Pacifica High

6851 Lampson Ave.

Garden Grove 92845-2297

(714) 663-6515

* Enrollment: 1,700

* Established: 1965

* Team name: Mariners

* Principal: John P. Johnson

* Student president: Tamara Ferguson

* Valedictorian: Rashi Kesarwani

* Famous alumni: Olympic silver-medalist gymnasts Michelle Dusserre and Pam Bilek; Olympic figure skater Terry Kubicka; Blue Angels pilot Kevin Lauver; Philadelphia Eagle Norm Johnson; Offspring’s Bryan “Dexter” Holland, Greg Kriesel and Kevin Wasserman

* Winning moments: Visits by U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez and state’s first lady Sharon Davis; Take a Teen to Kennedy Space Center winner Rebecca Wyrostek; boys’ and girls’ basketball playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer playoffs; boys’ and girls’ cross-country championships; football playoffs; girls’ tennis playoffs; girls’ volleyball playoffs; boys’ water polo playoffs

* In the works: Improve quad lunch area

* Graduation: 6 p.m. June 20 at Bolsa Grande High stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Vincent Fu of Garden Grove

* Achievements: Earned a 4.3 weighted grade-point average; received a Certificate of Merit for piano; wrote book, “Quote This”; named to California Scholarship Federation; Scholar Athlete; Physics Student of the Month; speaks Chinese

* Connections: Member of cross-country and tennis teams; enjoys piano, writing “the great American novel”; turning metal into gold; volunteered at libraries; Boys & Girls Club; worked at the Nebraska Book Co.

* Ambitions: Attend UCLA; “develop an all-around education”

* Family: Father is Chao; mother is Jean; sisters are Grace and Crystal

* Claim to fame: Plays a mean Chopin etude

THE SENIOR CLASS: 372