2022-2023 Senior Issue

BACK TO THE FUTURE

Did the class of 2023 go viral? FRESHMAN YEAR SOPHOMORE YEAR

column RYAN WEBER

A senior class typically spends four full years at their high school.

But for the Class of 2023, we had our freshman year ruined by a pandemic that claimed the lives of millions, then spent an additional year isolating ourselves from our friends and family, scared of what was in the air.

That left us with two years. Two “normal” years.

Where most seniors got rallies or dress-up days in the middle of their high school careers, we got masks and online school.

Deprived of genuine social interaction, our attempts to make it up with Zoom made us, well, weird.

“A lot I lost out on was going out with friends, social interaction,” senior Daniel Green said. “It was more talking on the phone or FaceTime rather than actual interaction.”

Near the end of the 2020-21 school year, we reached our lowest points. Bad habits from COVID remained through the staggered, half in-person schedule.

“I’d stay up all night until 7, sleep until 12, then go to school,” Green said. “It was hard to manage classes sometimes. Not that schoolwork was that hard, but the hardest part for me was just managing everything.”

With school partially in-person, a year of home isolation destroyed social lives. Some of us even experimented with less-than-ideal boredom cures. And as a result, we found unique ways to spend our time.

“It was August, I was bored, (so) I decided it was time to canoe. I couldn’t wait any longer,” senior Jatin Paniz said. “So I plopped a canoe in my pool. The canoe pretty much reached halfway to the end. I paddled my way around, but I couldn’t do circles.”

Others explored the culinary world.

“Twice a week during COVID, I would eat three blueberries covered in nutella and put them in a ginger shake,” senior Isaack Garcia said.

Even teachers couldn’t handle the online isolation.

“I lost my mind,” English teacher Thomas Smith said. “I had severe anxiety while teaching on Zoom. It almost felt like you were teaching towards a void. Before COVID, you had to calm your classes down so that you could begin. The majority of classes since COVID, you almost have to turn and get them to talk to their neighbors.”

These habits set us back in junior year, but the inperson schedule this year allowed us to bounce back quickly, revealing some benefits of COVID.

“I learned that I have to listen to people more and talk less,” senior Jake Warner said.

It’s clear now that while we didn’t begin or end high school trapped on Zoom like the classes before and after us, we lost vital events in our prime years.

“I feel like students in many ways missed out on a lot of traditional high school activities,” ASB teacher Connor Smith said. “Sports games, dress up days, dances and rallies: Those are invaluable parts of the high school experience.”

The 2019-20 school year started off strong, when a group of alien enthusiasts and insomniatic conspiracy theorists planned to invade Area 51. While things were going crazy in Nevada, TOHS filled with VSCO guys and gals, wearing pastels and clanging their hydroflasks. Other than the obnoxious ring of water bottles dropping everywhere, “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X was blasted on every phone throughout the school and The Kardashians put on a show when Kylie Jenner announced her secret baby. Moving onto things that really matter, a TOHS student went went viral for splashing around in the flooded hallways after a storm. TOHS Can’t Park was thriving, bashing the white pickup trucks that parked wherever they pleased. But just as things were getting good, Laker legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, passed in a helicopter crash and the school was sent into a depression. Then, came just in time to kick us while we were down, sending us all to our bedrooms for class. Salon stores began to make an exponential profit from people buying bleach and box dye out of boredom. Many students quickly gravitated toward TikTok which quickly became a part of their personality.

With COVID-19 still a thing, the 2020-21 school year kicked off with virtual classes and closed beaches. People tried to stay positive by posting oversaturated photos and drinking Monster Energy drinks. Cardi B released WAP, which unleashed a whole new category of TikTok dancers. We all thought Kanye West was joking about running for president until he announced his candidacy. After getting 60,000 votes, he tweetNow we have that to look forward to. The game Among Us further cured everyone’s boredom but probably contributed to a plummeting sense of humor. Then 2021 started with Olivia Rodrigo ripping everyone’s hearts out with “Drivers License.” Streaming became the new norm, and Outer Banks created a haze of bandanas and palm trees. We bonded over Elon Musk’s strange decision to name his child X-aeA-12. That kid will never hear the end of it. The Bones, No Bones pug gave everybody something to wake up to in the morning, almost like a daily Groundhog Day. The year ended with students getting back to in-person school, learning what it meant to be social again.

JUNIOR YEAR SENIOR YEAR

Once again in 2021-22, Y2K fashion continued to skyrocket through campus. Baggy jeans and chunky shoes were everywhere. To further project the love for the 2000s, #FreeBritney swept over instagram. Lil Nas X made headlines once again, but not for a hit song, as he dropped 666 pairs of “Satan” shoes, which sold out almost immediately. Sadly, “Kimye” broke up, splitting everyone into Team Kanye vs Team Kim. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard law created a feud between fans. Peo ple started ambushing each other with 0.5 photos that brought out insecuri ties that we didn’t know existed. Boba became teens’ new coffee. Charcute rie boards and butter boards excluded lactose-intolerant peo ple from all the fun. Be Real and Wordle took over cell phones and the second season of Euphoria made streaming even more of a necessity. In what some called a publicity stunt, Will Smith smacked the life out Chris Rock at the Oscars for insulting his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. School rallies went from indoor crowded and fun messes to awkward stand-andwatch parties outside. Juniors reconciled their third year with life slowly returning to a steady norm, as they braced for their senior years.

In what has been the era of everybody calling everything eras, the 2022-23 school year brought with it some normalcy The TO football team started 10-0 for the first time in history, and some might say the smoke bombs contributed to its success. There was an odd rise in gym rats around the school, slugging around gallon jugs of water and wearing YoungLA gear. Airpods went out and chunky headphones came in, damaging the generation’s hearing. Soccer star Ronaldo earned a record-breaking salary of $115 million dollars in one year alone, making people question their career choices. Beloved Queen Elizabeth passed, proving to many that she was, in fact, mortal. Hailey Beiber and Selena Gomez created a TikTok war and Rihanna revealed yet another pregnancy at the Super Bowl. Artificial Intelligence is beginning to take over the world. Even on Snapchat, people have their own AI friend, which is a perk if you’re really lonely. Taylor Swift caused chaos in fangirl world with her Eras tour, leadng people to spend over $700 on tickets. With four years of inconsistancy and what feels like a lifetime of memories under our belt, we’ll ride off into the sunset ready to take on anything, whether that’s Kanye running for president or another murderous insect.

