Chicken Express honors Pittsburg’s Brian Baca, Abilene’s Ashley Pierce as Community Heroes

Male and female student-athletes that lead by example on the field of play and in the classroom can be honored as Chicken Express Community Heroes and receive scholarship money to continue their education beyond high school.

Chicken Express and Dave Campbell’s Texas Football are partnering to honor the heroes in your community. Male and female student-athletes that lead by example on the field of play and in the classroom can be honored as Chicken Express Community Heroes and receive scholarship money to continue their education beyond high school. Athletes can be nominated at TexasFootball.com/ChickenExpress.

BRIAN BACA
Pittsburg High School

It’s not often that the athletic director is the quarterbacks coach, the head football coach, and the older brother of the team’s starting quarterback but that is exactly the role Brad Baca played in his little brother, Brian’s, life this past season. According to big brother Brad, Brian came to Pittsburg High School late in his junior year and had to earn the starting quarterback spot. Coach Baca did not treat the younger Brian any differently from any of his other players. During practices and games Brian and Brad’s relationship was that of coach and quarterback. It wasn’t till they were home did they act like brothers. It was one of the most unique dynamics in all of Texas high school football this past season. Let’s not forget to mention that Brad and Brian’s dad was the defensive coordinator for the team.

Football definitely runs deep in this family. So does high character and that brings us to Brian, our male recipient of the Chicken Express community hero award for the month of April. When Brian isn’t on the field Brian is busy being a member of the national honor society, working hard to stay in the top 10% of his senior class, and founding a local chapter of FCA at his school. Outside of school you can find Brian interning at a local church and even preaching on occasion. Brian has even visited sick members of the community at the local hospital. Aside from leaving his mark on the football field he is busy leaving his mark on the community. On the field, in the class, and in the community Brian finds ways to excel. Brian hopes to coach one day and follow in his dad and brother’s footsteps. Brian will attend East Texas Baptist University in the fall and plans to study business. His older brother Brad says you can expect Brian to continue to work hard wherever he goes.