The Texas High School Coaches Association has named seniors Ty Crenshaw and Ryan Guevara to the All-State Academic Team while Cade McCallie received an honorable mention.

To qualify for Academic All-State, a student must be a part of an athletic program and be a senior, as well as have good moral character and an overall grade point average of 92 or above. A coach must nominate qualifying students. The association considers GPA, class rank and SAT/ACT scores. Guevara, who placed on the second team, said maintaining the criteria takes a lot of hard work.

“You have to have good time management skills,” Guevara said. “There is really no time for procrastination when you are trying to keep your grades up, and you have to maintain a high grade point average just to be nominated.”

Guevara said it was a great honor to be named to a team.

“I was not expecting to achieve this award,” Guevara said. “It made me proud when I heard that I was selected.”

Crenshaw, who was placed on the elite team, said maintaining grades and playing a varsity sport can be very challenging and is a serious time commitment.

“Sometimes I am required to sacrifice hours of sleep in order to finish an assignment,” Crenshaw said. “But I realize that other students share the same kind of struggle, so I don’t get down.”

Crenshaw said he accredits most of his academic and athletic success to his late dad, Coach Guy Crenshaw.

“My dad always pushed me to do my best, but more importantly, he taught me how to push myself,” Crenshaw said. “Oddly enough, he was the one who got me to play football. If he hadn’t convinced me, I may not have ever played. I’m thankful he did.”

Crenshaw said he has wanted to make one of the academic teams for a long time.

“In the past, I always looked up to the guys who made one of the teams,” Crenshaw said. “It feels good knowing that I’ve accomplished the same feat as the men who came before me.”