The Pine Tree High School UIL state qualifiers competed in the state meet May 13-15. Students qualify to the state meet by first advancing from district to region as the top team or the top three individuals and then advancing from region to state as the same. Pine Tree students advancing include Aiden McQueary in Persuasive Speaking, Travis Johnson (6th place overall in the state in 5A) in Literary Criticism, and Damil Arogo, Stefany Paz, Stephanie Viramontes, and Katherine Castillo (4th place team overall in the state in 5A) in Spelling and Vocabulary. In addition, students Jennifer Chen and Cread Ray were first alternates in Feature Writing and Physics respectively.
State qualifiers are eligible to apply for a Texas Interscholastic League Foundation (TILF) Scholarship. Pine Tree UIL students have been awarded over $19,000 in TILF scholarships over the last four years.