University High

4771 Campus Drive

Irvine 92612

(949) 936-7600

* Enrollment: 2,324

* Established: 1970

* Team name: Trojans

* Newspaper: Sword and Shield

* Principal: Diana Schmeltzer

* Student president: Cary Levine

* Famous alumni: Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha and Tim Bob; six-time all-star National League former baseball player Tim Wallach; actor Will Ferrell of “Saturday Night Live”; soap opera actor Diego Serrano; Washington Redskin Shariar Pourdanish

* Winning moments: Academic Decathlon teams placed 14th in the county and ranked second in the Kiwanis Bowl; pep squad awarded first place at UCLA’s cheer camp; girls’ cross-country Southern Section Division I playoffs and state Division I champions; girls’ water polo Southern Section Division IV runner-up; boys’ basketball Southern Section Division IA playoffs; football Southern Section Division VI playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer Southern Section Division II playoffs; boys’ water polo Southern Section Division II playoffs; boys’ and girls’ golf championships

* Graduation: June 22, 5 p.m., at Irvine High

SENIOR STANDOUT

Shallon Lester of Irvine

* Achievements: Served as an exchange student in France for two summers; Associated Student Body vice president who organized election convention and homecoming spirit night; Winter Formal and Prom Court princess; pioneered “Come Eat Weenies Hot Dog Sale”; appeared on “Great Pretenders” show; Golden State Exam honors in U.S. history; hockey team captain; named most valuable defenseman; speaks French

* Connections: City of Irvine’s High School Youth Action Team; volunteers for Christmas in April and Red Cross blood drive

* Ambitions: Attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, majoring in speech communications “to become an actress and win an Academy Award.”

* Family: Mother is Nadine Lester; grandmother is Gig; dog is Garbo

* Claims to fame: “I’m ‘class clown’ (along with the ASB president). My ‘Saturday Night Live’ Ladies’ Man impression, my Britney Spears dance moves and my answering machine greetings are famous. I’m always the first on the dance floor and I’m always willing to show my school spirit.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 516

Shallon Lester of Irvine