Mount Pleasant High School senior Caroline Rose has earned the National Speech and Debate Association’s Academic All-American award. Of the more than 141,000 student members of the Association, fewer than 1,000 students earn the Academic All-American Award every year. Rose becomes only the fourth team member from MPHS to earn this prestigious honor.

The Academic All-American award recognizes students who have completed at least five semesters of high school, earned the degree of Superior Distinction in the National Speech and Debate Association Honor Society (a total of 750 or more merit points), met the rigorous criteria for GPA and/or test score requirements and demonstrated outstanding character and leadership.

“Caroline is a four-year team member and the team Captain who has worked hard to get to where she is,” said MPHS Speech and Debate coach, Cody Morris. “It is awesome to see her hard work in competition and in the classroom get rewarded. This is not an award they hand out to just anyone. Becoming an Academic All-American is extremely difficult. I am very proud to say we have another Academic All-American in the program.”

Caroline is the daughter of Kevin and Tracie Rose. She plans to attend Texas A&M University in College Station and major in Psychology.

By Kelly Cowan