Having taken the first steps to Strawberry Mansion High School and at Panola Junior College (Texas), passes to the prestigious University of Texas El Paso (UTEP), taking leave in 2005 with figures of all respect.
The spur's unusual designation—it will be the only four-digit state highway spur in Texas—was chosen to honor the historic 1966 NCAA championship of the 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team as UTEP and the UTEP Miners were previously known.
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Mason's father, Jim, was a running back in college for the UTEP Miners and graduated from Texas Tech.
Derrick Caracter (born 1988), played power forward/center formerly for the Louisville Cardinals basketball team, then the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Miners basketball team, current member of NBA's Los Angeles Lakers.