University High
University High
4771 Campus Drive
Irvine 92612
(949) 854-7500
* Enrollment: 2,350
* Established: 1970
* Landmark: The Theater
* Team name: Trojans
* Newspaper: Sword and Shield
* Principal: Diana Schmeltzer
* Student president: Brooke Clayton
* Summa cum laude students (4.40 GPA or higher): Siavosh Bahrami; Sean Cheng; Kathy Huang; Geoffrey MacDonald; Jennifer Oh; Junko Ohara; Prapti Patel; Irene Pau; Jed Santamaria; Edward Sheen; Helen Shen; Joe Wen-Kai Su; Michael Sy; Xiabo Wang
* Famous alumni: Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha and Tim Bob; six-time All Star National League baseball player Tim Wallach; Will Ferrell of “Saturday Night Live”; soap opera actor Diego Serrano; Washington Redskin player Shariar Pourdanish
* Unsung hero: Joan “Mom” Schott, counseling secretary.
* Winning moments: Ranked 17th in nation by Newsweek; first place in Orange Coast College Math Meet; first place in nation in International Aviation art contest; 33 National Merit semifinalists
* Traditions: Senior Activity Day at Magic Mountain; Spirit Night
* Graduation: June 16, 5 p.m., at Irvine Stadium
SENIOR STANDOUT
Erin Hayes of Irvine
* Achievements: Earned a 4.27 weighted grade-point average; UC Davis Regents scholar; University of Notre Dame scholar; scholar athlete; Loyola Marymount University Presidential scholar; high honors; Gold State Exam awards; California Scholarship Federation seal bearer; All-Pacific Coast League most valuable player; California State Games; varsity water polo team captain; varsity letter winner and swim team captain
* Connections: Uniworld; Enigma club; German club; High Adventure club; volunteers at Hoag Hospital; UCI College of Medicine
* Ambitions: Attend UCLA, play water polo; become a firefighter or a field biologist
* Family: Parents are Michael and Laura Hayes; brother Daniel; sister Jessica
* Claim to fame: “Probably the only person who wrote about yams in a college application essay”
THE SENIOR CLASS: 550