UTEP Rifle freshman Carlee Valenta is set to make history as she represents the Miners at the 2025 NCAA Rifle Championships ...

That is the vision of the Valenta Academy Charter School. The Texas-based school recently submitted a proposal to the School District of Lancaster to build a new brick-and-mortar charter academy.

In the case of UTEP rifle's Carlee Valenta, that wasn't some trite saying. That was a blueprint to how third-year Miner coach Andrea Palafox has started to turn a formerly struggling UTEP rifle ...