Kayla Thornton

One of El Paso’s own continues to make a name for herself across the WNBA, and now her team has thanked her with a multiyear extension during the offseason.

The Irvin high school grad and former Miner basketball legend found herself back in the Sun City on a hiatus from competitive basketball like she never experienced before.

After the 2015 season with the Washington Mystics, UTEP and Irvin High School alumna Kayla Thornton was waived and without a job in the WNBA. She was cut from the San Antonio Stars training camp with a foot injury and didn’t play all of the 2016 season...

Former UTEP Miners star forward Kayla Thornton is back in the WNBA with the Dallas Wings.

EL PASO, TEXAS – Senior Kayla Thornton poured in the second-most points (28) by a Miner in a postseason game to help UTEP advance to the second round of the WNIT with a 74-64 win against Sun Belt Conference champion Arkansas State in front of 4,500 fans at the Don Haskins Center Friday evening...

As expected, UTEP's Kayla Thornton was named to the C-USA's First Team and All_Defensive team today by league coaches. The UTEP senior and El Paso native returned to practice today and will play in the C-USA Tournament, which begins on Tuesday...

Earlier this evening, UTEP women's basketball head coach released a statement on the condition of senior forward Kayla Thornton, who collapsed in the Don Haskins Center tunnel following the Miners' 81-74 win over East Carolina. "Kayla Thornton is improving but she has not yet been cleared to return to the basketball court...

Today was a successful day for both UTEP basketball teams at the C-USA tournament in Tulsa.

All season long Keitha Adams had every right to play the 'Dangerfield card,' and complain about her teams' lack of respect.  There was a point in the season when the Miners had won 15 straight and their two losses were by a combined three points...

If the Miners were going to lose to a C-USA opponent, it was going to be a solid team that put together a solid effort. Basically, a perfect storm Today, that storm blew into the Don Haskins Center then blew out taking away the Miners perfect C-USA season and dropped the Miners to 25-3 overall and 14-1 in C-USA...