UTEP celebrated El Paso native Kayla Thornton during the UTEP women’s basketball game at the Don Haskins Center on Sunday ...

UTEP's all-time leading scorer, rebounder and WNBA champion Kayla Thornton to be first women's player to have jersey hung at ...

On night when Kayla Thornton's jersey was hung from the Haskins Center rafters, Miners play defense she could appreciate ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — UTEP celebrated El Paso native Kayla Thornton during the UTEP women’s basketball game at the Don Haskins Center on Sunday night. Hang it in the Don Haskins Center!

The El Paso native and former UTEP Miner saw her number become the first women's basketball jersey to be hang from the rafters inside of the Don Haskins Center on Sunday. Thornton played at UTEP from ...

In 2014, Kayla Thornton played in arguably the biggest moment in UTEP women's basketball history in the 2014 WNIT championship. A decade later, three weeks ago, she played in one of the biggest ...

Under Thornton's watch, the Miner women earned their first-ever conference tournament victory in 2012. Two seasons later, Thornton pushed the team to the WNIT championship game where they ironically ...

Kayla Thornton admits she's stunned by the moment now that it's here. Sunday night, on the occasion of her 32nd birthday, the UTEP and Irvin alum Thornton heard the final horn sound in overtime of ...