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10/08/2012 Miners Look to Bounce Back at TulsaUTEP takes on Tulsa on Thursday at H.A. Chapman Stadium. The Miners are appearing on national television for the fourth time in their first seven games. Thursday's contest will be carried on FOX Sports Network. 08/27/2012 Football Opens 2012 Slate with No. 4 OklahomaThe Miners take on fourth-ranked Oklahoma on Saturday in the Sun Bowl. Game time is slated for 8:30 p.m. 08/27/2012 Mike Price Media Luncheon Quotes (8/27/12)The UTEP coach fielded inquiries from the press corps on Monday, five days prior to the season opener versus no. 4 Oklahoma. PRIOR TO UTEP: Three-year member of the varsity team at Victory Christian HS, starting as a junior and senior ... played on both sides of the ball ... garnered first team 3A District 7 honors as an offensive lineman his senior year ... chosen as the offensive tackle and offensive lineman MVP at the Max Emfinger All-American Bowl in Baton Rouge, La. ... served as a captain at the event, a role he also held at his high school ... also lettered in baseball and basketball during his prep career ... involved with four mission trips to Ecuador, Jamaica and Mexico while also volunteering for Kids Against Hunger International, Habitat for Humanity and Victory Mobile Kids Club Sidewalk Trucks. PERSONAL: Full name is Trinton Thomas Jenkins ... parents are Lee and Paula Jenkins ... born 4/16/92 (Shreveport, La.) ... has one sister. |