UT-Permian Basin guard and former Midland High player Taysha Rushton was named Lone Star Conference Women’s Basketball Newcomer of the Year when the postseason awards were released late Wednesday.

Willie Rushton was born July 14, 1920 in Nadawah, Alabama, a town so small it is not on most maps. His grandfather, who had been reared in Montgomery, was born a slave. Rushton grew up on a saw ...

UTPB women’s basketball player Taysha Rushton was named the Lone Star Conference’s Newcomer of the Year during the annual championship banquet Wednesday at Main Event in Frisco. Rushton ...