EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s not everyday you get one-on-one, hands on coaching from Division 1 athletes, but three UTEP Miners took it upon themselves to give football players in the Borderland that very opportunity. UTEP starting quarterback Gavin Hardison, UTEP starting wide receiver Tyrin Smith and UTEP backup quarterback Cade McConnell held a
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Head Coach Keitha Adams announced the 2023-24 Conference USA women’s basketball schedule on Tuesday. The Miners will play a 16-game conference schedule that sees them face off against each opponent twice. CUSA is one of many conferences that will have a different feel to it this season, with four new
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – The 2023-24 Conference USA schedule for the UTEP men’s basketball team was announced by head coach Joe Golding on Monday. It will have a new look to the El Paso faithful, with Jax State, Liberty, NM State and Sam Houston State entering their first years in the league
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – Tobi Amusan, a decorated track and field great and NCAA National Champion at UTEP, was inducted into the Conference USA Hall of Fame Class of 2023 as announced by league officials on Monday. It marks the second consecutive year that a Miner track and field student-athlete was inducted into CUSA’s
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball has signed guard Aaliyah Stanton out of Hemet, California, head coach Keitha Adams announced Wednesday. Stanton was named the CIF-Southern Section 2023 Division 3A Player of the Year. A profile on Stanton and a quote from Adams follows below. Aaliyah Stanton Rancho Christian High School
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s Victor Kibiego, who earned NCAA track and field First Team All-American honors, was named the 2022-23 Conference USA Michael L. Slive Male Athlete of the Year as voted on by the league’s 11 athletic directors as announced Wednesday by the conference office. Kibiego is the first UTEP student-athlete to earn the prestigious
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Franklin grad and former Miner Katia Gallegos was selected to the 12-player Mexican National Team roster and will compete at the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup in July. “Basketball has always been a love in my life and it truly is an honor to represent Mexico and to represent The University of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Sun Bowl Invitational has its teams. UTEP, Wyoming, Norfolk State and South Dakota State will make up the field, a source confirmed to ABC-7 Thursday. Rocco Miller was the first to report the news. The Miners will look to win their first Sun Bowl Invitational since 2019. The first
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Draft day is upon us and while the No. 1 pick is all but locked up by Victor Wembanyama the rest of the field is pretty open. Maybe, just maybe, you’ll hear some familiar names called. Neither Souley Boum or Sir Jabari Rice spent last season here in the Borderland
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Keitha Adams Era, round 2, is officially underway with the UTEP Women’s Basketball team beginning summer workouts last week. The Miners have 14 of their 15 scholarship spots locked up, with five players from last season returning including forward Adhel Tac. “I just feel like it was a good
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP’s Victor Kibiego, who earned First Team All-American honors, and Marissa Simpson, who was named Second Team All-American, were selected as the 2023 Conference USA Track Athletes of the Year as announced by league officials on Wednesday. All awards were voted on by the league’s head coaches and consider the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP standout Jadrian Taylor was drafted to the XFL on Friday by the St. Louis Battlehawks. In 2022 for the Miners, Taylor had 42 total tackles, 21 solo, 9.5 sacks and two forced fumbles. He had a standout game against Charlotte in 2022 with a 100 yard touchdown fumble return,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 71 days out from the start of the UTEP football season and the Miners offense went up another gear – bringing in three players all with ties to the Borderland. ABC-7 learned Friday both Aaron Dumas and Tyrin Smith have been working out with the team, while Yamil ‘Yamo’ Oaxaca
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) AUSTIN, Texas – UTEP catcher Caitlyn Brockway was voted to the 2023 CSC Softball Academic All-America Second Team, announced by the organization Tuesday. The Houston native holds a perfect 4.00 GPA in rehabilitation science, netting her Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Commissioner’s Academic Medal honors. In her first season with the Miners, the HCU transfer
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AUSTIN, Texas – UTEP’s Victor Kibiego finished third in the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase final, earning first team All-America honors at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Championships hosted by Texas at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Friday evening. Kibiego clocked in an 8:32.49, crossing the finish line right behind Montana State’s
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AUSTIN, Texas – UTEP’s Victor Kibiego finished in the top five in the 3000-meter steeplechase semifinal one to automatically advance to Friday night’s final at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Championships hosted by Texas at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Wednesday evening. Kibiego placed fifth in the first semifinal, clocking
