Texas High School Coaches Association Announces State Finalists for the National Football Foundation National High School Academic Excellence Award  

National award honors high school teams that maintain a 3.0 GPA or above throughout the 2023 football season

SAN MARCOS, Texas (January 30, 2024) – The THSCA announces the official state finalists of Texas for the 2023-24 NFF National High School Academic Excellence Award. The award is the first nationwide recognition honoring individual high school football teams for excellence in the classroom with a team 3.0 or above grade point average.

“We are ecstatic to announce our State Finalists for this prestigious award”, said Joe Martin, the Executive Director of the Texas High School Coaches Association. “Academic success is as important as athletic success, as it can take student-athletes to the next step in their lives and on the path to becoming successful citizens. This team-oriented award promotes the importance of academics, and we are proud to have 42 schools qualify as state finalists.”

The State Champions and National Finalist for each classification in each state will be announced by the National Football Foundation at the beginning of February. During Super Bowl week, the National Football Foundation will announce the National Champion of the NFF National High School Academic Excellence Award.

Below is the official list of the Texas State Finalists:

6A:

Alexander High School

Allen High School

Clements High School

Cypress Park High School

Edinburg North High School

Klein Cain High School

Lake Travis High School

McNeil High School

Mesquite High School

Pebble Hills High School

Reagan High School, San Antonio

Ridge Point High School

Stratford High School

Tomball High School

Westlake High School

5A

Argyle High School

Colleyville Heritage High School

Georgetown High School

Gregory- Portland High School

Lake Belton High School

Longview High School

Lubbock Cooper High School

Richland High School

Southwest High School

4A:

Anna High School

Brownwood High School

Canyon High School, Amarillo

Kilgore High School

Orange Grove High School

Sanger High School

Stephenville High School

West Plains High School

3A:

Goliad High School

Idalou High School

Marion High School

Spearman High School

2A:

Beckville High School

New Home High School

Smyer High School

Thrall High School

1A:
Sanderson High School

Private:
St. Thomas Catholic High School, Houston

About the Texas High School Coaches Association
The Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) is Texas high school coaches’ principal advocate and leadership organization. The THSCA provides the highest quality representation, education, and services to Texas High School coaches and affiliate members by enhancing the professionalism of coaches and the schools they represent. The mission statement is simply this: To help and serve Texas high school coaches as they work to help and serve student-athletes. “HELPING COACHES TO HELP KIDS.” For more information on THSCA visit www.thsca.com

About Texas High School Coaches Education Foundation
The mission of the Texas High School Coaches Education Foundation is to develop funds from a broad range of donors to provide professional education programs that will strengthen, reinforce, and enhance professionalism in high school coaches throughout Texas. These programs provide instructional material as well as training in character development to coaches in   Texas at both the high school and middle school levels and can directly impact the lives of over 1.5 million student-athletes each year. The two established events are the Texas Coaches Leadership Summit and the R.O.C.K. Mentoring Workshop.

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