As little as we all want to relive freshman year, here’s a flashback of the past four years of high school to put things into perspective

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it’s been real...

SENIOR STAFF

We can confidently agree that looking back four years ago none of us thought we would be sitting here, at school, cramming to finish our last issue of the Lancer. It’s almost surreal to think that so much of our four years have been defined by the countless hours we have spent in I4. Who knew that deciding to put journalism on our class schedules would have led to this; back pain, headaches, bad posture, starvation, but an overwhelming sense of upcoming pride and relief.

Most people on campus view the newspaper as something that is slightly interesting to read in class or quietly judge for the occasional typo and stretched photo. However, the vast majority of students are unaware of the extensive amount of work that goes into just one publication. Our staff sends about 50 DMs every issue, which may have annoyed some of you, to try and gather quotes.

Managing Editor

4 years

RYAN WEBER

News Editor

1 year

MICAH RODRIGUEZ

Sports Editor

2 years

BROOKELYN BONILLA

Staff Writer

2 years

JOE COSENZA

Staff Writer

1 year

We print layout after layout, resulting in almost ankle-deep piles of paper. Why we don’t have a shredder, we don’t know. Nearing the end, our school days have gone from five hours long to eight as we stay here late, gnawing on stale gum and sitting shawled in blankets (because the AC never turns off). Our hands seem glued to the keyboard and we have to remind ourselves to keep blinking. It is truly a race to the finish line.

It is now the day of our deadline. The room is doused in tension, pages are getting finalized, and we never seem to get it just right. But the imperfections and flaws have taught us more than perfection ever could.

At the end of the day, we all have something to be proud of in each issue that overrides any obstacles we faced. While this experience has no doubt been stressful and frustrating at times, looking back it was also incredibly fulfilling and rewarding.

Journalism has allowed us to have an outlet to

ONE LINE TO RULE THEM ALL

We asked seniors to tell us the first line of their favorite college essays.

“My dad would spray a can of Cool Whip in my ear when I was younger to toughen me up.”

—

Robert Svitek

“Who cares about perfection? Even the moon is not perfect, it is full of craters, the sea is incredibly beautiful but salty and dark in the depths.”

— Cassie Hill

TO THE CLASS OF 2023

pursue our individual interests while working as a team to create something that could have an impact on our community as a whole. We aren’t delusional, we know not everyone reads or cares about the newspaper.

Despite this, we still have worked our hardest to put out the best publications possible over the past few years and are grateful that our school is spirited enough and weird enough to give us great material. From our football team going undefeated in league, to people who collect the strangest things, we have never had a boring issue.

While joining journalism based on Gilmore Girls may not have been the best reason, the experience we gained from being on the Lancer staff outshines any superficial motives. As editors, we take on the unique role of being a source of information for the whole school, even though we are only students ourselves.

Even if you cannot fully understand the magic that is journalism, we hope this final issue serves as a tribute to you, the senior class, and to everything we’ve accomplished this year. The best of luck to the few who will take over our positions next year. The legacy rests in your hands.

And now that it’s over. Thank goodness. We can sleep.

It is bittersweet to write this farewell message to you. On the one hand I am thrilled to see you all head out into the world in order to pursue your dreams and ambitions. On the other hand, I am incredibly sad to see you go. I have come to know many of you well and I will be heartsick not to have you on campus next year.

You are a resilient and tough group who have learned and accomplished much in the last four years and I am incredibly proud to call you my students. I was recently asked by someone what I like most about my job. My response was, “that’s easy, the kids.” You have made my job a joy. Thank you for being who you are, thank you for being unabashed individuals, thank you for making Thousand Oaks High School such a special place where we support every Lancer, every day.

I wish you nothing but the best as you launch into your future. Do not be a stranger, you are always welcome back on campus, as you will always continue to bleed green.

HITS & MISSES

What’s up and what’s down with The Lancer? We list the hits and misses of the past 4 years.

Hit: In 2019, Disney released Disney+, kickstarting the craze of streaming services.

“Once I saw the New York Yankees win the 2009 World Series, I was hooked.”

— Micah Rodriguez

“I somehow always leave ASB with glitter on my hands.”

— Carter Supple

“On that day, I arrived to my middle school without shoes.”

— Grace Machell

“Is it up to me to break this generational curse?”

— Edith Juarez

“I do not find my creativity in art, dance, music, or literature, however, my creativity is sparked by the hot oven dinging when it is finished preheating.”

—

Jordyn Schwartz

“I tend to either overcommit or throw myself headfirst into one thing so completely that I lose any concept of time.”

— Jess Luna

“Anna Kendrick in “Pitch Perfect” was single-handedly the reason I sing.”

— Erica Datu

Miss: Kobe and Gianna Bryant died, breaking the hearts of fans across the country.

Hit: Olivia Rodrigo became the new Taylor Swift, at least for a few months.

Miss: Oprah interviewed Prince Harry and Meghan in 2021, starting the royal feud.

Hit: Top Gun: Maverick released in 2022, is still in theaters... too bad mustaches came with

Miss: We started driving just as gas soared above $6.19 per gallon. R.I.P. our wallets.

ice breakers waking up at 6:30 weird hallway smells dr. swanson’s phone policy the lunch line underclassmen AP tests annotating Dracula

WHAT WILL YOU NOT MISS?

— Principal Dr. Eric Bergmann

Parting Words After all the homework, tests and projects are done,

MR. C. SMITH

Thank you for your mentorship and friendship this year. Your passion for teaching, leadership, and your overall brilliance is inspiring and exciting for me as a student to see. Your positive impact on students is evident when their faces light up everytime they see you. Thanks for an amazing year!

— Carter Supple

MR. VERES

Thank you for everything you did this year. I had a great time in your class learning about the body and sports injuries.

— Jack O’Neill

MISS LUKES

Thank you being so chill and funny and making math actually tolerable. You’ve helped make my senior year great and I will miss you next year. I really am grateful for everything you have done for us and I have really enjoyed being in your class.

— Lauren Marco

Thank you for being the best dang history teacher at this school! Your class was always my favorite and every day I actually enjoyed learning.

— Dane Wilson

James Park

Staff Writer

Imagine this: You and your friends are starving after finishing a long day at school, and decide to get sandwiches. You walk into Sienna Deli, and are greeted by James Park and his wife, followed by a 10 percent student discount and free drinks.

Former Lancer students once had the honor of experiencing these moments, until Park sold his sandwich store two decades ago.

