On a surging, record-breaking UTEP volleyball team, Kenidy Howard may be the epitome of what the program has become.
The middle blocker, the niece of Miner football legend Thomas Howard, wasn't always a leader, wasn't always the dynamic force she's become. There were struggles, there were times when it was not obvious she'd make it to her fourth year.
In the end, though, Howard didn't look for a door out. She looked for a mirror and transformed herself into a key part of a team that begins Conference USA play this weekend at Rice with a historical program best 11-2 record.