Santiago High

12342 Trask Ave.

Garden Grove 92843

(714) 663-6215

* Enrollment: 1,976

* Established: 1960

* Team name: Cavaliers

* Newspaper: The New Cavalier

* Principal: Donald Wise

* Student president: Alexandra Lopez

* Valedictorian: Thang Q. Nguyen

* Famous alumnus: Former major league pitcher Burt Blyleven

* Winning moments: Newspaper cited by The Los Angeles Times; James Thomas named second leading rusher in county; girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IIAA playoffs; boys’ cross-country Southern Section Division II playoffs; football Southern Section Division IX playoffs; boys’ soccer Southern Section Division III playoffs; wrestling Southern Section playoffs

* Graduation: June 22, 3 p.m., at Garden Grove High’s stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Daniel Quach of Santa Ana

* Achievements: Co-salutatorian; National Piano Guild Award recipient for six years; Elks Club student of the month; Strawberry Festival scholarship; National Honor Society; Spanish Club president; Key Club president; yearbook editor; newspaper sports editor; speaks Vietnamese and Spanish

* Connections: Junior varsity tennis; volunteers at CHOC Walk and Casa Garcia

* Ambitions: Attend UC Irvine, majoring in computer science

* Family: Father is David Quach; mother is Lan; brother is David

* Claim to fame: “In my sophomore year, I was riding my bike to school and a car hit me. I was OK, but when I told my first-period teacher why I had to go to the nurse, she was aghast.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 406