Best of the past week in links and tweets

• With a cumulative grade point average of 3.567, the UTEP soccer team has received the Conference USA Sports Academic Award

• Alex Fernandes joins District 25-6A's fraternity of college-bound quarterbacks

• UTEP Hurdler Tobi Amusan Excited about Competing at Summer Olympics in Rio

• UTEP's unambitious scheduling has become wearisome

• Campus carry coming to UTEP on Aug. 1

UTEP/ Head Coach Tim Floyd will also track 2017 Post Player TeeAaron Powell (6'9"; Marian Catholic) while in Vegas. #ConferenceUSA #Miners

— Illinois Stars IBA (@Illinois_Stars) July 18, 2016

El Paso bound tomorrow to see what utep is about! #GoMiners

— Trace Mascorro (@tmasc88) July 18, 2016

views....I didn't walk up.....walkon pic.twitter.com/oI3jPiTxu7

— Quintin Demps (@QDemps) July 17, 2016

UTEP & Head Coach Tim Floyd are jumping in on the recruitment of 2017 Guard PJ Pipes (6'3"; Lemont). #ConferenceUSA #Miners

— Illinois Stars IBA (@Illinois_Stars) July 18, 2016

@coach_jdbaker Congrats to coach John David Baker who will be the new Offensive Graduate Assistant Quarterbacks Coach at UTEP. #MinerStrong

— Javier Rodriguez (@JRRecruiting) July 17, 2016

@SABOWarhawks @URBANDFWELITE #10 RIVER REED 6'6 kid can do work inside and #15 Kobe McGee is BIGTIME PG that is Tony Parker-like!!! #GASO

— DAheat1Nation (@DeHeat1Nation) July 17, 2016

6'5 Guard Earvin Morris named top rookie at the 2016 Hart Sports International Camp pic.twitter.com/uwuN3ydXaG

— Michael Hart (@HartSportsAgent) July 16, 2016

@2easy32 I believe he can fly...I believe he can touch the sky. Sick dunk. Former UTEP standout. #NBASummerLeague pic.twitter.com/hij6wHOmQ4

— Christopher Ortiz (@chrisortizATX) July 16, 2016

#speed & #agility #camp with the #UTEP #Miners #footwork #changeofdirection #football #elpaso #athlete #picksup ⛏ pic.twitter.com/SvQHtj7YEA

— ironcoreperformance (@1roncorefitness) July 15, 2016

idaho's tim murphy, stanford's adam cohen, portland st.'s tyler geuing, utep's bobby braswell all in the building now in irvine

— Jack Pollon (@pollonpreps) July 14, 2016

#Homegrown #Miners ⛏ pic.twitter.com/jkBgiLSC2t

— UTEP Miners (@UTEPAthletics) July 14, 2016

Stanford, UTEP, Idaho and Biola were in attendance for Gamepoint 15u Elite's 65-60 win over Team Superstar. #gpnation #wcesummerclassic

— Gamepoint Basketball (@GamepointNation) July 14, 2016

25-6A QBs Sam Ehlinger (Texas), Charlie Brewer (SMU) & Alex Fernandes (UTEP) threw for 10,177 yards, 129 TDs in 2015 pic.twitter.com/oQN4aRPp1p

— Danny Davis (@aasdanny) July 14, 2016

Coaches in the Building at the Chicago Summer Jam 2016 -Head Coach Floyd-UTEP @UTEPAthletics pic.twitter.com/i0qbXso43a

— Baylor Basketball (@bayloryouth) July 13, 2016

MGCCC's @humble_davion received offers from UALR and Southern Miss today. He also holds offers from UTEP and Nicholls State.

— Tyler Bouldin (@tylerbouldin) July 13, 2016

Bob Stull, AD at UTEP on new Baylor AD Mack Rhoades: "He's certainly at the top of the food chain when it comes to athletic directors."

— Brice Cherry (@BriceCherry) July 13, 2016

D1 Coaches see why UTEP offered 2017 6'6 SG Isaiah Banks @isaiahbanks_ in this highlight https://t.co/XoPz9UuA99 pic.twitter.com/tXa8XKjkLs

— CoolieBai Highlights (@CoolieBai) July 13, 2016

Miner Strong! UTEP QB's are getting ready for upcoming season, are you? #picksup @UTEPAthletics pic.twitter.com/OfqyyZdOv4

— Ruben R. Ramirez (@rrrutang) July 13, 2016

I love the goofiness that ensues after the official shoot. #utep #AlmostFootballSeason pic.twitter.com/DIr7VN4jts

— mark lambie (@LambieMark) July 13, 2016

Just got off the phone with UTEP and so blessed to receive an offer to play basketball there! pic.twitter.com/GMwF0PZ6lc

— Davion Cole-Johnson (@humble_davion) July 13, 2016

Military & Utep football players leading the high school and middle school kids to the field. pic.twitter.com/4YtM7b27oz

— AustinPantherFB (@AustinPantherFB) July 13, 2016