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Elijah Arroyo has a chance to make history when his name is called at the upcoming NFL Draft.

The tight end from Miami University will be the first player from Frisco Independence High School to be in the NFL. The school opened in 2014 as the seventh high school in the booming town in the northeast part of the Metroplex.

The town now has 12 high schools. Of those 12, four have had at least one player drafted:

Frisco

Frisco Liberty

Frisco Lone Star

Frisco Heritage

Arroyo was an all-district pick for the Knights in 2019 and 2020. He had 48 catches for 648 yards and 5 touchdowns as a junior — helping Independence reach the third round of the Class 5A Division I playoffs for the first time in school history.

The next year, Arroyo had a line of 31/690/13 touchdowns — an average of 22.3 yards per catch.

He was a four-star recruit based on ratings by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals. 247Sports had him as the No. 4 tight end nationally and No. 22 overall in the Lone Star State.

No. 2-ranked tight end that year was Brock Bowers, currently a tight end for the Las Vegas Raiders.

According to NFL.com, Arroyo family moved from Miami, Florida to Mexico when he was 6 years old and then moved to Texas when he was in middle school.

He had a chance to return to Florida when he committed to the Hurricanes on March 3, 2020. He had offers from a plethora of schools, including Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, TCU, Texas, USC and Texas A&M.

Arroyo also competed in track and field for the Knights. In 2020, he had a personal-best jump of 6-2 in the high jump.

In 2018, he jumped 5-6 in the event, showing a big increase in three seasons.

The 6-foot-4, 250-pounder is projected to be a mid-round pick in the NFL draft. According to a recent CBS Sports prediction, he could go to the Los Angeles Rams in the 3rd round.

Mel Kiper has him going at No. 42 to the New York Jets.

Arroyo is coming off a season where he earned second-team All-ACC honors as a redshirt junior. He had 35 catches for 590 yards and 7 touchdowns. He had a touchdown in the Pop-Tarts Bowl against Iowa State in his final game.

Between 2022 and 2023, Arroyo played only 8 total games due to injuries, which included a redshirt in 2023.

He played 12 games as a true freshman and started one game in 2021.

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Frisco – In the not so far reaches of Frisco, you’ll find a quiet street in your typical North Texas neighborhood. At one of those homes, Elizabeth Brady quietly works away at her art, while dodging smoke from her searing sketching. “I’ve always been artsy, I mean, but I have drawn and done a few things like that, but not at this level,” said Elizabeth.

Elizabeth owns the Burned Hat Co., a business she started in 2023 after discovering she had a knack for burning designs into the brims of colorful cowboy hats. “I love putting the tool to the hat and watching it burn and making the design in the hat is so gratifying to me,” said Elizabeth.

Elizabeth moved to Texas in 1989 and had a career in cosmetics when one day, everything changed. “So two and a half years ago, I was in a car accident,” said Elizabeth. “I had a young girl, 16 years old and had her driver’s license for two weeks, and she was busy on her phone and she hit me at about 45 miles an hour when I was almost at a stop in my car. Resulted in numerous herniated vertebrae and broken ribs and concussion that lasted for over seven months and still to this day still have concussion issues. If you have a concussion, anybody will tell you sound, lights, certain things just don’t do good when you’re around it. And so one of the things that the neurologist recommended was trying to find something I could kind of focus on, and that’s how Burned Hat Co. started. I started burning the hats, and I just never stopped.”

Carefully creating her designs, Elizabeth hand draws everything on her hats. “I don’t trace,” explained Elizabeth. “I just sit down with a hat and whatever comes out, comes out. I don’t really think about it. So sometimes you’ll see the same kind of design, but it’ll be a little bit different because I normally never do two hats the same.”

This painstaking work has worked miracles for Elizabeth’s recovery. “To this day, it’s like a form of therapy for me,” said Elizabeth. “I’ll sit down. Sometimes I’ll start burning at six in the morning and it’ll look up, and we’ll have burned all day long and it will feel like I just sat down. So for me, it’s a therapy. I’ve come a long way, long, long way. For the first seven months, I didn’t drive. It was difficult to walk. It was difficult to do a lot. So my son moved back in because I needed help. So it’s been a road. It’s been a road.”

The detail in Elizabeth’s work almost seems to come naturally as she progresses through a piece. “And what I do when I’m burning them is I’ll start with an initial burn, and you’ll see where it gets lighter here,” said Elizabeth. “So what’s happening is the hat’s almost, I don’t know the proper word for it, but they’ll get lighter. This is me losing my train of thought. What’s the word?”

While working on the art alleviates some of the pain and anxiety from the accident, Elizabeth still has moments where things don’t connect. “A lot of memory issues,” explained Elizabeth. “I can easily forget people. Don’t mean to. Forget names. Forget my address. My son, I’m constantly saying to him, ‘I know I’ve asked you this, but let me ask you one more time.’ And he’s good about it. He knows. He’ll be like, ‘I told you that already, mom, like 10 minutes ago. You already asked me that.’ ‘Oh, okay.’”

