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Preseason Honors for FB Players

According to the El Paso Times, several UTEP football players have received Conference USA preseason honors. Senior offensive tackle Mike Aguayo and senior cornerback Cornelius Brown earned first-team status, while junior wide ...
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Marhsall Selects Hamrick for AD Post

According to the Conference USA website, Marshall has selected Mike Hamrick, director of athletics at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, to be the new athletic director for the university. Hamrick was chosen over UTEP’s ...
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Track and Field
 

UTEP’s Okagbare Sets PR

According to utepathletics.com, All-American Blessing Okagbare set a new personal best while competing in the Nigerian National Championships. She won in the women’s 100-meter dash and in the women’s long jump competition. ...
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Erdmann Chosen over Wickstrom

In an article on the Press-Register, it was announced Sunday afternoon that Joel Erdmann, athletic director at Southeastern Louisiana since 2007, was selected as the new athletic director at South Alabama over UTEP’s Bria...
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Former UTEP RB Marcus Thomas released

Former UTEP Running Back, Marcus Thomas, was released by the Cleveland Browns.  The Browns were Thomas’ third team since joining the NFL three years ago.  We’re hopeful Thomas will catch on with another team as tr...
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Wickstrom Named Finalist for Marshall AD job

According to Jack Bogaczyk of the Charleston Daily Mail, Brian Wickstrom, senior associate AD at UTEP, is considered to be a finalist for the open AD job at Marshall. The report says “the names of four candidates for the...
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Basketball
 

BYU To Visit the Don

According to KVIA.com and BYUCougars.com, an old WAC rivalry will be renewed this coming basketball season. On January 9, 2010, the Cougars will play the Miners in a out of conference game just before the beginning of each scho...
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Football
 

Brian Young Interview Transcript

Miner Illustrated, as stated in earlier posts, covered the 2009 Brian Young Pro Camp.  Aside from the commentary and pictures, we were able to sit down with Miner great, Brian Young, and get some of his thoughts on being back ...
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Brian Young Pro Camp summary

Miner Illustrated participated in the 2009 Brian Young Pro Camp held at the Sun Bowl.  Over a 150 local athletes took part in drills and seminars on improving academic records and nutrition.  Brian Young was an active partici...
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Football
 

Teicher responds to Miner Illustrated!

Check out Jon Teicher’s response to our questions regarding most improved unit and impact Frosh! The voice of the Miners conducted a Chat yesterday on UTEP’s official athletic website. http://utepathletics.cstv.com...
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Basketball
 

UTEP Women’s Basketball to Participate in WNIT

The Women’s National Invitation Tournament announced the preseason invitees today on their website (www.womensnit.com). Joining the Miners will be 11 teams that made it to post-season play. UTEP will begin tournament play...
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Football
 

Buckwalter gets another offer

According to Scout.com, Bellaire Episcopal’s William Buckwalter has recieved another offer to play football from Tulane. The defensive lineman has only one other offer to play from UTEP.
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Basketball
 

Stefon Jackson

With the NBA Draft only a day away, UTEP’s own Stefon Jackson is in the mix of draft discussions. Teams like the Philidephia 76rs, Mephis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavs, and New Jersey Nets have invited him for workouts. Word...
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