After filling student lives with memories for 30 years, beloved math teacher Park is in his last year before retirement. While the 2022 school year is his last, he will continue to coach for the volleyball team.

Park needed to lighten his work load, and choosing to teach instead of coaching was more work than he wanted.

“I still wanted to work with students and [coaching] was the better option,” Park said.

While Park will enjoy his upcoming free time to travel and relax, current students and Lancer alumni will forever appreciate his hard work.

Former Lancer Danni Ryan even referred to Park as “Uncle P” during her time as a player on the volleyball team.

Although she showed up to tryouts wearing regular tennis shoes, workout shorts, no knee pads and with no knowledge of the sport, Park took a chance on her, and she immediately realized that she had nothing to fear.

“Coach Park is one of the most caring,

kind and passionate people I have had the honor of playing for,” said Ryan, who graduated in 2015.

She was appointed co-captain for her senior year and was extremely grateful for everything Park had done for her.

“Coach Park saw something in me that I had yet to see myself and I will cherish every minute spent on that court with him for the rest of my life,” Ryan said.

Ryan is just one of the limitless students that holds Park close to their heart and will forever remember special moments with him.

Decades after parting from his deli, Park is now parting from calculators and equations.

As the end of his math era nears, the memories will live on as his volleyball era continues.

Thank you for everything you’ve done to help all of us in The Center throughout our time in high school, whether it be through advising us on how to best approach doing our college applications or helping us through the finish line of completing our year-long research projects. You’ve been a great advisor to have for our program, and you’ve been just a good person to know throughout these pas few defining years of school. We’ll miss having you as we head out of high school.

— Ian Kim

MR. CORBETT

I am writing to inform you that you have the most engaging, fun, and interesting history class in all of T.O. You always find the most entertaining ways to present history (I still remember the guy who was thrown out of a window into a pile of poop to start the Thirty Years War). Your disposition and love the the topic always shone through, even over Zoom, and it was always a joy to see your artifacts or hear about the seemingly endless awesome jobs you’ve had. You’re a great teacher, a great person, and a bastion of wisdom. I hope we keep talking even after I go to college!

— Ryan Weber

MRS. HURST

Thank you for creating sucha a warm, peaceful environment in your classroom. There is no class I would rather start my school day in.

— Maddie Best

MR. LEWIS

Thank you Mr. Lewis for being all of ours’ favorite teacher. You really do care about your students and make the class a fun environment to learn in. Even through all you have dealt with there has always been a smile on your face. Thanks for all you have done for us.

— Ryan Morreale

MRS. FARRELL

Thanks for teaching us about the environment queen! You show us how important it is for us to do our part to help save our planet. You make APES so fun and I love the movies we watch and coloring pages we do. I truly appreciate all that you’ve done for us and I will miss you next year! Thank you for everything!

— Thaen Anand

MCGINNIS

As much as our class disagreed with your philosophical remarks, we greatly appreciate the knowledge you provided to us. Teaching unmotivated seniors a literature course and advising their research projects seems like an impossible task, but somehow you were able to do it with us still having fun in the classroom. Thank you.

— Remington Beaudoin

MRS. CHIAPUZIO

Thank you so much for the best year ever. I hope you’re doing good and the baby is being nice. You have made such an impact on my life in the short time I’ve known you. You’ve shown me teachers are just like us (I knew already but you know what I mean lol) and you truly make an effort to be personable to us and make lifelong connections. I am SO SAD I can’t finish the year with you but I’m glad you’re putting yourself first. Thank you for everything LOVE YOU!!

— Irene M

After eleven English teachers through thirteen years of school, I can confidently say that Mr. Thomas Smith is the best teacher I’ve ever had, and has helped guide me through my high school journey. His eloquent speech style and use of body language for emphasis made lectures simple and easy to follow, which helped him perfectly prepare us for the vile machinations of the College Board’s AP Lang exam. Above all, though, he’s a mentor, and the individual level of care he takes for each of his students made everyone feel heard and cared about, even outside of his class.

— Ryan Weber

we really do like these people

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MR. T. SMITH

MRS. CHOW

MR. GEISLER

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MR. BOWLER

You are without a doubt one of the best teachers I have ever had. I truly looked forward to coming to class everyday because I knew you really cared about each and every one of your students.

I remember during our final Zoom class when I was freaking out about failing the test and you said to me: “Miranda, I have never known you to be someone to cry over math, okay? You will not fail this class.”

It’s always stuck with me. I’ll never forget it. Thank you for believing in me even when I couldn’t myself.

— Miranda Griffith

MRS. BRITT

Thank you for all your help these past years. I am so thankful for you. The school appreciates you. Keep being amazing, your hard work will pay off.

— Bella Erickson

MR. CUMMINGS

I think I can call you Brian now but it feels weird. Brian, you have been my favorite teacher for years. Even when we were in the height of annotating Hamlet, showing up to your class was the highlight of my day. You continue to be helpful even when we don’t try or give effort. It really takes a lot to do that and I can’t respect you enough for it. Thank you for all the memories. We will miss you.

— Cole Belane

MRS. SOBRINO

Thank you so much for everything you have taught me and helped me through. Your class has always been my favorite, the knowledge and life skills you have given and shared with us. You have changed my high school experience for the better, with never-ending love you have shown me and my peers.

— Marisol A.

MR. GONZALEZ

I appreciate you helping me and trying your best every day in order to help me learn Spanish.

— Quentin Chatman

COACH LEIBIN

What up coach! I appreciate an amazing season. Hopefully we stay in touch through the future. Thanks!

— Travis Endicott

MR. MAGANA

Dear Gani, thank you for opening the door for me to get into metal shop and find a career that I’m super interested in. Through your class I finally realized that I want to make the big bucks and start learning CNC matching right after high school. Thank you again.

— JT Horne

Marty Martone

the Lancers, but a handful stick out.

&Q A with departing Cody Owens

THE LANCER: What was it like to see the community get involved with our school?

They thought they would get him for one more year. One more year of compassion and time and effort and empathy, of trombones and tubas and rhythm and music.

But Martin Martone had other plans in mind.

The long-time Thousand Oaks High School Band Director chose to move up his retirement by a year, to the dismay of his beloved students.

“Everyone was really sad about it, we had kids cry, cause our seniors were really pumped to have him all four years,” senior Gurkiran Walia said. “We don’t know who’s gonna be the new band director for now. We all just wanted Marty because he has been normal for us and he takes the time to

make sure we can all keep up and move on.”

