Aliso Niguel High School

• Name — Aliso Niguel High School • State — California • Zipcode — 92656 • Country — United States • Colors — Teal, white, and black teal white black • Athletic Conference — CIF Southern Section Coast View Athletic Association • District — Capistrano Unified School District • Mascot — Wolverine • Grades — 9-12 • Established — 1993 • Type — Public high school • Teaching Staff — 117.11 (FTE) • Ratio — 22.27 • Enrollment — 2,608 (2023-2024) • Principal — Dr. Manoj Mahindrakar • Yearbook — The Legend • Newspaper — The Growling Wolverine • Website — https: alisoniguel.capousd.org/ • Address — 28000 Wolverine Way • City — Aliso Viejo • Campus — Suburban • Illustration — Aliso Niguel High School and Chet Holifield Federal Building from Hillview Park

Opening its doors in 1993 with a student body of 1600, ANHS became the fourth high school in the Capistrano Unified School District. In 1996, Aliso Niguel was selected as a California Distinguished School, the youngest school ever to be recognized as such by the State Department of Education. In 2000, Aliso Niguel High School received national recognition as a Blue Ribbon School and New American High School. In 2004, The Western Association of Schools and Colleges granted Aliso Niguel a six-year term of accreditation, which it renewed for an additional six-year period in 2010, and again in 2016.

Although the high school started small (with about 1,400 students) in their first year, the high school grew rapidly over the years, and it still continues to grow to this present day. Currently, the school has 26 portable classrooms in its southern parking lot adding to 22080 sqft, and 100 permanent classrooms. The permanent buildings are 200000 sqft forming a grand total of 222080 sqft on the campus, making Aliso the largest school in the district. The campus also includes a stadium, Wolverine Stadium, with a track and multipurpose field. Wolverine Stadium, which opened in 1994, seats 2,675 people, it includes a visitor side and a larger home side for seating.

Aliso Niguel's sports teams are known as the Wolverines and compete in the Sea View League and South Coast League of the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section. From 1998 to 2005, they were members of the Sea View League, and in the Pacific Coast League before 1998. • In 1996, the Aliso Niguel Varsity Football team went undefeated and won the CIF-SS Division VIII championship. • In 2005, The Aliso Niguel Boys Basketball team won the CIF-Southern Section Division I-A championship. • In 2012, the Aliso Niguel Girls Soccer team won the CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship. They were also named National Champions by ESPN and MaxPreps. • In 2014, the Aliso Niguel Girls Volleyball team won the CIF Southern Section championship.

• Name — Year — Description • Sasha Cohen — 2002 — Olympic silver medalist figure skate (did not graduate) • Madelyn Desiano — 2017 — Soccer player • Josh Partington — 1999 — Lead guitarist for Something Corporate • Kathryn Plummer — 2016 — Olympic silver medalist and volleyball player for NCAA Champion Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball in 2016, 2018, 2019, current pro player for Eczacıbaşı Dynavit • Sammy Jo Prudhomme — 2012 — Professional soccer player • Grant Ginder — 2001 — Author of The People We Hate at the Wedding • Michelle Giuda — 2003 — Businesswoman • Michael Roll — 2005 — Professional basketball player • Robb MacLean — 1997 — Guitar and lead vocals for Limbeck • Patrick Carrie — 1997 — Guitar and backing vocals for Limbeck • Kyla Ross — 2015 — Olympic gold medalist gymnast • Marco Morante — 1998 — Co-owner of fashion brand Marco Marco and contestant on Netflix's Next in Fashion • Blake Sabol — 2016 — MLB player for the San Francisco Giants • Skip Schumaker — 1998 — MLB outfielder and second baseman and manager of the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers • Drew Westling — 2005 — Football player • Jon Wayne Freeman — 1998 — Spokesperson for Bug-A-Salt and surfing comedian • Zaneta Wyne — 2008 — Professional soccer player • Julian Jones — 1999 — Assistant and "Babysitter to the Stars" for the Maloof Family • Nicky Youre — 2017 — Singer and songwriter • Adam Foroughi — 1998 — Co-founder and CEO of AppLovin • Eric Wagaman — 2015 — MLB player for the Miami Marlins • Joe Turpel — 1999 — Commentator for the World Surf League known as "the voice of surfing" • Rachel Wood — 2007 — Professional soccer player • Charlie Wehan — 2017 — Professional soccer player • Kyle Molnar — 2015 — Professional baseball player • Quinn Mathews — 2019 — MLB pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals • Evan Fitterer — 2019 — Professional baseball player • Cooper Flemming — 2025 — Professional baseball player • Tasha Ames — 1996 — Actress in Apple & Onion and Little Fires Everywhere

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