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – UTEP softball’s Pate Cathey was named as one of the recipients of the 2023 Conference USA Spring Spirit of Service Award as announced by league officials on Tuesday. The award honors student-athletes with significant community service endeavors, good academic standing and participation in their sport. The Spirit of Service Award is presented three times throughout the
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – Jakub Belik (high jump), Victor Kibiego (3000m steeplechase), Arianne Morais (javelin), Marissa Simpson (100m H), and Roosa Yloenen (javelin) will represent UTEP at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Championships hosted by Texas at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin on June 7-10. Competition
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EL PASO, Texas – Head Coach Ben Wallis has announced two additions for the 2024 beach volleyball season. UTEP is bringing in freshman Adriana Oporto and Power 5 transfer, Summer McDonough. Summer McDonough Hometown: Tucson, Arizona High School: Pusch Ridge Christian Academy Previous School: Arizona Accomplishments and Accolades: Perfect individual win record as a Wildcat named All-Region First Team all four years in high school two-time all-region Offensive Player of the
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EL PASO, Texas – A UTEP hurdler is looking to bring home a national title at next week’s NCAA Track and Field Championships. Marissa Simpson qualified for nationals in the 100 meter hurdles. At last week’s NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field West First Round, Simpson clocked a personal best in the event with
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DALLAS, Texas – Conference USA announced its 2023 football broadcast schedule, which includes 10 of UTEP’s games that will air nationally by the league’s primary partners. Seven of the Miners’ games will be televised and/or streamed on the family of ESPN Platforms, as all three Wednesday night contests will be televised on ESPN2. UTEP will play
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KVIA) — The NCAA West Prelims finished up on Saturday and from the 21 athletes UTEP and NMSU took, five have punched their ticket to Austin for the NCAA National Championships. The only athlete from Saturday to advance was UTEP’s Marissa Simpson who clocked in a personal-best 12.94 to finish third in heat
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Is Gael Ochoa a future hometown hero? Well it’s a very real possibility now that the Pebble Hills star quarterback has committed to UTEP. Ahead of his senior season Ochoa announced his ambition to play Division 1 football would become a reality. “I’m super excited, I’m staying home so that
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s Niesha Burgher was named the 2023 Conference USA OTF Female Track Performer of the Meet as announced by league officials on Tuesday. For Burgher, it’s her second major C-USA accolade as she was previously named the 2023 Indoor Female Track Performer of the Meet on Feb. 28. Burgher is the first
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP head coach Keitha Adams has added to her staff ahead of the 2023-24 season. For assistant coaches, Adams is keeping it in the Miner family by bringing home UTEP Athletics Hall of Famer Jareica Hughes and three-year team captain LuLu McKinney. She is also adding Chelsie Johnson, who will be
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ten UTEP students who study speech-language Pathology are collaborating with the Every Little Blessing Preschool for the 2023 spring term. ELB specializes in children that have language delays. The preschool tells me due to funding they do not have a speech therapist on payroll, so the community support from UTEP
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team has landed transfer Zid Powell, a talented guard at Buffalo and a former NJCAA Honorable-Mention All-American, UTEP head coach Joe Golding announced Wednesday. A brief profile on Powell and a quote from assistant coach Bryen Spriggs follow below. Zid Powell 6-4, Guard Buffalo Senior Philadelphia, Pa.
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s 2023 football promotions schedule was announced on Monday. The Miners will kick off their six-game home schedule against UIW on Saturday, Sept. 2 in the Sun Bowl. In conjunction with the induction of the 1988 UTEP football team into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame, the Sept. 2 game marks the return of Miner Magic
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Buffalo guard Yazid Powell announced his commitment to UTEP on Sunday via his socials. The 6-4 guard averaged 13 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists last season while shooting 42% for the season. Powell played two seasons at Harcum Junior College before transferring to Buffalo for one season. In the
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DENTON, Texas (KVIA) – UTEP’s Victor Kibiego was named the Freshman of the Meet, and tallied the most points overall on the Men’s side, while Niesha Burgher was the highest-point scorer on the women’s side as the Miners wrapped up competition at the 2023 Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at UNT Track & Field
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