Martone first came to love music as a high school student himself under the guidance of Mr. James Crumbly, who, Martone said, “Instilled the love of musicmaking for me and all my friends.” He later graduated from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Music Education and Southern Oregon University with a Masters in Conducting.

Through his love of music, Martone said, “I was able to have individual accomplishments in music as a teenager, including playing for the 1980 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Lake Placid (New York).”

Martone arrived at Thousand Oaks at the dawn of a new millennium, after spending eight years at Bradford High School in Bradford, PA. He’d previously served as band director at Buena High in Ventura.

“When I came here in the Fall of 2000, I was amazed by the spirit and support of all administration, teachers, staff, coaches and students on our campus,” Martone said. “It was and has been an atmosphere where students are comfortable and can feel supported while that take risks in learning and performing.”

As a band director himself, that has been Martone’s greatest joy as well.

“Watching our students entertainwhether it’s here in Thousand Oaks, across the southland, across the country or overseas - I love seeing the joy on our performers’ faces just as much as the audience members,” Martone said.

He has numerous favorite moments with

In 2003, Martone took the Lancer Marching Band to the Bands of America Grand National Championships in Indianapolis, IN, as one of 94 bands in the competition, with the goal of being one of 30 bands to advance to the semifinals.

“There were 15,000 in the stadium waiting for the call of the semifinalists in random order, (and) Thousand Oaks was the last band called out,” Martone said. “We came in 23rd in the country.”

Two years later, the band returned to the same contest and earned semifinal honors once again, however it also added the Esprit de Corps award, which honors what it takes to be an outstanding band in helping and supporting all others

In 2010, the TOHS Lancer Band won the Grand Master Championship at the 2010 Fiesta Bowl in Phoenix, and just last year, the group took second place at the 2022 Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association Championships.

Now riding off into the sunset after more than two decades at TOHS and almost four decades as a band director in total, Martone is excited to get back to his own music -he plays the trombone -- and to enjoy life outside of the classroom.

“I am going to treat the next year as though it is a vacation,” Martone said. “I will start to play my trombone a lot more and, of course, I will be out on the golf course.”

OWENS: If you talked to a lot of people, they said back when TO had rough seasons, it was sparse. The Westlake and Newbury Park games this season had people standing and waiting outside just trying to get in, bleachers completely full. When the games are packed and the crowd is into it, the kids and coaching staff appreciate it when they get that immense support. We had a lot of new support this year, we were in The Acorn and other news outlets a lot, we had multiple new crews interviewing coaches and players.

THE LANCER: What was it like to witness the transformation of our football program from bad to mediocre to elite?

OWENS: It was exciting. It was fun. We had games where we had 4,500 people there and were at capacity in the stadium. It was some of the best high school game days I’ve seen, and I coached football for eight years before I became an administrator. But I’d never seen such an exciting football culture; it’s something everyone should be proud of.

THE LANCER: What will you be able to take with you to your next administration position in Sacramento?

OWENS: This was a huge learning curve for me. It was my first year as an assistant principal. The rest of the admin team was super good at guiding me through all kinds of situations this year. They trained me well for my next position.

THE LANCER: What was the most difficult part of the job?

OWENS: Management; making sure everything was ready for games to take place and make sure the athletics department was ready.

AUDREY MARTINEZ Staff Writer

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SCAN to hear Mr. Martone’s impact on Tommy Militello, TOHS Class of 2013.

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Susan Ramage

GRACE WILLAMS Co-Editor-in-Chief

Long-time Spanish teacher Susan Ramage is retiring after more than two decades at TOHS.

Ramage helped students learn the language as well as become immersed in the culture. Through her teaching of both Spanish 2 and Spanish 3, students furthered their cross-cultural understanding and communication skills.

Ramage was inspired to begin teaching after having difficulties learning the language herself.

“I try to explain grammar in a way that minimizes confusion and maximizes comprehension so that learning Spanish is easier than the way I had to learn it,” Ramage said.

While grammar is a big focus in her class, so is experiencing different aspects of Spanish culture. She would make sure to highlight important holidays, traditions and

would even bring in food for her students.

“I learned a lot in her class and one of my favorite memories was when she made us quesadillas,” senior Erin Sullivan said.

She began teaching 25 years ago and 24 of those years were spent at TOHS.

“I have loved every minute of working at TO,” Ramage said. “There has never been a day when I dreaded coming to work.”

In her retirement, she plans on continuing her side business of sewing and selling medical hats on Etsy. Her shop is called Iconicbonnet.

Ramage is also an avid traveler and often informed students about her travels to places relevant to the Spanish curriculum, such as Machu Picchu. With her added free time she plans on continuing her travels.

Through her teaching of Spanish, she has prepared many students to be successful later in life while helping them learn another language.

“Spanish is pretty much applicable in any sphere of job,” sophomore Soren

MR.

Klem said “Even if you’re not translating or something like that just being able to communicate in another language and be bilingual is useful for like any skill. ”

Current and former students use the skills they learned in her class in careers, volunteering and while on trips abroad.

“My proudest moment was when a previous student of mine emailed me from Argentina who was there as a medical volunteer and said that it was because of my classes that he learned enough to be able to use his Spanish and how happy he was to be able to use it,” Ramage said.

While learning Spanish can be a struggle for students, Ramage works to ensure her students are understanding as much as possible so they can confidently apply their foreign language skills.

“I really like Ramage because she is a great teacher and she walks us through how to do stuff,” Klem said “She truly helps us understand it before she asks us to do an assignment on something.”

MRS. ABRAMS

You are my favorite teacher. I love you so much and I will miss you so much. I’m so happy I had you my first few years of high school! Thank you for everything!

— Samantha Garcia

MRS. JEZIORSKI

Thank you for always supporting me and believing in me. You have made such a difference not just in me but to everyone. Stay cool, Mrs. J, I promise to visit.

— Emily Bromberg

Thank you for coming to this school and bringing your intellectual heavy metal vibes with you.

— Michael Nelson

MRS. BEAUDOIN

Thank you for always seeking out the best in me and pushing me to do my best. You have helped me so much -- college, emotional support and school. Although I only had you for Junior year, I will always hold you dear to my heart. You are one of the best, kindest teachers I’ve ever had and I appreciate you the most. Thank you for finding the best in me.

— Bridgette Reyes

Primero que nada, I want to thank you for all your hard work. Thank you for showing me the good sides of high school. You have inspired me to become a Spanish teacher myself. Thank you for convincing me to take AP classes and to join the Latino clubs (even though we joined late … tarde pero seguro). ¡Gracias por toda la ayuda estos últimos 4 años!

