The 2021 Thomas E. Moseley state championships were held on February 27. Here are the state finalists:

Large School: 1st Place – Dulles High School – Fort Bend ISD 2nd Place – Plano East Senior High School – Plano ISD 3rd Place – Pearland High School – Pearland ISD 4th Place – Rockwall-Health High School – Rockwall ISD 5th Place – Earl Warren High School – Northside ISD 6th Place – James E. Taylor High School – Katy ISD

Medium School 1st Place – Highland Park High School – Highland Park ISD 2nd Place – Friendswood High School – Friendswood ISD 3rd Place – Lubbock High School – Lubbock ISD 4th Place – Reedy High School – Frisco ISD 5th Place – The Colony High School – Lewisville ISD 6th Place – Monterrey High School – Lubbock ISD

Small School 1st Place – Bandera High School – Bandera ISD 2nd Place – Taylor High School – Taylor ISD 3rd Place – Talkington School for Young Women Leaders – Lubbock ISD 4th Place – Liberty High School – Liberty ISD 5th Place – Mabank High School – Mabank ISD 6th Place – Tuloso-Midway High School – Tuloso-Midway ISD Additionally, the following large and medium teams placed at the Frisco Invitational Meet in Frisco, TX, the same weekend: Large School: 1st Place – Clear Lake High School – Clear Creek ISD 2nd Place – Flower Mound High School – Lewisville ISD 3rd Place – Mayde Creek High School – Katy ISD 4th Place – Northland Christian High School – Private 5th Place – Clear Falls High School – Clear Creek ISD 6th Place – Plano Senior High School – Plano ISD

Medium School 1st Place – Lone Star High School – Frisco ISD 2nd Place – Summit High School - Mansfield ISD 3rd Place – Richard King High School – Corpus Christi ISD 4th Place – Veterans Memorial High School – Corpus Christi ISD 5th Place – Barbers Hill High School – Barbers Hill ISD 6th Place – Legacy High School – Mansfield ISD

The Thomas E. Moseley State Champions, the team representing Texas at the National Finals, will be Highland Park High School from Highland Park ISD. The state’s Division V representative will be Bandera High School from Bandera ISD.

The online national finals representatives will be: Large – Friendswood High School – Friendswood ISD Medium – Health Careers High School – Northside ISD Small – Talkington School for Young Women Leaders – Lubbock ISD

The following were selected by the Texas Academic Decathlon Board of Directors as the 2020-2021 Coaches of the Year: Large School – Ruben Pena, Marshall HS, Northside ISD Medium School – Gary Mumford, Liberty HS, Frisco ISD Small School – Vicki Rowe, Taylor HS, Taylor ISD