EL PASO, Texas – UTEP head football coach Scotty Walden had a lot to say about the officiating during the team’s season opening game against Utah State. The Miners came out on the losing end falling to the Aggies by a final score of 28-16. During coach Walden’s Tuesday news conference, Walden spent three minutes
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s Mattie Gantt and Kalia Kohler earned the first 2025 Conference USA Volleyball Co-Setters of the Week honors announced by the league office Monday afternoon. CUSA Co-Setter of the Week – Mattie Gantt, UTEP – Sr. – Aledo, Texas Gantt provided a steady hand in UTEP’s 6-2 system, matching Kalia Kohler with 55 assists (5.50 per
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LOGAN, Utah (KVIA) — UTEP took a lead late in the first quarter after Malachi Nelson’s 34-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Odom, but Utah State would go on to outscore the Miners 25-9 on its way to a 28-16 final on Saturday night in Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium. UTEP (0-1) struggled on offense,
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EL PASO, Texas – The highly-anticipated year two of the Scotty Walden era begins Saturday (Aug. 30) when UTEP opens the 2025 campaign at Utah State. The Miners and Aggies will be televised on CBS Sports Network with kickoff set for 5:30 p.m. MT in Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium. UTEP will kick off its 108th season in
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s been a week that El Pasoan Marcus Torres will remember for the rest of his life. Last week, the UTEP wide receiver was awarded the #2 Luke Laufenberg jersey. It’s a number that means a lot to the program, and that takes a certain type of player to wear. Luke Laufenberg is the
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EL PASO, Texas – Coming off back-to-back appearances in the conference championship match, UTEP men’s golf released its 2025-26 schedule on Monday. The Miners will take the links in 12 tournaments during the new campaign. UTEP will play in four events in the fall, teeing off the season at the Island Resort Intercollegiate hosted by South Dakota State at Sage
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This week on ABC-7 Xtra, Sunday Edition, ABC-7 Sports Director Adrian Ochoa sat down with UTEP’s head football coach and athletic director to talk the start of the college football season. ABC-7 extended to NMSU’s head football coach and interim athletic director as well, but they declined. Watch our interview
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RIVERSIDE, California – Freshman Savanah Finley registered two saves and quality performances all over the pitch added up to the UTEP soccer team (1-1-1) playing to a scoreless draw on a hot evening at UCR (0-2-1) on Thursday. It marks the second straight clean sheet for Finley, something that hasn’t been accomplished by a Miner freshman GK since
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DALLAS, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP’s Kaya Weaver was named the 2025 Conference USA Preseason Player of the Year and headlined a league-best four Miners selected to the Preseason All-CUSA Team, the league announced Thursday. In addition, UTEP was picked to finish second in the 12-member conference, receiving four first-place votes in the preseason coaches poll.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Former five-star quarterback Malachi Nelson will start for UTEP this season. UTEP Athletics confirmed the news to ABC-7 this morning. Nelson was in competition with three other quarterbacks for the starting job. They were last year’s starter Skyler Locklear, Cade McConnell and Shay Smith. ESPN ranked Nelson the No. 1
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TYLER, Texas – UTEP football’s Kenny Odom was selected to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List on Wednesday. Odom, who started in 10 of 12 games his first season at UTEP, ranked second in CUSA with eight touchdown receptions. Odom ranked sixth in yards per catch (16.1) and eighth in receiving yards (741).
