For the first time since 2010, two UTEP softball athletes juniors Courtney Clayton and Kaitlin Ryder, were named to the 2017 Conference USA Preseason team as annouced by league coaches on Wednesday, Jan. 18. The 2016 C-USA Player of the Year, Clayton,...

Tahla Wade is a traveler. She travelled from Chicago to El Paso, found that she liked the campus and the local people, at least enough to call UTEP home for four years. This season she spent a lot of time traveling between first and second base. She...

It is almost a shame to even mention the fact that UTEP missed the Conference USA tournament for the fifth consecutive year. It makes the season sound as if it was a total loss. That is far from the truth. Although a 14-39 record would probably be frowned...

Heading into this Tuesday’s doubleheader with New Mexico State, the story line was already set up. The UTEP softball team had one very bad inning in Las Cruces and wound up losing 12-6 in March. The Miners are now seeking revenge in their last home...

UTEP softball is preparing to honor the teams’ seniors when they welcome Marshall for a three-game series. Senior Day is always a big deal for any UTEP team, but this weekend is possibly even bigger for seniors Ashley Eldridge and Tahla Wade. Neither...

The New Mexico State Aggies used an eight run sixth inning to defeat the visiting Miners by a final score of 12-6. In a place where victories historically have been hard to come by, the Miners let a  great oportunity to notch a valuable win slip away. After...

The UTEP softball team (8-22) will head to Las Cruces tomorrow to take on the NMSU Aggies (18-8) in the continuation of softball’s portion of the I-10 rivalry. The Miners headed into last weekend’s matchup with the No. 25 University of Alabama-Birmingham...

The UTEP softball team opened the season this past weekend with the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Arizona. This weekend, the team will head to Las Vegas for the Wilson/DeMarini Desert Classic. UTEP is 0-5 after losing all five games of their season-opening...

The UTEP softball team will begin their 2015 campaign when they travel to Tempe, Arizona, for the Kajikawa Tournament at Arizona State University. Last season the team struggled in their first 10 early-season tournament games—winning only one against...

The UTEP women’s softball team began their fall exhibition season on Sunday, Sept. 27 at the Helen of Troy Softball Complex. The doubleheader against Odessa College was a chance for head coach Tobin Echo-Hawk to see where her team stands prior to the...

Leaders come in all forms. For some people, it’s about being vocal and encouraging to teammates. For others, they might be a little more of the silent type, but make up for it by simply leading by example. For seniors Colleen Hohman and Alanna Leasau,...

The Prospector News Weekly covers all the top stories that affect the students at The University of Texas at El Paso. This week in news, military appreciation week, graduates celebration, SGA elections. The UTEP Track & Field team will be competing...