For more stories concerning Upton County, Texas subscribe to The Rankin News. Six students from Rankin High School have been putting in some extra overtime lately as they are participating in UIL Academics. Jay Tom Ratliff, Paige Hutchens, Sarah Medley and Julie Golson. Also part of the academic team but not available for pictures are Russ Eggemeyer and Andrew Potter. Each student in UIL Academics is responsible to for researching and cataloguing their own information for their particular event.
Some students work individually while others are a team.
Jay Tom Ratliff participates in Informative Extemporaneous Speaking and Prose Reading. Paige Hutchens is in Lincoln-Douglas Debate and Persuasive Extempt Speaking. Sarah Medley works with Andrew Potter as a CX Debate team. Julie Golson is in Informative Extemporaneous speaking and works with Russ Eggemeyer as a CX Debate team. Their coach is Mrs. Paula Corder.