Santa Ana High School
Santa Ana High School is the oldest and largest high school in Orange County, California, United States. The school was established in 1889.
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• Name — Santa Ana High School • Motto — Once a Saint, Always A Saint! • Established — 1889 • Type — Public • Principal — Dr. Elizabeth Enloe • Head Label — Second Master • Head Name2 — Assistant Headmaster • Teaching Staff — 135.18 • Ratio — 23.19 • Enrollment — 3,135 (2022–23) • Grades — 9–12 • Address — 520 W. Walnut St. • City — Santa Ana • State — California • Country — United States • District — Santa Ana Unified School District • Colors — Red, white, and Columbia blue white • Mascot — Sammy & Sally Saint • Free Label — Emblem • Website — https: santaanahigh.sausd.us
Notable alumni
Notable alumni
• Daniel Antúnez, soccer player • Barry Asher, professional bowler • Tony Baxter former senior vice president of Walt Disney Imagineering and lead designer of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Star Tours, the Indiana Jones Adventure, Splash Mountain, and Journey into Imagination • Billy Bean (1964–2024), played major league baseball from 1987 through 1995; tied a major league record with four hits in his first major league game • Tony Bellamy, guitarist, member of first Native American rock band Redbone, had number-one hit in the 1970s "Come and Get Your Love" • Beverly Bivens, singer with the 1960s band We Five • Eddie Bravo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete • John Brinkerhoff, USMA '50, associate director for National Preparedness FEMA, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs DoD • Gerald P. Carr, astronaut • The Chantays, surf band, its original members: Bob Spickard, Brian Carman (co-writers of "Pipeline"), Bob Welch, Warren Waters and Rob Marshall • Placida Gardner Chesley, bacteriologist • Clifford "Gavvy" Cravath, six-time National League baseball home-run champion in the 1910s • Jeff Cravath, college football coach • Josephine Cruickshank, tennis player • Isaac Curtis, football player, Cal Berkeley and NFL Cincinnati Bengals • Don Davis, NFL player • Clancy Edwards, sprinter • Derek Fleming, featured Soul Train dancer 1980–1993 • Delfín Jaranilla, Filipino magistrate • James Kanno, first mayor of Fountain Valley, California • Diane Keaton, actress • Dana and Ginger Lamb, travel writers • Greg Louganis, Olympic gold medal diver, LGBT activist, called "the greatest American diver in Olympic history" • Larry Lutz, NFL player • Patrick McMorris, NFL safety for the Miami Dolphins • Bill Medley, singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers singing duo • Gilbert Melendez, two-time California State All-American wrestler; professional mixed martial artist; former WEC and Strikeforce Lightweight Champion, current UFC lightweight contender • Evylena Nunn Miller, painter • Donn Moomaw, football player, minister • Jim Musick, NFL player, Orange County Sheriff from 1947 to 1975 • Ken Paff, co-founder and National Organizer of Teamsters for a Democratic Union • Hal Pangle (1912–1968), NFL running back • Frostee Rucker, NFL player • Robert A. Schuller, televangelist • Chuck Smith (class of 1945), founder and pastor of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa • Milt Smith (1919–2010), football player, UCLA Bruins and Philadelphia Eagles • William Cameron Townsend, 20th-century American Christian missionary; founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators and Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL International) • Jose Vasquez, soccer player • Marvalee Hendricks Wake, evolutionary biologist • John Ward, football player • Deana L. Weibel, anthropologist and author
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- 1.National Center for Education Statistics. Santa Ana High.
- 2.Santa Ana High School. Overview.
- 3.About us / Overview.
- 4.All Teams History - April 25th - National Pastime - Baseball History.
- 5.Daniel, Heath. Greg Louganis Tells How He Went from Heartthrob to Activist with Candid New Film. Queerty. July 14, 2014.
- 6.Albano, Dan. Standout football player Patrick McMorris transfers to Santa Ana from Godinez. Orange County Register. August 8, 2018.
- 7.Gilbert Melendez Santa Ana High School wrestler. Facebook.
- 8.Gilbert Melendez UFC Bio.
- 9.Donn Moomaw.
- 10.Eddie West, "West Winds: Sports Whirligig," Santa Ana Register, January 5, 1968, p. 35.
- 11.Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. www.calvarychapelcostamesa.com.
- 12.Football Tabs: Smith to Back Up Woody Strode. Klamath Falls Evening Herald. 10. September 14, 1940.
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