— Esmeralda Pantoja

DR.

Thanks for the econ knowledge, king.

— Regine Abunan

MRS.

I’d like to thank you for all the hard work and dedication you put towards your math classes. I was very lucky to have you as a teacher during my high school years. Please know that everything you are doing is appreciated, especially as being the advisor for the NHS and being an awesome AP Calculus teacher!

—

Marlen Pantoja

MR. HERNANDEZ

You are one of the most down to earth teachers at the school. Thank you for having lectures where you teach us real-life advice. You’re a great teacher who knows how to keep class interesting. Thanks for always engaging with me and my classmates and preparing us for what lies ahead.

— Sam Harman

MR. HERNANDEZ

Hello! Junior year your math class was very enjoyable. I learned a lot more there than any other math class I’ve ever taken. I will miss our class conversations.

— David Rios

MRS. KHUN

You’re the best person, a very good Nurse, I appreciate your hard work and thank you for having me as your T.A. You’re a good teacher!

— Jocelyn Galindo

MRS. AUSTIN

I had a great time in your class this year and I think I learned a lot. I was really happy when I found out you’d be my English teacher this year, because I thoroughly enjoyed my 10th grade English class with you. Thank you for reading all of my freewrite rants and responding with such thoughtful advice. I’m sorry I stopped showing up to the film club by the way. You’re my favorite English teacher and I promise I’ll come visit.

— Gracie Machell

MARTONE

Thank you so much for being such a great teacher all of my 4 years. Every day band class was always my favorite part of my day. Thank you so much for being such a fun teacher and giving me a love for music. Thank you also for talking me out of quitting jazz when I was a sophomore. You’re the best.

— Kyle O’Neil

MRS. BENIOFF

I liked learning in your class, you have resparked my joy for math and science. Thank you for being a very good teacher.

Thank you for everything. You definitely helped me through high school and pushed me to love English. You are one of the best teachers I’ve ever had. Thank you so much.

I have had such an amazing time in your class this year! I know we can be a bit “shy” but you still give it your all when it comes to your students. You have been so supportive throughout the whole and I couldn’t be more grateful. I will continue to practice Japanese as much as I can!

— Fredy Ibarra

— Tanya Escovedo

— Miranda Griffith

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MR. THOMAS

MRS. BASS

GRANO

SWANSON

MRS. MARTINEZ

ROND

MR.

MR. KAMM

Mr. Kamm! Thank you for keeping us on our toes with our lively and sometimes random discussions. I’m grateful that I had a teacher like you that prepared us for all situations whether that’s baking a turkey or voting. How you had the patience to handle our class, I’ll never know.

— Bella Moreno

MRS. GRANO

Even though I did badly in your class, I think that you were always so understanding and helped me. I love that you inspire more women to go into stem. It’s so sweet. You are the smartest woman I’ve ever met and so kind.

— Ella Kye

MRS.

You have been my favorite teacher

EVER. The two years that I have had you taught me so much. I will miss you so so so much. Eves la mas amable

— Dayanara Ramos

SRA. BASS

¡Gracias por todo lo que naces! Te he tenido durante los últimos dos años, y ha sido increíble.

— Pilly Portillo

SRA. RAMAGE

Thank you for being one of the best Spanish teachers I’ve ever had. Although we had some tough times, we persevered and you taught me everything I know. I will never forget your lessons and those amazing quesadillas.

— Jeanie Reed

DR. MALHOTRA

I loved all of our fun labs and getting to paint your classroom wall! You are a caring and passionate teacher who cares so much about the well being of your students. Thank you for constant dedication and mentoring, we all appreciate you!

— Ava Johnson

MRS. GLUSAC

MRS. SANTANGELO

Thank you so much for an amazing choir experience and bringing back my love for music. You’ve made such a difference in my life, and I look forward to choir every morning even if it means waking up early. I will definitely miss the early mornings with you. Thank you for everything.

— Makenzie Roberts

MR. HAAR

Oh, Abrams. You already know how much you’ve done for me the past four years. Thank you for beginning my high school experience in the best way and for finishing it somehow even better. I appreciate it all.

— Karolyn Barker

DR. SWANSON

Dr. Swanson, commonly known as Swan Dog or Doc Swan, is probably the only man in history who can explain to you how Major League Baseball created a labor union as well as explain the difference between a monopoly and an oligopoly. I will miss talking baseball and basketball with you. It will always be Nuggets for life. I can’t believe I am graduating the same year Nikola Jokic is winning a Finals MVP #gonuggs. I will miss the awkward silences and subtle head shakes when one of your jokes doesn’t land well. Thank you for everything!

— Micah Rodriguez

I know it’s been a while (I know you said I could drop by your classroom, so sorry I haven’t really been visiting), but I’d love to gift you with one last piece of my writing before I graduate. Your class was a wonderful way to start off the day last year. When I was half-asleep at 7 in the morning, your class always gave me the energy to face the rest of the day head on. Thank you for all of your support before (and after) the AP test, and thank you for being a great teacher.

— Siduri Eaton

THE LANCER: What was your proudest moment as a teacher or an administrator?

HARRISON: My proudest moments have been seeing students who struggled in their freshman year grow, move on, graduate and come back to visit. Watching them grow, succeed and help others brought me joy.

THE LANCER: Do you have any words of wisdom for us that you’d like to share?

HARRISON: From a practical point, stay out of the drama, tell the truth (it always comes out), go in-and-out of the restroom, attend class, and make good choices. More importantly, focus on yourself, be kind, surround yourself with good people, reach out for support and take advantage of help when offered, and cherish these high school years. I will always cherish mine at TOHS. And, remember . . . Ms. Harrison is always right.

Thank you for everything! You have hands-down been my favorite teacher. I loved T.A-ing for your class and talking about life with life with you. Going to miss seeing you every day! Especially thank you for letting my friends come into your classroom and letting them hang with me. You’re the best!

— Caitlyn Johnson

I truly feel like I have learned so much from you in both APUSH and AP Seminar even with our time onzZoom. You have helped my writing and research skills immensely while pushing me to work harder on my academics as a whole. I even quoted the one time in class when you randomly screamed “Cuba” in my college essays. Thank you for making a positive impact on my experience at TOHS.

— Grace Williams

MRS. CHASE

You have been one of, if not the most, influential guidance roles I’ve had the pleasure of knowing throughout my school years. You have a profound way of attracting people through your kind mannerisms, so much that my mom was talking about how much she enjoyed your company after a quick interaction. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for everything.

