varsity football season, Memorial featured the districts first female varsity player. Senior Tara Cole started every game as the teams place kicker and kickoff specialist. She finished the season 42/47 PAT, and 5/6 FG, with a total of 57 points. She was ranked 9th in Texas 5-A schools for overall kicking. (KPRC News Interview) Also starring as Memorial’s Girls varsity goalkeeper, she continued playing soccer during the 2013 season for Sam Houston State University. Tara Cole played 4 years for the Houston Energy International Women’s Football League (IWFL). The girls and boys swimming and diving teams hold the record for the most consecutive years of advancing to the UIL playoffs (13 straight years as of 2022) in addition to advancing the UIL Region 6-6A Swimming and Diving Championships finals (state championship qualifying meet) in five of the past seven years (including four straight, 2019-2922). In 2019, the girl's swimming team captured the Texas State High School Open Water Swimming Championships at Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. In addition, the swimming and diving team has been honored with four swimmers being named to the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (NISCA) and National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) All-America Teams, in addition to over 25 swimmers and divers being named to various all-state teams. Footnotes External links Pasadena Memorial High School Maverick Football Booster Club Website Pasadena Independent School District high schools Public education in Houston Education in Pasadena, Texas Educational institutions established in 2003 2003 establishments in Texas