Sixty-one Mount Pleasant High School students were presented Academic Blanket Awards for having the highest overall average in his or her respective subject in a ceremony in the MPHS auditorium on Tuesday, May 12. Those 61 students make up only about 4% of the population of MPHS. The Academic Blanket Awards have been sponsored by the Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce for many years, with businesses vying for the chance to sponsor and purchase a blanket for a student. Representatives from each of those businesses were in attendance that afternoon to present the awards to the students.

Those awarded Academic Blankets and the sponsoring businesses include:

Accounting (1st Texas Financial Services) Therin Nunn

Advanced Quantitative Reasoning (Marmon Industrial Infrastructure & Energy) Margarita Salinas

Agriscience (Titus County Fair Association) Ashley O’Brien

Ag Mechanics (Priefert) Aurelio Santiago

Algebra I (Cypress Bank) Berenise Murillo

Algebra II (American National Bank) Leslie Hernandez

Anatomy & Physiology (Christus Health) Maggie Wilson

Animal Science (Mount Pleasant Animal Clinic) Gunner Rodgers

Art (EAG Auto Group) Dayanara Pulquero

Band (Luigi’s) Bruno De Leon

Biology (East Texas Children’s Dentistry) Zoe Zuñiga

Biology AP (Pleasant Smiles Dental) Isaac Flores

Business Information Management (Vera Bank) Alexander Andrade

Calculus (CAD Vibe) Brissia Alvarez

Career Preparation (Ferguson Wealth Management) Kevin Urbina

Chemistry (McGuire Dyke CPA’s) Lincoln Dyke

Choir (Shumate Flooring) Emi Hobbs

Communications (First Federal Community Bank) Cristian Perez

Construction Technology (Stansell Construction) Cristian Cordova

Cosmetology (Prodigy Salon & Spa) Alondra Santos

Culinary Arts (Sandlin Motors) Cambria Malone

Dance (Northeast Texas Community College) Sanniyah Crabtree

Education & Training (AA’s Treehouse Learning Center) Ashley Garcia

Engineering (Salinas Electric) Angel Farias

English I (Cowan Inspection) Sage Jordan

English II (Bates Cooper Sloan Funeral Home) Maria Beltran Regalado

English III (All Star Collision) Mary Beth Snyder

English IV (Ruby & Begonia) Ava Fite

Environmental Science (Northeast Texas Dermatology Center) Alessandro Greco

Environmental Systems (Republic Services) Abigail Melendez

Fashion Design (JVR Custom Paint & Body) Emily Ortiz

Forensic Science (Cannaday Financial Services) Mattie Merriman

Geometry (Diamond C Trailers) Ana Martinez Zelaya

Government & Economics (Greater Hope Church of God in Christ) Juan Gallegos

Health Science Theory (Cypress Basin Hospice) Ivette Lopez

Instructional Practice in Education (EAG Auto Group) Diana Ramirez

Journalism Newspaper (Capture Memories) Raymond Sanchez

Journalism Yearbook (Phil & Jennifer Scudder) Abril Figueroa

Law Enforcement (Tumey Mortuary) Anna Rosa Lucio

Marketing (Mayben Realty) Landry McPeters

Math Models (East Texas Professional Credit Union) Carolyn Pena

Patient Care Tech (Ochoa/Coleman Orthodontics) Yvette Vargas

Physics (Amy Hinton Realty) Conley Johnson

Physics C (Stephenson Dirt Contracting) Julian Chancellor

Piano (Rotary Club of Mount Pleasant ) Jonah Hernandez

Practicum in Health Science Technology I (MP Dental Assistant School) Lindsey Francisco

Practicum in Health Science Technology II (The Pediatric Clinic & NETX Pediatrics) Rosario Lopez

Pre-Calculus (Pilgrim Bank) Adriel Bagsic

Scientific Research & Design (Castillo Realty) Drew Cross

Spanish I (Jorge’s) Alexa Moras

Spanish II (Piney Woods Family Dentistry) Logan Latiolais

Spanish III (Etex Septic and Supply) Wendy Valdez

Spanish IV (MP Rentals) Esmeralda Perez

Spanish Language and Culture (Tacos By Queen) Emily Garcia

Spanish Literature (KRB Investments) Sandy Farias

Sports Medicine (Thurman’s Pro-Med Pharmacy) Rebecca Torres

Statistics (Guaranty Bank) Araceli Salazar

Theatre (Hampton Inn and Suites) Peyton Robinson

US History (Tom & Tucker Brown Family) Rebecca Dunn

World Geography (Patrick Redfearn Realty) Emy Chappell

World History (Lions Club of Mount Pleasant) Walter Terrell

Photos: Group: The 2026 Mount Pleasant High School Academic Blanket recipients