Saddleback High

2802 S. Flower St.

Santa Ana 92707-3999

(714) 513-2900

* Enrollment: 3,000

* Established: 1967

* Team name: Roadrunners

* Principal: Lyn Maher

* Valedictorian: Huong Bich Le

* Famous alumnus: Deejay Ricky Fuentes

* Winning moments: Associated Student Body camp award; successful Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges accreditation process; boys’ and girls’ basketball playoffs; boys’ soccer playoffs; boys’ and girls’ water polo playoffs; postseason wrestling tournament; boys’ and girls’ cross-country championships; girls’ tennis playoffs

* In the works: Upgrade Forum theater; new marquee; more new portables

* Graduation: 4 p.m. June 14 at the Santa Ana Municipal Stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Virginia Y. Carmona of Santa Ana

* Achievements: Named Associate Student Body president; junior, sophomore and freshman class president; “I was the leader of the Class of 2000 for four years”; named SITE Council student representative; Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges Focus on Learning student member; Student of the Month; HOBY leadership ambassador; senior and junior prom princess; received Principal’s leadership award; Darrell Stillwagon spirit award; speaks Spanish; altar girl at Blessed Sacrament Church in Westminster

* Connections: Member of the Catholic Student Assn.; Key Club; French club; enjoys reading; writing short stories and poems

* Ambitions: Attend Cal State Fullerton, major in political science to become president of the United States

* Family: Father is Eli; brother is Oscar; sister is Corina; “I’m very close to my family and they come first in my life”

* Claim to fame: “I will forever be remembered as the class president who never gave up regardless of the challenges that came my way. I am a fighter!”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 494