Teal Battle will begin her first season as a graduate assistant manager under UTEP Head Coach Kevin Baker during the 2022-23 season.
Battle, a former Miner, played for Baker during the 2021-22 campaign, averaging 8.7 points and 5.4 rebounds per game while being named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll. She started 25 of the 27 games that she played at UTEP. She scored the 1,000th point of her collegiate career on Dec. 19, 2021 at New Mexico.
Prior to coming to El Paso, Battle spent four seasons at Arkansas Little Rock where she was a two-time All-Sun Belt performer and a two-time Sun Belt Conference champion.
A native of Millington, Tenn., she played at White Station High School and Olive Branch High School as a prep, helping lead Olive Branch to state runner-up finishes as a freshman and sophomore.
