This week in news, UTEP Picks Talent will take place and give students the chance to win $1000. UTEP basketball players in the news, Vince Hunter to declare for the NBA Draft, and Cedrick Lang to join the UTEP football team as a defensive end.

According to multiple media reports, UTEP sophomore Vince Hunter will declare for the NBA draft. It is unclear whether the 6’8”, 200 lb. small forward from Detroit has retained the services of an agent. If he does, he will be ineligible to return...

With their minds on training and gaining valuable skills before they go to the National Training Center in California, thousands of Ft.Bliss soldiers took part in Iron Focus, one of Ft.Bliss’s largest training exercises of the year. Among these soldiers...

The Prospector's current and former sports editors, Luis Gonzalez and Javier Cortez, discuss all kinds of sports dealing with El Paso, the national and international levels. Everything from college sports, like UTEP Athletics, to professional leagues...

The reigning Conference USA Freshman of the Year did not disappoint in his sophomore year. In fact, for the better part of the season he looked like the best player on the team. Just going by the first five games for the Orange & Blue, Hunter was...

If you look at Julian Washburn’s four year career at UTEP at first glance it’s hard to think of him as anything more than a decent four year player. Offensively he did not wow you and he was never part of an NCAA tournament team. But when you dig...

Cue the drum line, cue the cheers and the applause, UTEP once again has cause to celebrate. The university’s president, Dr. Diana Natalicio, announced UTEP’s Centennial Campaign results today outside the Undergraduate Learning Center in front...

With the five sports that UTEP offers for men, none may offer more individual effort for the well-being of the team as golf. Among the leaders of the team, senior Roberto Ruiz has to be one of the best pillars of the team. Ruiz has been a starter since...

The UTEP softball team won one in dramatic fashion on Saturday against the University of Southern Mississippi. The Miners also lost one in not so dramatic fashion. Then, they took the final of a three game weekend set from the Golden Eagles with...