The University Interscholastic League (UIL) is proud to recognize 15 of the best UIL sponsors in Texas as the 2019 UIL Sponsor Excellence Award winners. The winners were selected by a panel of judges in the areas of academics, athletics and music from nominations submitted by school principals and superintendents across the state. The award, now in its 29th year, was created to identify and recognize outstanding sponsors who enable students to develop and refine their extracurricular talents to the highest degree possible within the education system. “Coaches and teachers have such a difficult job, and they go beyond the call of duty ...