Tustin High

1171 El Camino Real

Tustin 92680

(714) 730-7414

* Enrollment: 1,806

* Established: 1921, retrofitted in early ‘60s

* Team name: Tillers

* Newspaper: The Broadcaster

* Principal: Larry Carlson

* Web site: https://www.tustin.k12.CA.US/ths

* Student president: Daniel Choi

* Famous alumni: Track and field Olympian Evelyn Ojeda; astronaut David Leetsma; Chicago Cub Mark Grace; Toronto Blue Jay Shawn Green; author T. Jefferson Parker; Emmy-nominated TV writer Scott Story; football Hall of Famer Jim Stephens

* Winning moments: Model United Nations team captured best delegation award in Bath, England; Tiller Trick-or-Treat; Open Forum; blood drive; Multicultural Week; Tustin relays; dance team reclaimed national champions title; Wrestlemania athletic scholarship fund-raiser; boys’ and girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IIAA playoffs; football Southern Section Division I playoffs; girls’ water polo Southern Section Division IV playoffs

* Graduation: June 18, 4 p.m., at the stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Shad Laws of Tustin

* Achievements: Earned a 4.62 weighted grade-point average; National Merit finalist; eight Advanced Placement tests; principal piccoloist for the Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra and SCSBOA All-Southern California Honor Band and Orchestra; Model United Nations; university program for High School Scholars at UC Irvine

* Connections: Marching and symphonic bands; wind ensemble; works for DSC Environmental

* Ambitions: Attend Northwestern University, majoring in engineering and applied science

* Family: “My dad is always there for me and I care for my brother more than he knows. My mother passed away in 1991.”

* Claims to fame: “Somehow managing to balance academics, music (I love Jethro Tull), DSC Environmental and sanity without destroying myself. Also restoring my beautiful red 1971 Karmann Ghia and yes, Mr. Woods, the A/C system I made can fog your breath even in the summer.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 384