Santa Margarita Catholic High
22062 Antonio Parkway
Rancho Santa Margarita 92688
(949) 858-3350
* Enrollment: 1,798
* Established: 1988
* Team name: Eagles
* Newspaper: Eagle Update
* Web site: https://www.smhs.org
* Principal: Merritt Hemenway
* Student president: Stacy Fikert
* Valedictorian: Brad Poon
* Famous alumnus: Soccer players Seth George, Matt Reiss, Matt Keller and Danny Sparks
* Winning moments: Steel Drum Band awards; five students named 1999 National Merit Scholar semifinalists; 53 students were 1998 Advanced Placement scholars; Merritt Hemenway chosen California State Principal of the Year by the National Assn. of Secondary School Principals; boys’ and girls’ soccer Southern Section Division III champions; football Southern Section Division VI runner-up; girls’ cross-country state Division II playoffs; boys’ and girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IIA playoffs; girls’ volleyball Southern Section Division II playoffs; girls’ water polo Southern Section Division I playoffs
* In the works: Six tennis courts
* Graduation: June 5, 10 a.m., at the Bren Events Center in Irvine
SENIOR STANDOUT
Stacy Fikert of Mission Viejo
* Achievements: Earned a 4.24 weighted grade-point average; school’s first female Associated Student Body president; Girls’ State; Southern California Youth Citizenship Seminar attendee at Pepperdine University; California Scholarship Federation; National Honor Society
* Connections: Kiwanis Club; Junior Statesmen of American; volunteers at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center’s emergency room
* Ambitions: Attend UCLA, majoring in biology. “I am hoping to pursue a career in medicine or forensics.”
* Family: Father is Ron Fikert; mother is Diane; brother is Chris
* Claim to fame: “Don’t really have one right now, but I am hoping to develop one before I head off to college.”
THE SENIOR CLASS: 371
Stacy Fikert of Mission Viejo
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