Saddleback High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Saddleback High School

city = Santa Ana
state = California
country = USA
colors = Green, Yellow and Silver
district = Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD)
mascot = roadrunner
grades = 9-12
established = 1967
type = Public high school
faculty = 101 "(2007)"
enrollment = 2518 "(2006-07)"
motto = Home of the Roadrunners
principal = Dr. Tracey Brennan
yearbook =
newspaper =
website = [http://www.sausd.k12.ca.us/sitemaster/SITES/Schools/High/Saddleback/saddlebackhs.htm Saddleback High School website]
address = 2802 S. Flower St.
campus = suburban
picture =

Saddleback High School is a four year secondary school located in Santa Ana, California, and is part of the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD). The school mascot is the roadrunner. The school principal is Dr. Tracey Brennan, who has served in that capacity since 2007. Saddleback High School was first established in 1967.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni from Saddleback High School include:
* Jimbeau Andrews, writer and producer of the surfing documentary, "Nihi"; [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435232/ Nihi (2003) ] ] [ [http://www.ocweekly.com/printme.php?&eid=52550 Orange County Weekly - Home ] ]
* Daniel Arreola - Sportscaster for Fox Sports International
* David Bernal (Aka David Elsewhere) - Star of commercials (Pepsi, Ipod, 7-11, and more). Appeared in the film, "You Got Served". Achieved world-wide recognition in internet clips of "Robot Dance" performed at the 2001 Kollaboration competition.
* Danny Lee Clark ("Nitro") [http://www.danclark.de] , voice and film actor, known as gladiator turn host of "American Gladiators";
* Richard Fenno - Noted Big Band and Jazz musician, composer/arranger.
* Jere Fields (Jerelyn Fields), film and television actress; [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0276270/ Jere Fields ] ]
* Steve Fryer - Sports columnist, rock critic at the Orange County Register and ocvarsity.com. [ [http://www.ocvarsity.com OCVarsity ] ]
* Tony Guerrero - Noted Jazz musician, composer, producer and writer [ [http://www.tonyguerrero.com tonyguerrero.com ] ]
* Erasmo Ramirez - Professional baseball player (pitched in the American League for the Texas Rangers)
* Richard T. Rodriguez, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English and Latina/Latino Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
* Terry Rossio, screenwriter and producer of films such as "Shrek" and "" [ [http://www.wordplayer.com/company/tr01.Rossio.Bio.html WORDPLAY/Company/Bio - Terry Rossio] ] [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744429/ Terry Rossio ] ]
* Sean Sorensen, screenwriter and film producer. Owns a production company called Popular Films.
* Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo, Spanish-media radio host. Arbriton rated No.1 Spanish language radio show on La Nueva KSCA-FM (101.9), Los Angeles.
* Mel "Meliton" Silva, Saddleback Varsity Soccer coach. Known to push his athletes to the limit. Has won various CIF championship in Soccer, X-Country, and Track And Field.2005 National recognition as the #1 Varsity team in the nation for prep school soccer teams.Was recognised by The Orange County United Way as 2006 Hispanic Influentials.Since 1989, Mel has been named Coach of the Year four times.
* Jimmy "The Titan" Ambriz, Professional MMA Fighter. Former King of the Cage Heavyweight Champion.

References

External links

* [http://www.sausd.k12.ca.us/sitemaster/SITES/Schools/High/Saddleback/saddlebackhs.htm Saddleback High School website]
* [http://www.sausd.k12.ca.us/schools/site.asp?id=50 Saddleback High profile] from the Santa Ana Unified School District
* [http://www.sausd.k12.ca.us/documents/pdfs/SARC_Reports/English_ShortV/saddleback.pdf Saddleback High Report Card]
* [http://www.sausd.k12.ca.us/ Santa Ana UNified School District website]