Journalism students across the state of Texas were awarded recognition to the 2012-13 all-state journalism staff last week. Of the 37 selected to the staff, there or 60 percent of those from the metroplex came from Denton High.

George Roberson, and twins Rebecca and Emily Fu were recognized with this award by earning at least 50 points through UIL competitions in district, regional or state contests. The three competed in contests through the year across DFW and regionals in Abilene. Rebecca and George also represented the school at the state UIL meet.

“We’re really honored to have been chosen because Texas is a really big state and there’s lots of people competing for journalism UIL,” senior Emily Fu said. “There were only 37 people selected in the state so we’re really happy with that.”

The sisters have participated in UIL activities all throughout high school: being on the spelling team all four years and the journalism team for three.

“It was worth it because we already enjoyed competing in UIL and this was just an added bonus, but we didn’t know about it until the end of the year,” Rebecca said. “It summed up all of our accomplishments.”