Seven Mount Pleasant High School seniors were recently announced as members of the Texas High School Coaches Association Academic All-State team. To be nominated for Academic All-State, a student must be an athlete, student trainer, or manager in good standing with the team, a senior of good moral character, and have an overall grade point average of 92 or above. Nominated student athletes are then evaluated on their GPA, class rank, and ACT and/or SAT scores.

Those chosen for Academic All-State include Nic Chappell (Elite team), Keller Thompson (1st team), Sam Brown (2nd team), Miller McCrumby (2nd team), Layne Pinckard (2nd team), Astin Ledbetter (2nd team), and Jacob Townson (Honorable Mention).