BOCA RATON, Fla. – UTEP dropped a pair of games to Florida Atlantic, 7-0, in game one and, 2-0, in game two on Fridaynight at FAU Softball Stadium.   The Miners drop to 15-29 and 7-10 in Conference USA play. The Owls improve to 29-21 and 11-9.   Game one   Florida natives Erika Arcuri (Tampa Bay)… More

EL PASO, TEXAS – UTEP Head Coach Tim Floyd will be enshrined in the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame next month.  The induction ceremonies will be held during the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches’ 40th Annual Awards Banquet, which will be held on Saturday, May 3 in Baton Rouge.   Floyd was the head coach… More

  EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team has capitalized on its magical run to the WNIT finals by signing junior-college standout Lawna Kennedy to a national letter of intent to attend school and compete with the Miners for the 2014-15 season, head coach Keitha Adams revealed Thursday afternoon. Kennedy, who earned Georgia… More

EL PASO, TEXAS – UTEP junior Camino Sardinero was one of six student-athletes named to the Conference USA Women’s Golf All-Academic Team on Thursday.   Sardinero has a 3.84 grade point average and is a Pre-Business major.   The native of Villanueva De La Canada, Spain is the team leader in scoring average for the… More

EL PASO, TEXAS – UTEP Head Coach Tim Floyd announced on Wednesday that guards Marqywell Jackson (Detroit, Mich.), Earvin Morris (Memphis, Tenn.) and Lew Stallworth (Newhall, Calif.) and forward Terry Winn (Monroe, La.) have signed national letters of intent to play for the Miners beginning with the 2014-15 season.   UTEP has now landed a… More

EL Paso – Two-time national champion Anthony Rotich was named to the 2014 Bowerman Men’s Watch List announced the committee on Wednesday. Making the Watch List are 10 of the nation’s top student-athletes. This is the All-American’s fifth Watch List appearance this year. He is the only male athlete from UTEP and the fourth from… More

EL PASO – Registration is now open for the 2014 UTEP Football Camps. Participants will get the opportunity to learn fundamentals and work on technique from head coach Sean Kugler and his staff. The one-day skill camp will kick off at the Sun Bowl on June 8 starting at 6 p.m. The football staff will… More

EL PASO, TEXAS – UTEP women’s basketball senior forward Kayla Thornton has been invited to the WNBA’s Washington Mystics training camp. Thornton will be looking to follow in the footsteps of former Miner and El Paso native Natasha Lacy, who has spent four season in the WNBA (2010-13) while also enjoying a successful professional career in… More