Despite her cognitive conundrum, creating has created an outlet that’s more than just something to do, it’s actually turned into a big business. “I can honestly say if I hadn’t gotten into a car accident and gotten brain damage, I would not have started burning,” said Elizabeth. “It’s like a superpower. Yeah, and it’s amazing because even though the accidents been so long, a lot of the concussion is still… A lot of the effects are still there. They just never cleared up. And so it really calms me. It just really makes me, when I’m focused on it’s really gratifying. Makes me feel better. I kind of found where I needed to land in a tragic way, but I found where I need to be. It’s such a good outlet. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of it.”

When you can get an amazing hat with an amazing story, it just feels different than anything you’d pull off of a rack. “One of the things I always do too, that a lot of people don’t is I always burn the bottom,” said Elizabeth. “Because when you’re wearing a hat, then you see it and then I always sign each piece.”

So if you’re in the market for a special piece of headwear that doubles as a work of art, look no further than this stop on The Texas Bucket List. “I think every single hat in here has a little bit of me in it because I put a lot of love into them,” said Elizabeth. “I really want people when they get them to realize that there was a lot of time put into them. The ones I do, I’m going to make sure the best ones I make and people really get something special that they can enjoy. That’s really important to me.”

After Karmelo Anthony’s release from jail, his family and friends have come together to launch a cool line of “FreeMelo” t-shirts with his face on them. They’re showing their love and support in the best way possible—with some trendy fashion!

But it’s not just about the fashion statement – it’s about the message. Karmelo’s family and friends believe in his innocence of the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf and want to spread awareness about his situation. And these t-shirts are the perfect way to do it. They’re a conversation starter, a way to get people talking about the case.

Anthony stands accused of fatally stabbing Frisco track star Austin Metcalf.

Anthony stabbed Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet at the David Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas, earlier this month.

Austin Metcalf is dead over an incident that is said to have been started over him telling Karmelo he needed to move out of a seated area. One officer who responded to the scene said Anthony told him unprompted, without being asked any questions about the incident, “I was protecting myself.”

When the officer advised another responding officer that he had “the alleged suspect,” Karmelo Anthony reportedly responded, “I’m not alleged; I did it.”

Family and friends of Karmelo are now promoting new shirts with his face on them and a two-word message that says, “Free Melo.”

Not only that, a website has been set up with shirts that customers can buy. Someone is certainly trying to cash in.

So, if you’re a Karmelo fan and believe in standing up for him, it’s time to grab a “FreeMelo” t-shirt. Show your support, make a statement, and look super cool while doing it. But remember, in the end, the law will stand tall in this trial.

Flip to the next page to watch the video of the “FreeMelo” t-shirts…

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FRISCO, Texas, April 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BasePoint, a leading provider of Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) for adolescents and young adults, is expanding its reach with the opening of its fourth in-person clinic in Frisco, Texas. This new location strengthens BasePoint's mission to provide best-in-class mental health treatment while continuing its statewide Virtual IOP programming to ensure accessible care across Texas.

For BasePoint Founders Roy and Blake Serpa, this expansion is deeply personal. Blake shared, "Frisco is home. I grew up in Frisco. My sister's mental health struggles also started here at age 10. By 18, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and shortly after, we lost her to suicide," said Serpa. "BasePoint was built for families who don't know where to turn but want the best possible care for their loved ones. Every decision we make is guided by one simple question: 'What would you want for your own family?'" The opening of BasePoint Frisco is a significant step toward the organization's long-term vision of improving mental health access across Texas.

"This clinic opening drives us toward our BHAG—our 'Big Hairy Audacious Goal'—of moving Texas from last place to the top five in mental health care access by 2030," Serpa added.

Expanding Access to Mental Health Care in Texas

Texas ranks among the lowest in the country for mental health care access, and BasePoint is tackling the crisis head-on by investing in high-quality treatment in one of the state's fastest growing communities.

Committed to strategic and thoughtful growth, BasePoint ensures that each expansion is supported by a strong corporate infrastructure, designed to maintain the highest standards of clinical excellence and operational efficiency. With plans to launch 2-3 new clinics in Texas metros by 2026-2027, this deliberate approach allows BasePoint to expand access to compassionate, evidence-based mental health treatment for teens and young adults.

"BasePoint is addressing Texas's current mental health crisis head-on by investing in quality PHP and IOP treatment now conveniently located in Frisco, one of Texas's fastest growing areas," said Shara McClure, BasePoint Board Member and former Divisional Vice President, Texas Health Care Delivery for Blue Cross Blue Shield. "The thriving Frisco business community should have peace of mind knowing that BasePoint is there, expanding access for their families when they need them."