Four Mount Pleasant High School swimmers including senior, Kate Ball, and juniors Ava True Fite, Alessandro Greco, and Mattie Merriman, have been named to the Texas Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (TISCA) Academic All-State team. To be nominated, student athletes must be juniors or seniors and must have an overall GPA of at least 3.75.

Ball competed with Tiger Swim for four years. This is her second year to be named Academic All-State. She will attend Texas A&M University in the fall and major in Society, Ethics, and Law. Fite and Greco have been members of Tiger Swim for three years and Merriman for two and all will return for their senior years this fall.

MPHS Tiger Swim is coached by Jerilyn Goolsby.