— Jacob Kjarval

Christina Harrison

From the moment she walked onto campus seven years ago, Assistant Principal of Attendance and Student Welfare, Christina Harrison embraced our Lancer Bleed Green spirit.

Prior to coming to TOHS, Harrison served as a US Government teacher and Assistant Principal of Athletics at Westlake High School. The transition from orange and blue to green and black would be just as difficult for any of us heading to our rival high school.

But Harrison brought a smile, her intelligence and her sense of humor to the job. We think we won her over as she quickly made her new home Lancer Way.

Now Harrison will be stepping into a new role next year at the district office where she will be the Director of Student Support Services.

“I loved being apart of the TOHS community,” Harrison said. “I will miss

daily interactions the extraordinary kids, teachers, staff that make up the TOHS community. The amazing teachers who devote themselves to our unique programs provide a place for everyone at TOHS.”

Through her role as Assistant Principal, she has worked tirelessly to ensure students are equipped to be able to reach their full potential.

“I worked to make the campus safe, get students to school, and help them make good choices.” Harrison said. “As Director of Student Support Services, I will continue to support students throughout the district.”

While we will Ms. Harrison and her contributions to TOHS, her impact will still be felt through her new position at the district office.

“She has shown tremendous support and compassion for our students,” Assistant Principal of Instruction Danielle Oliveri said. “In her new position, student across the district will now benefit from that same level of care and support.

WHAT IS

WISH? a 4.0 gpa for a little more time to meet Taylor Swift help my parents retire to be 6-ft-9

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MRS. ABRAMS

MARTINEZ

MR. STILLWELL

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with Christina Harrison &

NEXT FOUR YEARS

ANDREA BALCAN

UC San Diego

ARAN DENIS UCLA

OWEN FARKAS CO School of Mines

JEREMY FRANK

UC San Diego

DOMINIC GAGE UCLA

KAILANI HOANG UCLA

BRYCEN JERMAGIAN Cal Poly SLO

AVA JOHNSON San Diego State

MAKAILA JUNKUNC UCLA

IAN KIM UCLA

SAMUEL KNOX San Diego State

ROHITH KONETI

UC Berkeley

JULIA LIN

UC Santa Barbara

KAYLEIGH MAY MIT

ALEXANDRA MELTON UCLA

KAYLA NGUYEN UCLA

KIANNA PORTER Williams College

RILEY RAMOS UC San Diego

ERIN SULLIVAN Cal Poly SLO

GRACE WILLIAMS

Lehigh University

SARAH ZIFF Pomona College

VALEDIC

4.80 ANDREA BALCAN

ARAN DENIS OWEN FARKAS

AVA JOHNSON

MAKAILA JUNKUNC IAN KIM

KAYLA NGUYEN ELISE PARK 4.70 KIANNA PORTER

DEAR UNDERCLASSMEN... get sleep it’s okay to be alone

“move back!” -greenhole have fun while you can time flies you’ll be fine be chill get out of the golf cart’s way

VALEDICTORIANS

JEREMY FRANK

DOMINIC GAGE

KAILANI HOANG

ROHITH KONETI

JULIA LIN KAYLEIGH MAY

RILEY RAMOS

ERIN SULLIVAN

GRACE WILLIAMS

BRYCEN JERMAGIAN

4.68

SARAH ZIFF

4.82

4.72

4.76

4.79

4.66

4.72

4.81

4.76

SAMUEL KNOX

WHAT’S NEXT?

THE NEXT FOUR YEARS

What are you excited for after graduation?

Becoming an athletic trainer. I wasn’t the most athletic in eighth grade and before high school. I found an athletic trainer I consider a role model and it inspired me to become one and give back to kids who are in my position when they are younger.

- Logan Waganer

For some Lancers, the next four years will be defined by the college experience. Others are ready to enter the working world. Either way, ALL eyes are focused on the future.

I’m really looking forward to taking after my mom and doing what she does. She works in oncology and she never actually finished college, so she has been doing this for almost a year. She’s been working super hard trying to get her degree, so she inspires me.

- Marissa Maldonado.

“I’m looking forward to learning more about psychology because it’s interesting to treat people and I‘m excited to start my own business.”

I’m excited to get my own apartment; I already have a lease signed. I want to move out, be on my own, and be independent. It’s in Isla Vista. I have five roommates who I met through Instagram who are also attending SBCC. I’m also looking forward to being able to share clothes.

- Paige Whitham

I’m looking forward to learning about technology and how it affects us personally.

- John Aplacador

I want to help people in need through psychology. It’s a way for me to be fulfilled in life; having an impact on the world and helping people. My mom was a role model for me. She is very attentive to problems and a good active listener. I want to follow in her footsteps.

- Evan Anderson

- Daniel Green

What are you dreading after graduation?

I can take care of myself pretty well, but I’m just more worried about meeting new people and trying to survive.

- Jared West

Moving out of the state of California and going to my dream school University of Florida after Moorpark. I want something new, to experience what the world has to offer. Specifically the South, I also have family down there.

- Dom Lavorato

“A milestone other than graduating highschool, would probably be getting through college because that’s something that stresses me out. I’m not a school person at all.”

PROMISE YOU HOPE TO KEEP?

- Hailey Bauer

The world will be different 4 years from now in a couple of ways, I won‘t be as scared to be on my own because I will have matured. I also will not be living with my mom anymore so I will learn to understand how to keep a stable income and money management.

I want to start my own business and be my own boss. I want to own a franchise, more of a party kind of thing where I own the building and just rent it out.

- Jasmine Estale

- Isabella Ibarra

Mostly i‘m just going to go to Moorpark and try to figure out what I want to do with my life. It‘s kind of like I have so many options. I like a lot of things i just need to pick one and be good at it.

