The Prospector

Top 10 female athletes of all time at UTEP

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor • September 9, 2014

In comparison to the male sports at UTEP, the women have not garnered as much history or decorated athletes, UTEP has seen some tremendous female athletes during its time. The inclusion of women’s sports might have come late, but as time has gone on,...

The love of the game

Luis Gonzalez, Staff Reporter • September 9, 2014

The players cannot wait to get at it again. The weekly pick-up games and voluntary practices can only do so much. The coach is not going to be present, but the members of the UTEP Men’s Soccer Club are itching to kick the ball simply because they love...

Top 10 male athletes of all time at UTEP

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor • September 9, 2014

Male athletes have been on campus since the inception of the university in 1914, which makes for a heavily decorated list. Olympians, pro sport Hall of Fame members, All-Stars and Player of the Years have all come through UTEP. Considering that UTEP is...

UTEP men’s basketball dream team

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor • September 9, 2014

UTEP men’s basketball has provided tons of excitement over the years, whether they underachieved, overachieved or just met the expectations. From dazzling fans in Memorial Gym to rocking sellout crowds in the Don Haskins Center, the men’s program...

A program like no other

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor • September 9, 2014

They walk among us. They are in our classes, we see them passing by and we don’t even know who they are. For years, UTEP students have been oblivious to the sheer number of track and field stars that surround them. Everyone flocks to the star...

The good, the bad, and the mining: The first 100 years in sports

Juan Carlos Navarrete, Staff Reporter • September 9, 2014

It didn’t take long for the University of Texas at El Paso to start its quest toward athletic greatness. It was back in 1914, that the university adopted sports into its culture by holding its first football practice and soon after its first season....

Once on the back burner, now at the forefront

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter • September 9, 2014

When Monica Lopez, senior kinesiology major and a member of the track team, practices on the track, she does so without the fear of persecution. She doesn’t have to worry about jumping the chain link metal fence that surrounds the track with the shadow...

The Prospector’s Centennial football team

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor • September 8, 2014

Anyone in the vicinity of El Paso knows that UTEP is not known for its football program. However, that does not mean the program has not produced talent in its 100 years of existence. From a team standpoint, the Miners are in the bottom percentile of...

Another heart breaker

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor • September 7, 2014

The UTEP Miners football team and the 35,422 fans in attendance all felt something too familiar at the end of tonight’s game—heartbreak. For the third straight year the Miners lose their home opener, this time in heart breaking fashion against...

Another game, another win

Luis Gonzalez, Staff Reporter • September 5, 2014

Another game, another win for the UTEP Women Soccer Team who continue their undefeated start to the 2014 season with a victory over visiting Southern Utah Thunderbirds. Three different Miners scored, including El Paso native Bri Barreiro, to lead...

Chihuahuas finish strong

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor • September 1, 2014

There were trials and there were tribulations, but that did not stop the El Paso Chihuahuas from putting on a show for the rambunctious fans of El Paso one more time as they defeated the Salt Lake Bees 10-4. The season is now over but the yearlong memories...

UTEP soccer keeps rolling

Luis Gonzalez, Staff Reporter • September 1, 2014

Five games in a nine-day stretch is no easy task for any team. Perhaps this, added to the midday El Paso heat, contributed to the struggles encountered by the UTEP women’s soccer team as they hosted Houston Baptist at University Field. Nonetheless,...