EL PASO, Texas – UTEP continues riding that wave of momentum, but perhaps their toughest challenge of the season so far awaits them this weekend. The Miners with an outstanding record of 5-1 (2-0 C-USA), will host a Louisiana Tech squad that enters the matchup with a 2-3 overall record (1-0 C-USA). However, the records
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP football’s 5-1 start, their best since 2010, has taken both local and national college football fans by surprise. But if you’ve paid close attention to the culture that has been slowly building within the Miners’ program, the 2021 success could be considered overdue. “We’re better,'” says 4th-year head coach Dana
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TYLER, Texas – UTEP redshirt RB Ronald Awatt was named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention list for Player of the Week (week six) on Tuesday. Awatt rambled for a career-high 159 yards on 18 carries (8.8 avg.) and scored a touchdown on a 17-yard run in UTEP’s 26-13 win at Southern Miss
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HATTIESBURG, Mississippi – UTEP Head Coach Dana Dimel has had 59 birthdays, but none are probably as sweet as the one he celebrated with his team Saturday after the Miners’ 26-13 win over Southern Mississippi. With the win UTEP (5-1, 2-0 C-USA) sets up it’s most exciting home game in recent memory next Saturday vs.
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP volleyball team (11-4, 0-2 Conference USA) will host a pair of matches against LA Tech (6-12, 0-4 C-USA) Friday (Oct. 8) at 6 p.m. MT and Saturday (Oct. 9) at 12 p.m. MT in Memorial Gym. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased through the Eisenberg Family Ticket Office by calling (915) 747-UTEP,
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s been a long time since UTEP was 4-1 to start the season, but there’s still more work to do. UTEP will have to pick up some victories on the road, and that test begins this weekend when the Miners travel to Southern Miss. It will be the first Conference USA
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EL PASO, Texas – Jami Tullius is the personification of what can happen through hard work and determination. Her years on UTEP’s soccer team led to her success not only on the pitch, but also in life. On October 15, Tullius will be inducted into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2020. Tullius,
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EL PASO, Texas – Holly Russ didn’t need a whole lot of time to make an impact for the UTEP Miners. Russ was one of the best basketball players to ever suit up for the Miners. For her accomplishments on the court, Russ will be inducted into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame Class of
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — Thanks to some ingenuity by the Green Bay Packers’ equipment staff, running back Aaron Jones now has a way to keep his late father’s ashes close to him during Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, ESPN reports. After Jones lost the medallion that contained Alvin Jones Sr.’s ashes during a Week 2 win over
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EL PASO, Texas — Deion Hankins had a fourth-quarter touchdown run as UTEP held off a second-half challenge from Old Dominion to win its homecoming game 28-21 on Saturday night, with the Miners off to their best start at 4-1 since 2010. Hankins’ 3-yard TD run capped the scoring with about seven minutes remaining in the
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EL PASO, Texas — Fans headed to the Sun Bowl for UTEP’s homecoming or any of the remaining home football games this season are in for a real treat. UTEP Athletics has unveiled a new gathering spot dubbed the Speaking Rock Pregame Party for all Miner fans during the 2021 season. “We continue to work
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are off to a great start as they approach the midway point of the season. The Miners boast a 3-1 overall record, but the slate gets wiped clean as the Miners enter conference play this week. UTEP will host C-USA opponent Old Dominion Saturday at the Sun Bowl.
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EL PASO, Texas – A new era for the storied UTEP men’s basketball program begins in October with Joe Golding as head coach! Fans can hear from coach Golding and Miner legend Tim Floyd, as well as meet the 2021-22 Miners, at the “Dinner in the Don” tipoff event on Monday, Oct. 18 in the Don Haskins Center. Proceeds from the first-time “Dinner in the Don” will benefit the UTEP men’s basketball program. Coach Golding will break down
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EL PASO, Texas — Covid-19 put many things on hold including UTEP homecoming. The Miners are celebrating Homecoming 2020 and 2021 this week. ABC-7 was at UTEP for Miner Morning Mania on Wednesday which brought together alumni, students and staff showing off Miner spirit. UTEP says homecoming has only been postponed three times, during World
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – Fans can win up to $1,000 just for attending UTEP’s football game versus Old Dominion on Saturday, Oct. 2 in the Sun Bowl, thanks to Speaking Rock. Speaking Rock will award one lucky fan $500 every time the Miners kick a field goal, and $1,000 every time they score a touchdown. Winners will be determined
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP sophomore WR Jacob Cowing was named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention list for Player of the Week (week four) on Tuesday. Cowing racked up a career-best 174 yards receiving on seven receptions (24.9 avg.) during the Miners’ come-from-behind victory over New Mexico on Sept. 25 in the Sun Bowl.
