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Creekview High School (Texas)

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Creekview High School is a secondary school located on Old Denton Road in Carrollton, Texas, United States.

The school is a part of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. The school's mascot is the Mustang. Creekview High School, which currently serves grades 9 through 12, opened in 1998.

Creekview's One-Act Play team won the 5A State Championship in 2001, the first UIL state championship won by the school. They have attended state competitions in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006. Creekview placed 1st Runner-Up in 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006. Several individual performances were recognized at each state meet, including two Best Actor and four Best Actress awards.

The girls' varsity soccer team won the 5A state championship in 2003. The girls' varsity soccer team again attended the state meet, but lost in 2006. The varsity football team made it to the 5A playoffs for the first time in 2001, and again in 2005.

During the years 2001-2005, Salman Mohammed (Class of 2005) became the first person from the Carrollton Farmers Branch Independent School District to win the UT Southwestern STARS Fellowship. He used the grant to conduct research in the field of otolaryngology. Mohammed is now a freshman at Johns Hopkins University studying Vocal Performance at the Peabody Conservatory and Public Health Studies with a concentration in Psychology.

On April 29, 2006, Travis Wilson (Class of 2002) became the first Creekview alumnus to be drafted to the National Football League. Wilson was drafted in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. Wilson attended the University of Oklahoma as a wide receiver.