.0 percent from the floor and forced 27 turnovers on the way to a hard-fought 74-69 victory against Chicago State at the Don Haskins Center Sunday. There were nine ties and 15 lead changes, with the Miners (9-7) going ahead for good against the Cougars
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP and NMSU opened Conference USA play on Saturday in the 96th Battle of I-10 and the first league clash between the two teams since 1979. The Miners won Round 1 81-72, with four UTEP players scoring in double figures. It is UTEP’s ninth-straight win over NMSU. The Miners (6-8,
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP guard Erin Wilson was honored by Conference USA earlier this week after she was named Conference USA Player of the Week. During UTEP’s recent game against Southern Utah, Wilson recorded a double-double, 18-points and 16-rebounds. Wilson is the second Miner to win a weekly conference award after Aaliyah Stanton was named
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Round one of the Battle of I-10 went to the New Mexico State Aggies. Thursday night in Las Cruces, the Aggies defeated the UTEP Miners, 63-53. It was the first Conference USA game of the season for both teams, and the first conference matchup between the Miners and Aggies since
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas -The UTEP men’s basketball team (8-6) will play at I-10 rival NM State (6-9) in the Conference USA opener for both squads at 7 p.m. MT Thursday. It marks the first time that the longtime foes will square off in a league game since the 1961-62 season when both
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP men’s basketball team was dispatched by Seattle U, 73-61, at the Don Haskins Center Saturday evening. The setback halts the Miners’ (8-6) two-game skid. The Orange and Blue closed the game on a 19-5 run, but it wasn’t enough to rally past the Redhawks (8-5). Freshman David Terrell
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP women’s basketball broke a five-game losing streak with a commanding 89-62 victory over Southern Utah Saturday afternoon. Three Miners scored in double digits in the win. The Miners (5-8) held the advantage the Thunderbirds (3-8, 1-1 WAC) in every scoring category, including 52-22 in the paint and 25-5 of turnovers.
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Football Head Coach Scotty Walden continued to announce his support staff by naming Robbie Matos the Miners’ new director of football operations and chief of staff on Thursday. Matos worked under Walden at Austin Peay for two seasons (2022-2023) and was part of a program that went
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Football Head Coach Scotty Walden started to add support staff as Chris Campbell was announced as the Miners’ new Director of Strength & Conditioning on Wednesday. Campbell spent five seasons at Austin Peay (2019-2023), including the last four campaigns on Walden’s staff. Campbell was hired at Austin
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – After leading UTEP to the 2023 WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational Championship, senior Zid Powell has been named the Conference USA men’s basketball Player of the Week, it was announced by the league office Tuesday. The 2023-24 CUSA Players of the Week awards are presented by Blenders
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are champions of the Sun Bowl Invitational once again. Thursday at the Don Haskins Center, the Miners defeated the Wyoming Cowboys, 78-67 to win their first Sun Bowl Invitational championship under head coach Joe Golding (3rd season). Golding also secured his 200th win of his coaching career. It
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Football Head Coach Scotty Walden, a day after signing 23 new Miners, continued to add staff members as he announced the hiring of Joe Pappalardo the Miners’ Wefense (special teams) and Miner Backs coach on Thursday. Pappalardo follows Walden after serving as his special teams coordinator and
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EL PASO, Texas – It wasn’t pretty, but a win is a win for the UTEP Miners. Wednesday night at the Don Haskins Center, the Miners defeated the Norfolk State Spartans, 67-65 to advance to the championship game of the WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational. It was UTEP’s first win against a division
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Football Head Coach Scotty Walden announced 23 new Miners on National Signing Day on Wednesday. The new 2024 class features eight transfers from Walden’s previous program Austin Peay, while the Miners are signing nine student-athletes out of high school. In total, the program will see a total
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West Palm Beach, Florida (KVIA) — UTEP women’s basketball lost its opening match of the West Palm Beach Classic 81-65 to UIC. Mahri Petree had 13 points in the setback. The Miners’ (4-7) biggest lead was nine before the halftime break. UIC (7-3) was able to pull away in the second half, helped in part
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – Sophomore Victor Kibiego was honored as the 2023 Conference USA Cross Country Male Athlete of the Year as announced by league officials on Tuesday. “We’re proud to earn another postseason award, adding to the long list of achievements within the program,” UTEP Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Mika
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ABILENE, Texas (KVIA) — Tae Hardy tallied a game-high 22 points and Zid Powell (14 points) and Calvin Solomon (11 points) also reached double figures, but UTEP came up short, 88-82, at Abilene Christian Sunday afternoon. It was a foul-plagued game, with 33 fouls on the Miners (6-5) and 25 infractions by the Wildcats (5-6),
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (6-4) will play for the first time in more than a week when it competes at Abilene Christian (4-6) at 2 p.m./3 p.m. CT Sunday. It is a homecoming for Miners’ head coach Joe Golding, who directed the Wildcats to a record of 158-144
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Football Head Coach Scotty Walden has continued to build his staff as he announced the hiring of Jake Brown, the Miners’ new offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach on Thursday. Brown joins the UTEP staff and will stay in the friendly confines of Conference USA after being Louisiana Tech’s
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Football Head Coach Scotty Walden has started to build his staff as he announced the hiring of J.J. Clark, the Miners’ new defensive coordinator/linebackers coach on Wednesday. Clark joined Walden’s staff at Austin Peay to coach linebackers in March 2022 after spending three seasons as a defensive coordinator at the
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners gave it everything they had, but unfortunately they came up short. Before another sold out crowd at UTEP’s Memorial Gym, the Miners lost to the Wichita State Shockers in the championship game of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. The Shockers would sweep the Miners in straight sets, 3-0.
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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) — 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
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