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11/09/2011 Miners Set to Launch 91st Season of HoopsUTEP will take on 2011 NCAA Tournament participant UT San Antonio on Friday at 7 p.m. in the Haskins Center. Individual tickets start at $11. 2011-12: Redshirted. PRIOR TO UTEP: Two-time first team All-District choice at Onate High School in Las Cruces ... also appointed team and district MVP his junior and senior year ... other senior honors included first team All-State, 5A Player of the Year and New Mexico Player of the Year ... was the top vote getter for the All-State squad ... garnered second team All-District accolades as a sophomore and earned a spot on the varsity team as a 13-year old ninth grader ... averaged 15 points, four rebounds and eight assists as a senior while shooting 58 percent from the line ... junior averages were 21 ppg, five rpg and five apg ... also lettered in track in high school ... four-year honor roll member during his prep career. PERSONAL: Full name is Timothy Nicholas Jacobs ... parents are Tim and Tomiko Jacobs ... has two sisters ... born 3/5/94 (Hayward, Calif.).
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