San Marcos, Texas – Texas State women's basketball signee Erin Peoples has been a finalist for the The Spirit of Arkansas McDonald's Full Court Award. The award is given to those who demonstrate outstanding characteristics in all phases of the game.

Peoples recently led her high school team, Parkview in Little Rock, Ark., to the Arkansas Class 6A State Girls' Basketball Championship. For her performance, Peoples was named State Tournament MVP, finishing with 20 points and eight rebounds and five steals in the championship game. It marked the second straight year she has led her team to the championship game, after earning runner up honors last season.

Also a nominee for the Gatorade Player of the Year, Erin was named to the 6A All-State Team according to Preps247.com along with being named First-Team All-District. She has been a three-time all-state tournament honoree in her career.

Erin will come to San Marcos this upcoming fall and will begin her playing career for the Bobcats in the 2012-13 season. Her signing this past November was one of four players Texas State committed to play their college careers. Overall the recruiting class was ranked No. 76 in the country by Dan Olson of Collegiate Girls Basketball Report Scouting Services.