UTEP Volleyball names new head coach

Isaiah Ramirez, Sports Editor • December 19, 2018

UTEP athletics announced the hire of new UTEP volleyball coach Ben Wallis on Dec. 19

The UTEP Volleyball team named Ben Wallis their new head coach this afternoon replacing former head coach Holly Watts. Wallis previously served as New Mexico State’s associate head coach for two years and as an assistant coach for four years, in which the Aggies clinched three NCAA tournament berths in his tenure. Wallis also has ties to El Paso volleyball due to his stint as the freshman coach and varsity assistant coach at Franklin High School.

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Isaiah Ramirez

Isaiah Ramirez is a senior multimedia journalism major at the University of Texas at El Paso. Isaiah has worked for the university’s paper The Prospector since Spring 2018 and has held the position as a sports editor and is currently a reporter at the publication. During the fall semesters he also works as an on-air reporter for Football Friday Nights a weekly radio show showcasing local football games broadcasted by 600 ESPN El Paso. He covers local news as well as local and UTEP sporting events such as football, men’s and women’s basketball, and has covered the annual Hyundai Sun Bowl game and two-time NBA champion Danny Green’s basketball camp here in the Sun City.