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Rifle Head Coach Andrea Palafox has announced the 2025-26 competition schedule, which includes six home matches. All home events will take place at the UTEP Rifle Range, located inside UTEP’s Military Science Building. The Miners will open the campaign at home on October 4 when they host Ole Miss. The squad will then travel to Colorado
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EL PASO, Texas – Behind a brace from sophomore Anita Quintero (20’, 61’), one goal each by senior Eve Barry (43’) and freshman Yesenia Cisneros (67’) and three saves from freshman Savanah Finely, the UTEP soccer team cruised past Texas Southern, 4-0, at University Field Sunday evening. The Miners (1-1) dominated the Tigers (0-2) from
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Athletics is making the switch to physical parking passes for the 2025 football season. Season ticket holders who are also Miner Athletic Club members at a minimum donation of $100 per year can pick up their parking passes at a special “Happy Hour” event on Friday, Aug. 22, from 5-7
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP soccer team controlled the action throughout most of the match, but a goal from ACU’s Amelia Leggett (16’) spoiled the evening in a 1-0 setback in the season opener for both squads in front of more than 500 fans at University Field Thursday evening. By and large the Miners
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP soccer team (0-0) will begin the 2025 season with a pair of home games this week, playing host to ACU (0-0) in its “Sun City” game at 7 p.m. MT Thursday before squaring off with Texas Southern (0-0) on “Camper Reunion Night” at 6 p.m. MT Sunday. Both matches will be streamed
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP Miners are at the halfway point of their fall camp, and following the first scrimmage of the season, they are still looking to solidify who will be under center when they take on Utah State in just over two weeks. The battle is still wide open, with head
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are inching close to the start of the 2025 season. But there’s a lot to figure out from now until the team’s season opener August 30 at Utah State. Friday morning, the team took the field for their first scrimmage of fall camp. The scrimmage was closed to
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Exclusive Sun City Hats for Season Ticket Holders 7/31/2025 2:10:00 PM EL PASO, Texas – The 2025 UTEP football team will be conducting a “Fan Day” in the Sun Bowl on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 1 – 2:30 pm. “Miner Nation, this is your chance to meet our players and coaches!” UTEP head coach Scotty Walden said. “We know how
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP soccer standout Ashlyn Neireiter has been voted to the Preseason All-Conference USA Team, it was announced by the league office Thursday. The junior was tabbed as one of four defenders on the 11-player squad, making her the first Miner to be so distinguished since forward Vic Bohdan was selected in 2018. “This a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP’s middle blocker, Danika Washington, will return with the Miners as she meets all requirements of the Deigo Pavia Rule, giving her an extra year of eligibility after spending two seasons at a junior college. Last year, Washington collected 191 kills, 114 blocks (8 solo) and 23 digs. After the
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EL PASO, Texas – The 2025 UTEP football team will be conducting a “Fan Day” in the Sun Bowl on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 1 – 2:30 pm. “Miner Nation, this is your chance to meet our players and coaches!” UTEP head coach Scotty Walden said. “We know how important your support will be this season, and we want to get
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP volleyball team is back at work as they prepare for the upcoming season. The Miners held their first practice Tuesday at UTEP’s Memorial Gym. This year’s UTEP team is loaded with experience. The squad consists of 13 returners, and five newcomers. The Miners will look to build off of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The old saying is that good things come in pairs, and that certainly applies to the UTEP soccer team in 2025. The Miners have two sets of twins on the team (freshmen Damaris and Yesenia Cisneros and seniors Kaila and Kialie Hudson), in addition to three other individuals with twin
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This season UTEP’s defense will be led by new defensive coordinator, Bobby Daly, after the departure of J.J. Clark to join the Dallas Cowboys staff. UTEP’s head coach Scotty Walden is excited about the depth and leadership from the linebacker and defensive line groups. “We are very blessed to have
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are gearing for the start of the 2025 season, and on Thursday the team kicked off fall camp. UTEP head coach Scotty Walden enters his second season with the Miners following a 3-9 record in 2024. On the first day of practice during fall camp, Walden said he
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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (KVIA) — UTEP football’s Kam Thomas was recognized on the 2025 Paul Hornung Award Preseason Watch List on Thursday. The Paul Hornung Award, presented by Texas Roadhouse, honors the most versatile player in major college football. Thomas, who started in all nine games played in 2024, is coming off his first season with
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Former UTEP forward, Otis Frazier III, pushed through an irregular heart condition entering his freshman year in college and will now get ready to begin his professional career in Israel. Frazier will play for Elitzur Briga Netanya, a professional basketball club that plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, which
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s Patrick Foley was announced as a 2024-25 Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar on Tuesday. To be eligible for the Cobalt All-America Scholar nomination, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior, both academically and athletically in NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA, or receiving their associate’s degree and in
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FRISCO, Texas – The college football season is just around the corner and Tuesday was Conference USA Football Media Day. UTEP took part for the final time as members of Conference USA as next year they’ll join the Mountain West Conference. UTEP head coach Scotty Walden was joined by wide receiver Cam Thomas and defensive
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