Costa Mesa High

2650 Fairview Road

Costa Mesa 92626

(714) 424-8700

* Enrollment: 1,740

* Established: 1959

* Team name: Mustangs

* Newspaper: The Hitching Post

* Principal: Andrew Hernandez

* Student president: Galel Fajardo

* Valedictorian: Bruce Hancock

* Famous alumnus: The late Dan Quisenberry, O.C. Sports Hall of Famer, relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals

* Winning moments: Food, medicine and clothing drive for hurricane relief effort in Honduras; hosted 16 Austrian students and their teachers; planted 70 trees on campus with Re-leaf Costa Mesa; girls’ cross-country Southern Section Division IV playoffs; football Southern Section Division I playoffs; girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IIIA playoffs; girls’ tennis honored for highest team grade-point average

* Graduation: June 17, 7 p.m., at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa

SENIOR STANDOUT

Arthur LeRoy Ross of Costa Mesa

* Achievements: Lead role in spring musical; Angel City Link achiever; African-American Studies Club president; choreographer; soloist; Who’s Who Among American High School Students; Macy’s Award; medallion in performing arts; Associated Student Body assistant activities commissioner

* Connections: Madrigal choir; tap-dancer; speech team; musical theater; Spanish club; football; volunteers as a mentor with L.A. Youth professional theater and at West Valley Jewish Community Center

* Ambitions: Attend Bowling Green State University, majoring in theater with emphasis in musical theater to become a Broadway director, producer and choreographer

* Family: Father is the Rev. Arthur C. Ross; mother is Deborah Beavers Watford; stepfather is Walter T. Watford; grandparents are LeRoy and Jessie Mae Beavers

* Claim to fame: Performing in “Dr. Doolittle.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 230