Laguna Hills High

25401 Paseo de Valencia

Laguna Hills 92653-5395

(949) 770-5447

* Enrollment: 1,892

* Established: 1978

* Team name: Hawks

* Principal: Frank Manzo

* Student president: Lincoln Lee

* Valedictorian: Justin Sun

* Winning moments: Academic Decathlon; Model United Nations program; boys’ basketball playoffs; Southern Section girls’ basketball champions; girls’ water polo playoffs; postseason wrestling tournament; boys’ and girls’ cross-country championships; football playoffs; girls’ tennis playoffs

* In the works: Technology upgrades; $2-million grant to meet earthquake standards; new pool equipment; air-conditioning units

* Graduation: 4 p.m. June 22 at Mission Viejo High stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Brian J. Biggott of Laguna Hills

* Achievements: Earned a 4.72 weighted grade-point average; named Associated Student Body leadership liaison to the school board; Inter-School Council of Students president; philanthropy project chairman; Model United Nations program secretariat; National Honor Society founding trustee; Seal bearer; Honor roll; Academic Excellence plaque winner; SITE Council student representative; Amnesty International secretary; Most Likely to Succeed; received Academic Decathlon program commendation, outstanding research, outstanding delegate, captain and Gavel awards

* Connections: Member of national and local chapter of American Mensa Society; Key Club; Business Society of America; creative-writing, math and Spanish clubs; baseball team; Students Against Drunk Driving; Hawk News Network; school-improvement program; literary magazine; attended “I Can Make a Difference” Conference; California School Board Assn. Leadership Conference in San Francisco; enjoys friends, “anything with wheels and/or that produces exhaust fumes”; electronics; travel; sports; food; volunteered with Laguna Hills Volunteer Days; worked as a mobile and home audio technologies consultants; computer and electronics advisor; academic tutor; Little League baseball umpire

* Ambitions: Attend Stanford University; pursue a master’s in business administration; innovate in the automobile industry as top executive; “Tenet to live by: From computers to cars, modification is the soul of perfection. As my friends and family will attest, I love to rebuild or modify everything”; continue the pursuit of enlightenment through knowledge

* Family: Father is Rob; mother is Linda; sister is Lauren Blair; Bailey is “my amazing golden retriever”

* Edict: “Give credit where credit is due, help where it is needed, love where it is lacking and always wear sunscreen”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 467