- Sophie Williams

keep it real buy a mclaren

start a famous youtube show drive the speed limit learn the spilts

be a billionaire graduate i make no promises

CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA

INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS

Asher Roemer

CALIFORNIA

LUTHERAN

UNIVERSITY

Gavin Arce

Shao Chin

Sirena Donate

Taylor Gaffney

Bailey Glass

Nadia Gomez

Brady Karsten

Katelyn McAdamRusk

Crisstal Negron

Samridhi Ojha

Bridgette Reyes

Aidyn Searway

Khadim Seck

Tyler Skellenger

Christian Teufel

Ivana Vargas

CHAPMAN

UNIVERSITY

Samuel Everlove

Andrew Garcia

Anya Spiers

CALIFORNIA STATE

UNIVERSITY

CAL POLY

HUMBOLDT

Paytonne Evans

Matilda Fitzgerald

CAL POLY POMONA

Chelsey Luc

CAL POLY SAN LUIS

OBISPO

Siduri Eaton

Brycen Jermagian

Jayden Larimer

Matthew Suban

Jordyn Schwartz

Erin Sullivan

CHANNEL ISLANDS

Estefania Acevedo

Lizbeth Beltran

Erika Datu

Dina De La TorreMartinez

Miranda Griffith

Felipe Jimenez

Estefany Martinez

Nicole Romero

Jeffrey Sarmiento

Axel SorianoMarquez

Eric Stuver

Oliviah Weissman

CHICO

Aidan Bagwell

Matthew Bridges

Amanda Stevens

FULLERTON

Regine Abunan

Paul Barros

Devyn Wagner

LONG BEACH

Bella Erickson

Indigo Jacobs

Marlen Pantoja

Jeanie Reed

FIDM

Alyson Payton

LAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

Sydney Grecian

Hannah Kjarval

Sabrina Silva

LOYOLA

MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY

Mario Cano

Jake Funaki

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY

Joseph Cosenza

Taylor de Bruyn

POMONA COLLEGE

Sarah Ziff

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

Tyler Neumann

WESTMONT COLLEGE

Avery Inman

Grant Rodriguez

NORTHRIDGE

Jayden Escover

Zander Garcia

Adam Holder

Yahaira Vasquez

Nicholas Wu

SACRAMENTO

Ella Wauchope

SAN DIEGO

Joseph Edington

Ava Johnson

Samuel Knox

Lauren Marco

Samuel Shapiro

Justin Tushla

SAN FRANCISCO

Isaack Garcia

SAN JOSE

Quentin Chatman

SAN MARCOS

Gavin McCormick

SONOMA

TRAIL TO TO

LOS ANGELES

Aran Denis

Mason Funaki

Dominic Gage

Kailani Hoang

Makaila Junkunc

Ian Kim

Gabriella Lopez

Alexandra Melton

Kayla Nguyen

Charlie Updegraff

Logan Wagener

MERCED

Ian DeMaggio

RIVERSIDE

ALABAMA

AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Remington Beaudoin COLORADO

ARIZONA

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES

Owen Farkas

COLORADO STATE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Cole Belavic BERKELEY

Rohith Koneti

Carter Supple

DAVIS

Andrew Arambula

Ryan Weber

IRVINE

Esmeralda Pantoja

Christian Pisa

Rithik Selvan

Rajendra-Janarthanan

Baptiste Garderes

SAN DIEGO

Andrea Balcan

Alexandra Farfaras

Jeremy Frank

Iris Liu

Kayla Nguyen

Riley Joseph Ramos

Soleil Schneiter-Nerdin

Niah Vasquez

SANTA BARBARA

Noya Drori

Pyrce Edwards

Julia Lin

Elise Park

SANTA CRUZ

Alyssa Bettendorf

Natalie Martinez

Hunter Pettus

Lucas Shin

Savannah Solis

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Camden Hill

Lucas Keeler

GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY

Jaden Cox

Brady Francisco

Kylie Kolkowski

NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY

Juan Carlos Bautista

Brayden Kiszczak

Markus Kiszczak

Gabriel Moreno

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Charlotte Fetch

Jake Barlow

Roman Connolly

Charley Crispin

Andrew Shuberg

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER

Evan Anderson

David De Higes

Katelyn McKeirnan

Ryan Morreale

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO

Andelyn Arellano

CONNECTICUT

TRINITY COLLEGE

Robert Switek

FLORIDA

RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

Giovanni Nobile

HAWAII

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, MANOA

Jacob Paulsen

IDAHO

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY

Gianna Magruder

Chase Martin

Tyler Miller

Henry Johnson

ILLINOIS

AURORA UNIVERSITY

Dre Bolte

COLUMBIA COLLEGE

CHICAGO

Nicolas LaSalle

Dylan Laurent

TOMORROW

teaches you a lot about your destination. —champagnepapi

PENNSYLVANIA

LAFAYETTE UNIVERSITY

Madeline Convy

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

Grace Williams

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Elise Michael

RHODE ISLAND

MONTANA

MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY

Milo Boulton

Jacob Warner

NEBRASKA

CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY

Sophia Reichenberger

NEW YORK

BARD COLLEGE

Evan Landsman

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Abigail Coleman

NORTH DAKOTA

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH

DAKOTA

Jatin Paniz

OHIO

CASE WESTERN

INDIANA

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Ben Young

PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Alexander Dawson

MASSACHUSETTS

BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Ole Nagorsen

MASSACHUSETTS

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Kayleigh May

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Evan Jiang

Ella Kye

WILLIAMS COLLEGE

Kiana Porter

MICHIGAN

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Danica Nelson

MISSISSIPPI

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI

Caitlyn Johnson

RESERVE UNIVERSITY

Nikita Rammohan

OBERLIN COLLEGE

Micah Rodriguez

UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT UNION

Nathan Echegaray

OREGON

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Kealani Kirby

Amanda Mayling

UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND

Victoria Vanderlip

LEWIS AND CLARK

Eli Steinhaus

BRYANT UNIVERSITY

William Halub

TEXAS

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

Chase Thomas

UTAH

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

Dylan Brabant

Carter Cann

Cole Caudill

Cy Mitchell

Victoria Pisa

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

Landon Saltzberg

INTERNATIONAL

GRENAA GYMNASIUM, DENMARK

Isaiah Jones

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

Sarah Guerette

UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE, SCOTLAND

Nicholas Portereiko

LUDWIG MAXIMILIAN UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH, GERMANY

Pascal Hubner

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, ENGLAND

Grace Machell

THE CLASS OF 2023

443 STUDENTS

1 HIGH SCHOOL 111 DESTINATIONS

BY THE NUMB3RS

POLLED

What are the top 6 colleges attended by the class of 2023?

