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1171 El Camino Real

Tustin 92780-4660

(714) 730-7414

* Enrollment: 1,950

* Established: 1921

* Team name: Tillers

* Principal: Larry Carlson

* Famous alumni: Track and field Olympian Evelyn Ojeda; astronaut David Leetsma; Chicago Cub first baseman Mark Grace; Dodger outfielder Shawn Green; author T. Jefferson Parker; Emmy-nominated writer Scott Story

* Winning moments: National dance team awards; Tiller Man wall; Model United Nations; boys’ and girls’ water polo playoffs; boys’ and girls’ cross-country championships; football playoffs; girls’ tennis playoffs; girls’ volleyball playoffs

* In the works: Implement Digital High School grant

* Graduation: 7 p.m. June 16 at the stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Laura Victoria Sanchez of Santa Ana

* Achievements: Earned a 3.6 grade-point average; named Associate Student Body president and prom coordinator; junior and sophomore class president; Mecha secretary; Future Leaders of America Minor Associated vice president; California Assn. of Student Leaders representative; Soroptomist Young Woman of the Month; HOBY award runner-up; SITE Council student representative; Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges student development; junior varsity soccer best defensive player; California Scholarship Federation; Honor roll; speaks Spanish

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* Connections: Member of freshman and junior varsity volleyball teams; junior varsity softball manager; volunteer mentor at A.G. Currie Middle School in Tustin; tutored at Beswick Elementary; worked at Togo’s; In-N-Out Burger

* Ambitions: Attend Loyola University New Orleans, major in liberal arts; work with minorities in the community; be the “first of my generation to attend a four-year collegeâ€

* Family: Father is Ismeal; mother is Gilda Victoria; brothers are Gerardo and Sergio

* Claim to fame: Nominated as “Miss Tillerâ€

THE SENIOR CLASS: 397

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