Mater Dei High

1202 W. Edinger Ave.

Santa Ana 92707

(714) 754-7711

* Enrollment: 2,060

* Established: 1950

* Team name: Monarchs

* Newspaper: The Scarlet Scroll

* Principal: Patrick Murphy

* Student president: Lenny DeLorenzo

* Valedictorian: Lenny DeLorenzo

* Famous alumni: Singer Jennifer Warnes; Heisman Trophy winner John Huarte from Notre Dame

* Winning moments: 14th Annual Special Olympics; 25th Anniversary Senior Musical; Travis Coleman and Bryan Zech named National Merit Scholars finalists and Andrew Narver a National Merit Scholar winner; Bryan Zech received Bausch & Lomb Science and the Xerox awards; Lindsay Pavlik voted league athlete of the year; boys’ basketball state Division I runner-up; girls’ tennis Southern Section Division II champions; boys’ basketball Southern Section Division IA champions; football Southern Section Division I runner-up; girls’ basketball Southern Section Division IA playoffs; boys’ and girls’ soccer Southern Section Division II playoffs

* In the works: Mater Dei 2000 Redevelopment project; new parking lot, Chapel/Campus Ministry Center, library/science and academic complex, student activities center, athletic and gymnasium complex and performing arts center

* Graduation: May 29, 9:30 a.m., at the Bren Center in Irvine

SENIOR STANDOUT

Travis Coleman of Orange

* Achievements: Earned a 4.71 weighted grade-point average; Advanced Placement scholar; California Scholarship Federation; lettered in art; Orange County Art Exhibit honorable mention; National Art Honor Society co-president; National Art Honor Society president; Debate and Forensics secretary; Orange County Science and Engineering Fair art honorable mentions; U.S. Achievement Academy International Foreign Language award; named friendliest by classmates

* Connections: Lead in school musical, “Follies”; choreographed school productions; Christian Outreach; Campus Ministry; retreat leader; volunteers at Sacred Heart Kids Club; works at Macy’s and Vie de France; biology and geometry tutor

* Ambitions: Attend Boston College, majoring in journalism or English. “I would love to develop a career in writing or reporting.”

* Family: Father is Richard Coleman; mother is Nancy; sisters are Kimberly, Kirsten and Trayn

* Claim to fame: “I am well known for my dancing abilities. Whenever the DJ plays Michael Jackson or swing music at a school dance, everyone comes looking for me, and I love it. I can do the robot pretty well.”

THE SENIOR CLASS: 477