Blessing Okagbare Class: Junior Hometown: Sapele, Nigeria High School: Z.K. Grammar School Last College: Delta State University Height: 5-9 Event: Jumps Birthdate: 10/09/1988

Prior to UTEP: Set a one-time record for Nigeria at the Mobile Track and Field Championships in May 2007 by fi nishing with a leap of 14.13 meters in the triple jump ... earned a silver medal in the long jump and fi nished fourth in the triple jump at the All-Africa Games in May 2007 ... competed at the World Junior Championships in 2006.

Personal: General studies major ... daughter of Margaret and Francis Okagbare ... born Oct. 9, 1988, in Sapele, Nigeria.