2004-2005 UTEP Miners

2004-2005 UTEP Miners Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
- Miguel Ayala Jr G 6-6 185 Sep 29, 1982 Tepic Mexico Del Estado de Nayarit High School
- Stanley Branch Fr F 6-8 210 Jan 21, 1984 Atlantic City (NJ) United States Lutheran High School of Philadelphia
- Vernon Carr Fr GF 6-4 200 Dec 20, 1985 Detroit (MI) United States Redford High School
- Kelvin Davis Fr SG 6-4 200 Mar 15, 1984 Waterbury (CT) United States Laurinburg Institute
- James Fontenet Jr G 6-2 180 Nov 4, 1982 Phoenix (AZ) United States St. Mary's High School
- Thomas Gehrke Sr F 6-8 215 Jun 24, 1982 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Joao Paulo
- Josh Gutierrez Jr PG 5-11 150 Mar 11, 1984 El Paso (TX) J.M. Hanks High School
- Will Kimble Jr C 6-10 230 Jul 22, 1982 Fontana (CA) United States Pacific High School
- Brent Murphy Jr F 6-8 225 Jan 30, 1984 Austin (TX) United States Pflugerville High School
- Filiberto Rivera Sr G 6-2 175 Sep 28, 1982 Carolina (PR) Puerto Rico / United States Mercy Soto
- Giovanni St. Amant Jr G 6-3 190 Mar 14, 1984 Long Beach (CA) United States St. John Bosco High School
- Colt Tharpe So G 6-1 190 Dec 4, 1982 Texarkana (TX) United States Bowie High School
- Omar Thomas Sr GF 6-5 205 Feb 25, 1982 Philadelphia (PA) United States Strawberry Mansion High School
- John Tofi Jr PF 6-8 250 Jun 1, 1984 San Francisco (CA) United States Archbishop Riordan High School
- Jason Williams Jr F 6-6 215 Nov 17, 1983 New Orleans (LA) United States L.W. Higgins High School
- Ervin Youmans Fr G 5-11 165 - Hobbs (NM) United States Hobbs High School

UTEP Transfers Sitting Out 2004-2005

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Tremaine Fuqua Sr F 6-9 255 Sep 14, 1982 Oakland (CA) United States Oklahoma State
- Edgar Moreno Sr G 6-2 195 Apr 30, 1981 Choco Colombia Texas

Recent UTEP Miners History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 18-16 (7-9) 4th (C-USA) Runner Up N/A
2022-2023 14-18 (7-13) 9th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 20-14 (11-7) 5th (C-USA) 3rd Rnd The Basketball Classic 2nd Rnd
2020-2021 12-12 (8-8) 8th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 17-15 (8-10) 9th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 8-21 (3-15) 14th (C-USA) N/A N/A
2017-2018 11-20 (6-12) 11th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 15-17 (12-6) 3rd (C-USA) 3rd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 19-14 (10-8) 6th (C-USA) 3rd Rnd N/A
2014-2015 22-11 (13-5) 2nd (C-USA) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2013-2014 23-11 (12-4) 5th (C-USA) 3rd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2012-2013 18-14 (10-6) 3rd (C-USA) 3rd Rnd N/A
2011-2012 15-17 (7-9) 8th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2010-2011 25-10 (11-5) 2nd (C-USA) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd
2009-2010 26-7 (15-1) 1st (C-USA) Runner Up NCAA 1st Rnd
2008-2009 23-14 (10-6) 4th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd CBI Runner Up
2007-2008 19-14 (8-8) 6th (C-USA) 3rd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2006-2007 14-17 (6-10) 10th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 21-10 (11-3) 3rd (C-USA) 3rd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2004-2005 27-8 (14-4) 2nd (WAC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2003-2004 24-8 (13-5) 1st (WAC) Runner Up NCAA 1st Rnd
2002-2003 6-24 (3-15) 10th (WAC) 2nd Rnd N/A

2004-2005 UTEP Miners Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Filiberto Rivera WAC All-Conference First Team
Omar Thomas WAC All-Conference First Team
Filiberto Rivera WAC Tournament Most Valuable Player
Filiberto Rivera WAC All-Tournament Team
Omar Thomas WAC All-Tournament Team
Jason Williams WAC All-Defensive Team
Miguel Ayala WAC All-Newcomer Team
Omar Thomas Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational MVP
Filiberto Rivera Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational All-Tournament Team
Omar Thomas Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational All-Tournament Team

2004-2005 UTEP Miners Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters F. Rivera G. St. Amant O. Thomas J. Williams J. Tofi
Rotation     M. Ayala   W. Kimble
Lim PT E. Youmans V. Carr   T. Gehrke  
Lim PT C. Tharpe K. Davis   S. Branch  
Lim PT J. Gutierrez     B. Murphy  

2004-2005 UTEP Miners Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Omar Thomas 35 32.1 20.5 6.7 1.5 1.6 0.3 1.6
Filiberto Rivera 32 34.1 13.5 2.7 7.2 1.3 0.1 2.2
Jason Williams 35 33.4 11.5 5.7 2.9 1.5 0.2 2.4
Miguel Ayala 35 23.5 7.5 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.2 0.9
Giovanni St. Amant 35 23.5 7.2 1.8 1.7 0.5 0.1 1.4
John Tofi 35 22.5 6.7 6.3 1.0 0.5 0.9 1.1
Will Kimble 33 15.5 4.5 3.1 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.1
Thomas Gehrke 25 9.8 2.4 2.4 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.6
Kelvin Davis 22 6.8 2.0 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.5
Stanley Branch 19 5.2 1.6 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.5
Ervin Youmans 5 3.8 1.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6
Vernon Carr 12 7.2 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.8
Josh Gutierrez 6 1.8 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3
Colt Tharpe 3 2.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.7
Brent Murphy 17 4.9 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2

2004-2005 UTEP Miners Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Bob Stull Athletic Director 1998-1999 N/A
Angela Olivas Director of Media Relations 2002-2003 N/A