EL PASO, TEXAS \u2014 Scarlett De La Rosa is bringing a familiar skill to a role UTEP has not seen in more than a decade.<\/p>\n
De La Rosa is UTEP\u2019s first feature twirler since 2015. She performs with the Marching Miners at university events, pep rallies and football games.<\/p>\n
The UTEP student said she began baton twirling when she was 4 years old and has now been involved in the activity for 15 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started when I was about 4 years old, and I continued all the way through elementary school, middle school, and then high school,\u201d De La Rosa said.<\/p>\n
Before auditioning for UTEP during her senior year, De La Rosa was a feature twirler at Franklin High School, home to the only twirling group in the El Paso area.<\/p>\n
She said being part of the Marching Miners allows her to share school spirit while performing alongside the band.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of just like a little bit of a spirit thing, to where I participate with the band, and I\u2019m around the band a lot,\u201d De La Rosa said.<\/p>\n
De La Rosa said she is grateful for the people who supported her journey, including UTEP leaders, her mentor and her family.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m more than grateful for all the people who helped me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She hopes her performances help people recognize the athleticism and dedication behind baton twirling.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want people to know that it\u2019s not just a little stick that I throw around,\u201d De La Rosa said. \u201cIt\u2019s really fun. It\u2019s something that I incorporate into my everyday activity.\u201d<\/p>\n
De La Rosa encourages anyone interested in baton twirling to give it a try as she prepares to bring her energy to the Sun Bowl this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, TEXAS \u2014 Scarlett De La Rosa is bringing a familiar skill to a role UTEP has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-443120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}