Aliso Niguel High

Aliso Niguel High

28000 Terrace View Drive

Aliso Viejo 92656

(949) 831-5590

* Enrollment: 2,300

* Established: 1993

* Team name: Wolverines

* Newspaper: The Growling Wolverine

* Principal: Steven Lawrence

* Student president: Andy Last

* Winning moments: Girls’ varsity basketball earned a share of the Pacific Coast League championship, marking a school first; players Kristin Moorhouse, Tara Mutukisna, Sarah Glass, Erin Neely and Leslie Douty named to the all-league team

* Tradition: Girls’ basketball team holds a “moonlight madness practice” in which the first practice of the year starts at midnight

* Graduation: June 16, 5:30 p.m., at the stadium

SENIOR STANDOUT

Alicia Thornton of Mission Viejo

* Achievements: Earned a 4.80 weighted grade-point average; valedictorian; Advance Placement scholar with distinction; National Merit nominee; Who’s Who Among American High School Students; Scholastic All-American; yearbook staff; Special Olympics coordinator; Adopt-A-Neighbor community outreach director; Safe Rides president

* Connections: Irvine Novaquatics swim team; Students Against Drunk Driving; works at a motor lodge

* Ambitions: Attend USC, major in business and premed; compete on swim team

* Family: Mother is Kim Thornton

* Claim to fame: Voted most likely to succeed

THE SENIOR CLASS: 518