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The Prospector

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The Prospector

Assayer of Student Opinion.

The Prospector

Red Raiders offense poses a tall tasking for Miners defensively

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor September 8, 2015

With one monster subdued, another one emerges. That is the focus on the UTEP football team heading into week two of their 2015 season. After a 35-point shellacking by the Arkansas Razorbacks, where the Miners gave up 48 points and 490 yards of total...

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The UTEP football  team went 7-6 in head coach Sean Kugler’s second season at the helm. The Miners made their first bowl game appearance in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl against Utah State, losing 21-6.

Miners ready for Arkansas in Fayetteville

Adrian Broaddus, Staff Reporter September 1, 2015

Entering his third season as head coach, Sean Kugler and his squad launch their 2015 season on the road against the nationally ranked Arkansas Razorbacks this Saturday in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Miners finished the 2014 season 7-6, their best finish...

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Leftwich secures starting spot at quaterback

Javier Cortez, Sports Editor September 1, 2015

After a long and drawn out battle, UTEP football head coach Sean Kugler named sophomore Mack Leftwich the starting quarterback for the Miners. Throughout the spring and summer the quarterback battle was wide open. Four different players competed for...

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Junior college transfer Lee Moore shoots at the Foster Stevens Basketball Center during his first meeting with the El Paso media.

Moore sets sights on a championship

Juan Carlos Navarrete, Staff Reporter July 14, 2015

UTEP men’s basketball finished last season in a disappointing fashion. After missing out on a conference championship, the NCAA tournament, losing in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament and the departure of key players, head coach...

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Junior guard Dominic Artis shoots the ball at the Foster Stevens Basketball Center.

Dominic Artis focused on seizing second chance

Luis Gonzalez, Sports Editor July 7, 2015

He spent a year in exile, trying to keep a dream that was hanging by a thread alive—all because of one bad decision. Dominic Artis, once considered one of the most promising point guards in all of college basketball, spent last season at Diablo Valley...

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Jallycia Pearson finished attempts to get over the bar during the high jump portion of the heptathlon of the C-USA Conference Championships at Kidd Field.

Jallycia Pearson, more than a hometown hero

Juan Carlos Navarrete, Staff Reporter June 23, 2015

When asked about Jallycia Pearson, the first thing that comes to UTEP track fans’ minds is hometown and crowd favorite–but there is much more to her than that. The senior heptathlon athlete is a conference champion, has competed at nationals and leaves...

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Anthony Rotich became just the third athlete in history to win three consecutive 3000-meter steeple chase national championships.

Track and field wraps up season at NCAA Championships

Juan Carlos Navarrete, Staff Reporter June 16, 2015

UTEP track and field’s season has come to an end after the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Of the four Miner athletes who traveled to Eugene, Oregon, senior Anthony Rotich was the most successful. Rotich was not only looking to be the first to finish...

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Thomas speaks to the El Paso media for the first time.

Paul Thomas ready to contribute: ‘It’s really all about the team’

Luis Gonzalez, Sports Editor June 16, 2015

UTEP men’s basketball began introducing its new recruiting class last week. After suffering important departures after this year’s season, head coach Tim Floyd is hoping forward Paul Thomas will help fill the hole left by all-conference forward Vince...

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Samantha Hall, Rasmus Maukonen, Anthony Rotich and Jallycia Pearson will all compete at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Track and field ready for nationals

Juan Carlos Navarrete, Staff Reporter June 9, 2015

Four members of the UTEP track and field team will be in Eugene, Ore- gon from July 10-13 to compete in the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Miners travel to Eugene with a few fresh faces in sophomore Samantha Hall and freshman Rasmus Muakonen, along...

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Men’s basketball coach Tim Floyd announced the signing of Dominic Artis on Saturday, May 2.

Floyd takes a chance on Dominic Artis

Luis Gonzalez, Sports Editor May 5, 2015

On May 5, 2014 sophomore point guard Dominic Artis was suspended by the University of Oregon basketball program because of his involvement in a forcible rape investigation. Artis will be suiting up as a part of the UTEP men’s basketball team next season,...

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Senior outfielder Tahla Wade slides into home during a game at the Helen of Troy Softball Complex.

UTEP softball says goodbye to Tahla Wade

Jason Green, Staff Reporter May 5, 2015

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...

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UTEP first baseman Courtney Clayton attempts to make a catch.

Softball just misses tournament berth

Jason Green, Staff Reporter May 5, 2015

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...

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