Donald Rogers Maynard was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver known for playing for the New York Jets in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). He also played with the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals; and the Shreveport Steamer of the World Football League (WFL).
Ysleta is a community in El Paso, Texas, United States. Ysleta was settled between October 9 and October 12, 1680, when Spanish conquistadors, Franciscan clerics and Tigua Indians took refuge along the southern bank of the Rio Grande. These people were fleeing the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico. Ysleta is the oldest European settlement in the area that is the present-day U.S. state of Texas.
Ysleta Independent School District is a school district based in El Paso, Texas (USA). Ysleta ISD is the third largest school district in the city of El Paso. All of the district area covers sections of El Paso.
The Socorro Independent School District (SISD) serves more than 47,000 students in 49 schools and is the second largest school district in El Paso, Texas. The district covers 135 square miles serving East El Paso, Horizon City and the City of Socorro. SISD is well known as a destination district for its high-quality instruction, innovative programs, and a supportive and united community. The district operates on a year-round calendar from July to May with a fall and spring intersession.
Franklin High School is a public high school located on the west side of El Paso, Texas, which is part of the El Paso Independent School District. It opened in 1993. Its name refers to the nearby Franklin Mountains. Although the student population of the school is usually between 2,000 and 3,000 annually, as of the 2023-24 school year, it exceeds 3,100. Since 2022, the principal has been Amanda Bowser.
Burges High School in El Paso, Texas, United States, is a comprehensive high school in the El Paso Independent School District. It is located in the Cielo Vista neighborhood on the near east side of El Paso, north of the large shopping center Cielo Vista Mall and south of El Paso International Airport, and is the only El Paso Independent School District high school in East El Paso.
Freddie Alton Carr was an American professional football player who played linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1977.
Eastwood High School is a public high school in the Ysleta Independent School District the city of El Paso, Texas, United States.
Parkland High School is part of the Ysleta Independent School District in El Paso, Texas.
Urshell James "Jesse" Whittenton was an American professional football player who was a cornerback for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Green Bay Packers. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. He played college football for the Texas Western Miners.
Quintin Lamon Demps is an American college football coach and former safety. He is the head football coach for Judson University, a position he has held since 2023. He played college football at Texas-El Paso, and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL draft. Demps was also a member of the Hartford Colonials, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants and Chicago Bears.
Edmund Elisala (Ieremia) Stansbury is a former professional American football fullback in the National Football League (NFL), and a prominent sports figure in El Paso, Texas. Stansbury had a standout athletic career at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels and has since made significant contributions to his community as an ambassador for sports.
The Ysleta Mission, located in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo within the municipality of El Paso, Texas, is recognized as the oldest continuously operated parish in the State of Texas. The Ysleta community is also recognized as the oldest in Texas and claims to have the oldest continuously cultivated plot of land in the United States.
Canutillo High School is a public high school in Canutillo, Texas. It is the only zoned comprehensive high school in the Canutillo Independent School District.
Julio Gallardo was a Mexican-American basketball player. He represented Mexico at the 1983 Pan American Games, held at Caracas, Venezuela.
Aaron LaRae Jones is an American professional football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UTEP Miners and was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL draft. In seven seasons with the Packers, Jones led the league in rushing touchdowns in 2019, made the Pro Bowl in 2020, and ranks third in the team's all-time rushing yards list.
Alicia Rosencrans Chacón is an American politician. She is best known for several firsts in El Paso, Texas. Chacón was the first woman elected to El Paso government when she became county clerk in 1974. She was also the first Hispanic woman to serve on the Ysleta Independent School District Board and as an alderman in El Paso. She later became the first woman and first Hispanic person in 100 years to serve as a judge for the El Paso area. A school, the Alicia R. Chacón International School is named after her.
Carlos B. Scott, Jr. is a former American football offensive lineman who played with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UTEP.
La Tapatia, Inc. is a Mexican restaurant and tortilla factory located in the Ysleta neighborhood of El Paso, Texas. The restaurant has been at the same location for over 65 years and is especially known for their tamales. Over time, the restaurant has had several owners, including Alicia R. Chacón. In the 1970s, La Tapatia sponsored a softball team that was also known as "The Tamale Kings."
