Trabuco Hills High
27501 Cordova Road
Mission Viejo 92691-1098
(949) 768-1934
* Enrollment: 2,400
* Established: 1985
* Team name: Mustangs
* Principal: Ray Gatfield
* Famous alumnus: Quarterback Pat Barnes of the San Francisco 49ers
* Winning moments: Orange County Academic Decathlon; state band award; state and national color guard awards; drama program award
* In the works: Phase 4 construction
* Graduation: 6 p.m. June 22 at the stadium
SENIOR STANDOUT
Jenny Benda of Mission Viejo
* Achievements: Earned a 4.01 weighted grade-point average; named Associate Student Body president; junior class president; sophomore and freshmen class commissioner; named SITE Council student representative; California Assn. of Student Leaders; National Honor Society; French National Honor Society; California Scholarship Federation; Honor roll; Female Athlete of the Year; distinguished scholar recipient in French and athletics; soccer most valuable player and best defense; varsity track captain; junior varsity soccer and volleyball teams captain; Homecoming queen; Miss Mission Viejo; received Mission Viejo Soccer Foundation scholarship; speaks French
* Connections: Member of the International club; plays soccer for San Juan Rage; attends Saddleback Church in Lake Forest; Fellowship of Christian Athletes; enjoys snowboarding; mountain biking; worked as a swim instructor and lifeguard at the YMCA; recreation leader for elementary students; mission trip to Mexicali, Mexico, to build a church; taught children crafts
* Ambitions: Attending UC Santa Barbara, major in communications; earn master’s in education and history to become a high school activities director
* Family: Father is Jim; mother is Sharon; brothers are Billy, Beau and Jimmy; “My loving parents have always pushed me to do my best and my three great brothers always keep a smile on my faceâ€
* Claim to fame: “I say hello to everyone at school and encourage them to enjoy high school as I haveâ€
THE SENIOR CLASS: 440
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