600 ESPN EL PASO » Hawaii http://krod.com ESPN and 600 ESPN El Paso, the leaders in sports in El Paso and the world! Sat, 18 May 2013 00:58:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 WAC-What Athletic Conference? http://krod.com/wac-what-athletic-conference/ http://krod.com/wac-what-athletic-conference/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:19:28 +0000 Brandon Cohn http://krod.com/?p=72094 Remember the people who argued that UTEP made a mistake by leaving the WAC in 2005?  They said that the miners didn't have any great rivals in C-USA, and had to travel too far to play the likes of Marshall and East Carolina.

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Hawaii became the first state to officially recognize surfing as a high school sport, which will take effect by the spring of 2013. Funding for the program will come from the private sector and the community.

“Surfing has been a really big part of my life and has taught me a lot of valuable lessons: what hard work and perseverance can do, time management and how to stay organized,” said Carissa Moore, 18, Association of Surfing Professionals women’s world champion.

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