Brownwood Lions junior defensive lineman Quinten McCarty has been selected to the Texas High School Coaches Association Class 4A Super Elite Team.
According to the THSCA website, Super Elite Teams consist of high school players nominated by current professional members of the Texas High School Coaches Association. The player must meet the THSCA award criteria to be nominated. The award recognizes student athletes across the state of Texas for their exemplary athletic achievement in their respective sport.
The criteria consists of being of good moral character; a varsity competitor; a member of the team in good standing at the time of nomination; and excelling as an elite member in their respective sport.
McCarty, the District 2-4A Division I Defensive MVP, logged 128 tackles, 17 for loss, 2 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries, and 1 punt block for a defense that allowed 17 points and 269 yards – 153 rushing and 116 passing – per game, with 21 takeaways on the season.
Each nomination will go to the S.E.T. (Super Elite Teams) Committee to determine the finalists who have made the Super Elite team in each classification. Super Elite teams will be honored after the state championships have been announced. This award began in the Fall of the 2022-23 school year.
Other members of the THSCA 4A Super Elite Team are Offensive MVP Hudson White of Glen Rose; Defensive MVP Javin Cash of Canyon; Utility Player Jelani McDonald of Waco Connally; defensive selections Kobe Black of Waco Connally, Sean Burks of Cuero, Peyton Christian of Kilgore, Ethan Colvin of Ferris, Justin Cryer of Berkshire Royal, Cameron Gould of Wichita Falls, Houston Hendrix of Boerne, Kaden McFadden and Victor Shaw of Pleasant Grove, D.J. Sanders of Bellville, and Zaylon Stoker of Kilgore; and offensive honorees Jaxon Baize and Sam Waters of Boerne, Mason Butchee of Stephenville, Christopher Evans of Center, Brady Fuselier and Gabe Hernandez of Lumberton, Will Hutchens of Lindale, Berend Kahlden of Lago Vista, Rueben Owens and Bryce Rasmussen of El Campo, Camden Raymond of Glen Rose, Isaiah Ross of Kilgore; and special teams choices Blake Flowers of Seminole and Rance Purser of Midland Greenwood.