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SANTA CLARA, California — Aaron Rodgers completed two deep passes to Davante Adams on a last-minute drive, setting set up Mason Crosby’s 51-yard field goal on the final play of the game that gave the Green Bay Packers a 30-28 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. Rodgers delivered for the Packers after Jimmy Garoppolo gave
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UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas — Gavin Hardison threw for 293 yards and a touchdown as UTEP erased a 13-3 first-half deficit by shutting out New Mexico in the second half to earn a 20-13 victory on Saturday night. Deion Hankins scored from four-yards out to start the second half and cut the Lobos’ lead to
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EL PASO, Texas – Due to Covid-19, UTEP was unable to honor last year’s inductees to the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame. The Class of 2020 will finally be honored with an induction ceremony Saturday, October 15. As the official home of the UTEP Miners, ABC-7 will be catching up with some of the members
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(Courtesy: Sun Bowl Association) EL PASO, Texas -Since its inception 60 years ago the WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational has taken pride in hosting one of the top basketball tournaments in the country. The Sun Bowl Association and WestStar are pleased to announce the teams coming to El Paso for the WestStar Don Haskins Invitational, which will be
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EL PASO, Texas – After a much needed bye week, the UTEP Miners will resume their 2021 season with a visit by the New Mexico Lobos Saturday at the Sun Bowl. It will be the first meeting between the Miners and Lobos since 2014. The Miners enter the matchup 2-1 after falling to Boise State
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s Maxwell Kipkosgei was announced as Conference USA’s Cross Country Male Athlete of the Week after placing second in the 5K event at the 35th Lori Fitzgerald Memorial Open on Sept. 18 at NM State Golf Course. The weekly award is presented by Surf & Turf Golf. Five Miners finished in the top
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UPDATE, Sept. 21: Aaron Jones confirmed Tuesday morning on a Green Bay radio show that his necklace containing his father’s ashes was found by a stadium groundskeeper, ABC affiliate WBAY reported. Fueled by the memory of his father, the Packers running back put on a career night during Monday Night Football. The El Paso native
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP soccer team (2-6, 0-1 C-USA) scored first, outshot (10-9) and out possessed (54-46) No. 20 Rice (7-1-1, 1-0 C-USA), only to fall, 2-1, in the Conference USA opener for both squads at University Field Thursday evening. The Miners jumped ahead on freshman Molly Sutherland’s first collegiate goal (11’), with assists by
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EL PASO, Texas – Three games into the college football season, the UTEP Miners are getting some much needed rest. UTEP is on a bye week and will use the week off to let some injured players heal up, and prepare for their next opponent, the University of New Mexico. The Miners are coming off
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Athletics announced on Wednesday that volleyball’s Alyssa Sianez has been awarded $2,500 in tuition from the College Football Playoff (CFP) Foundation and Dr Pepper. Sianez is a sophomore majoring in mathematics. This season she has helped UTEP equal its best record (8-1) through nine matches in program history. The starting libero leads the
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP soccer team (2-5) will open up Conference USA action with two games this week. The Miners will play host to No. 20 Rice (6-1-1) at University Field at 7 p.m. MT Thursday before wrapping up the week at (RV) North Texas (5-1-2) at 12 p.m. MT Sunday. Both the
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EL PASO, Texas — For Luke Laufenberg, one spring of practice was all he had to make an impression. Though Luke never played a down for the UTEP Miners, that short impression has refined the program for all time. And now two years after Luke’s death, the program has done the same for his family.
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity for some UTEP Miners. The UTEP Cheer and Dance teams have been invited to participate in the 95th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but they need your help to get to the Big Apple. The teams auditioned for the historic parade and were finally
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BOISE, Idaho — Boise State rolled to a 54-13 win over UTEP on Friday night as the Broncos’ Hank Bachmeier threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns, and Stefan Cobbs added a special teams touchdown and a 61-yard scoring reception. UTEP appeared primed to put up a fight early despite being 25-point underdogs. But six
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