Santa Ana High School Explained
| Santa Ana High School |
| Motto: | Once a Saint, Always A Saint! |
| Established: | 1889 |
| Type: | Public |
| Principal: | Dr. Elizabeth Enloe |
| Head Name: | Second Master |
| Head Name2: | Assistant Headmaster |
| Teaching Staff: | 135.18 |
| Ratio: | 23.19 |
| Enrollment: | 3,135 (2022–23)[1] |
| Grades: | 9-12 |
| Streetaddress: | 520 W. Walnut St. |
| City: | Santa Ana |
| State: | California |
| Country: | United States |
| District: | Santa Ana Unified School District |
| Colors: | Red, White, and Columbia Blue |
| Mascot: | Sammy & Sally Saint |
| Free Label: | Emblem |
| Website: | Santa Ana HS |
Santa Ana High School is the oldest and largest high school in Orange County, California, United States.[2] The school was established in 1889.[3]
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. He tied a major league record with 4 hits in his first major league game.[4]
- 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, American 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[5]
- Bill Medley, singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers singing duo
- Gilbert Melendez, 2-time California State All-American wrestler;[6] professional Mixed Martial Artist; former WEC and Strikeforce Lightweight Champion, current UFC Lightweight contender[7]
- Evylena Nunn Miller, painter
- Donn Moomaw, football player, minister
- Jim Musick, NFL player, Orange County Sheriff from 1947 to 1975
- Hal Pangle (1912–1968), NFL running back[8]
- Frostee Rucker, NFL player
- Robert A. Schuller, televangelist
- Chuck Smith, class of 1945, founder and pastor of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa[9]
- Milt Smith (1919–2010), football player, UCLA Bruins and Philadelphia Eagles[10]
- William Cameron Townsend, prominent twentieth-century American Christian missionary and 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
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: Santa Ana High. National Center for Education Statistics. March 17, 2024.
- Web site: Overview. Santa Ana High School. 2008-06-22. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080527005513/http://www.sausd.us/148420122132655403/site/default.asp. 2008-05-27.
- Web site: About us / Overview.
- Web site: All Teams History - April 25th - National Pastime - Baseball History .
- News: Standout football player Patrick McMorris transfers to Santa Ana from Godinez . Orange County Register. subscription. August 8, 2018. Albano, Dan.
- Web site: Gilbert Melendez Santa Ana High School wrestler. Facebook. 2014-01-01.
- Web site: Gilbert Melendez UFC Bio. 2014-01-01.
- Eddie West, "West Winds: Sports Whirligig," Santa Ana Register, Jan. 5, 1968, p. 35.
- Web site: Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. www.calvarychapelcostamesa.com.
- News: Football Tabs: Smith to Back Up Woody Strode. Klamath Falls Evening Herald. September 14, 1940. 10. Newspapers.com. 13 June 2016.
