The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team completed its final push toward district at the Judy Tipping Memorial UIL Invitational Meet at Sulphur Springs High School on February 17-18. This was the last meet for the full academic team before spring break with the district meet scheduled just a few days after they return to classes. Five events (Spelling, Calculator, Accounting, Mathematics, and Number Sense) placed 1st as a team and three events (Science, Current Events, and Social Studies) came in 2nd as a team.

Full results include:

-Spelling (1st place team)

Sophie Greco 1st, Isabel Gonzales 2nd, Angelina Hernandez

-Calculator Applications (1st place team)

9th grade: Alessandro Greco 1st

10th grade: Tanner Marshall 1st, Yahaira Pina 2nd, Sam Chappell 3rd, Kate Ball 4th

11th grade: Nathaniel Martinez 1st, Kiara Rundles 2nd

12th grade: Devin Castaneda 1st, Param Poudel 2nd, Isaac Hernandez 3rd, Ethan Harbour 4th, Merlin Cardona 6th

-Accounting (1st place team)

Perla Guzman 3rd, Jose Trejo 4th, Merlin Cardona 6th

-Mathematics (1st place team)

10th grade: Tanner Marshall 1st, Yahaira Pina 2nd, Jesus Moreno 6th

11th grade: Nathaniel Martinez 1st

12th grade: Isaac Hernandez 1st, Param Poudel 2nd, Perla Guzman 3rd, Devin Castaneda 4th, Natalie Crockett 5th, Ethan Harbour 6th

Overall: Isaac Hernandez 1st, Param Poudel 2nd, Nathaniel Martinez 3rd, Perla Guzman 4th, Devin Castaneda 5th, Natalie Crockett 6th

-Number Sense (1st place team)

10th grade: Tanner Marshall 1st, Jesus Moreno 2nd, Evan Cota 4th, Araceli Solis 5th, Steffanie Espiritu 6th

11th grade: Nathaniel Martinez 3rd, Kiara Rundles 4th

12th grade: Ethan Harbour 1st, Jose Trejo 2nd, Param Poudel 3rd, Perla Guzman 4th

Overall: Ethan Harbour 1st, Jose Trejo 2nd, Tanner Marshall 3rd, Param Poudel 5th

-Science (2nd place team)

10th grade: Kevin Mendoza 3rd

11th grade: Nathaniel Martinez 5th

12th grade: Natalie Crockett 1st (Top Biology), Ethan Harbour 2nd

Overall: Natalie Crockett 5th, Ethan Harbour 6th

-Current Events (2nd place team)

Natalie Crockett 2nd, Eli Rider 5th, Anthony Orellana, Natalia Aspeitia

-Social Studies (2nd place team)

Vanessajane Bayna 2nd, Estven Perez 5th

-Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking

Anthony Orellana 1st, Eli Rider 2nd

-Journalism

Copy Editing: Idania Castanon 4th, Noemy Dorantes 5th, Evelyn Hernandez 6th

News Writing: Idania Castanon 4th, Noemy Dorantes 5th, Ana Ceballos 6th

Feature Writing: Idania Castanon 3rd, Ana Ceballos 5th, Noemy Dorantes 6th Headline Writing: Evelyn Hernandez 2nd, Idania Castanon 5th, Ana Ceballos 6th

-Ready Writing

Sophie Greco 4th

-Poetry

Madeline Tumey-Simmons 1st

The MPHS UIL Math and Current event teams will travel to A&M Consolidated High School in College Station on February 24-25 for their final invitational meet of the season. The District UIL meet is March 24-25 in Whitehouse.

Pictured: members of the 2022-2023 MPHS UIL Academic team