Mount Pleasant High School senior, Reid Pinckard, was recently announced as a member of the Texas High School Coaches Association Academic All-State team (2nd 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.

Pinckard has played high school football for 4 years and is a Varsity Team Captain. He has also earned numerous awards with Mount Pleasant Speech and Debate including qualifying for Regionals in Lincoln-Douglas debate and Extemporaneous Speaking. He has also participated in UIL Academics for 4 years and is the President of the National Honor Society. After graduation he plans to double major in Political Science and Pre-Law with the goal of becoming a Human Rights Lawyer. He is the son of Ritchie and Amanda Pinckard.