CUESTA COLLEGE

Samuel Harman

Isabella Moreno

MOORPARK COLLEGE

Anakaren Acevedo-Garay

Arash Aframian

Max Allen

Thaen-Mozhi Anand

Dalena Ancona

John Dave Aplacador

Matthew Aulestia

Marisol Avalos

Jimmy Ayala

Adrian Bairian

Andrew Banuelos

Karolyn Barker

Hailey Bauer

Andrew Bergholtz

Hazael Bernal

Cole Blommer

Mason Boals

Brookelyn Bonilla

Mia Bosse

Emily Bromberg

Josue Calam

Bryant Carey

Marlyn Castaneda

Kimberly Castaneda

Kanyen Chan

Jose Chavez Zavala

Tate Combs

Joseph Cooper

Daniel Costumbre

Jake Crandall

Jesus Cruz-Pina

Kristina Cuthbert

Daniel Darwin

Aldredo De La Torre-Martinez

Nishant Desai

Stella Dinkel

Eliel Escobar

Jasmine Estala

Emily Flores

Ethan Fox

Jocelyn Galindo

Shaun Gallup

Travis Galvez

Karla Garcia

Samantha Garcia

Ava Geary

Jack Geary

Jacob Gharibian

Joshua Gonzalez

Ruben Gonzalez

Daniel Green

Tabitha Greene

Alyssa Gutierrez

Sara Guy

Trinitee Hall-Taoai

Luke Hamper

Sophia Harto

Trevor Helton

Amelie Hengst

Alejandra Hernandez-Palafox

Allison Hidalgo

Mia Hodges

Fredy Ibarra

Isabella Ibarra

Olivia Jewett

Vanessa Jones

Edith Juarez

Melannie Juarez Flores

Devin Junsay

Marelyn Karl

Crystal Keeler

Taha Khambati

Skyla Kritzer

Tressa Kvarda

Domenic Lavorato

Sarah Leonhardt

Jacob Levin

Dylan Lidman

Alexander Lieb

Tyler Linville

Jess Luna

Angela Maiorca

Rayan Majdoub

Marissa Maldonado

Julia Markolt

Isabella Martinez

Evan Marton

Sofia Mata Baltierra

Delayni Matias

Christopher Mazariego

Moray McBride

Sienna McComb

Mescellaneous McGovern

Alexis McKeirnan

Colin McKenna

Emily Mena

Joshua Mendez

Irene Meredith

Willie Monfore

Thomas Mueller

Mason Mueller

Mohd Ibrahim Naimi

Steven Neibert

Sofia Niazi

Molly Norton

Jack O’Neill

Kyle O’Neill

Alexander Olin

Kyla Orozco Ordonez

Jose Ortiz Del Cid

Jose Ortiz Vasquez

Adrian Osegueda

Emma Patterson

Alexander Payne

Brandon Payne

Kellie Pearce

Jesse Pineda

John Pineda

Matthew Platon

Pillysophia Portillo

Alyson Prosser

Brianna Purmer

Dayanara Ramos

William Ramos-Cabrera

Michael Josue Rapalo

Alvarado

Kaleb Rassel

David Rios

Jeffrey Rivera

MaKenzie Roberts

Logan Robidoux

Angelina Rodriguez

Brandon Rodriguez

Oscar Rodriguez

Gavin Saint

Diego Salas

Christopher Salazar Barrera

Gavin Sandoval

Alejandro Santos

Monserrat Saucedo

Matthew Sloan

Justin Sorrell

Samantha Sturges

Mathew Tacen

Max Teplinsky

Sydney Thatcher

Cole Trentacosta

John Tseng-Burrows

Hernan Victoria

Adam Weinstein

Sophie Williams

Reese Worthy

Zoe Wynne-Rose

Stephen Zuniga

ORANGE COAST COLLEGE

Bryan Perez-Hernandez OXNARD COLLEGE

Ian Burr

Kyler Cosgrove

Tamya Escovedo

Bryce O’Neill

Jose Serrano

Jacob Tischhauser

SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

Marley Buth

Daniela De Souza Ferreyra

Logan Finestone

Ryan Hamsher

Brianna Hill

Michael Nelson

Josh Tolman

Paige Witham

SANTA MONICA CITY COLLEGE

Kailani Anderson

Madison Bart VENTURA COLLEGE

Elle Baker

Travis Endicott

Hunter Kershaw

Paige LeBaron

Victor Ramirez

Alondra Rodriguez

CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION WORK

FLIGHT SCHOOL

Tucker Freid

HIGH DESERT MEDICAL COLLEGE

Bella Lara

LA TRADE TECHNICAL COLLEGE

Jesus Felipe

LU ROSS ACADEMY

Graciela-Castanon-Campa

Zoey Delgado

SIMI INSTITUTE FOR CAREERS AND EDUCATION

Savannah Marino

MILITARY CONEJO OAKS ACADEMY MISSION TRIP GAP YEAR

Alex Ferreras

Rosanabhetty Perez

Avyay Poola

Aidan Shechter

Ethan Zhang

Faith Corral

Angelina Cruz

Alex Gentry

Elysabeth Gonzalez

Mia Greenidge

Daisy Fischer

Ian Korb

Dylan Morehouse

ARMY

Adam Cholody

AIR FORCE

Mateo Visage

US MERCHANT

MARINE ACADEMY

Justin Lyon

Nathan Burrows

Dane Wilson

Cristian Avalos

Gavin Bondurant

Tanner Cardenas

Brenda Chamul

David Garcia

Gelber Garcia

Julian Gonzales

Jonathon Horne

Jacob Kjarval

Drake Medrano

Jacob Munoz

Aurora Nitsche

FUN THE SUN without

Despite the cool temperatures and overcast skies, five busloads of seniors filled Vasa Park on Wednesday, May 31. Activities included a water slide and Alpine slide, but the picnic proved to be a throwback to simpler times of days spent playing in the park.

PASS SET SPLASH —

(Above)

Garcia slides into the pool from the 274 -foot long water slide, a key feature of Vasa Park.

Ava Johnson passes a volleyball while peppering with Kailani Hoang and Kayleigh May (not pictured).

IF I COULD BE A FRESHMAN I’D... join ASB get rid of my side part learn from upperclassmen relive it cause we were online have more fun

SPORTY STUDENTS —

(Left) Emma Patterson works on her ping pong skills while playing with friends. (Below) Dane Wilson breaks up a pass to Chase Martin during a friendly one-onone.

Isaack

(Right)

BOUNCE AROUND — Dylan Brabant takes a swing at the spikeball towards opposing teammates Cole Caudill (left) and Logan Wagener (center).

SENIOR SUPERLATIVES: WHO’S MOST likely TO...?

Who has the best smile and the best hair? Who is class clown and best dressed? TO seniors cast their votes and the Lancers tallied them. Don’t blame us!

most likely to win the Hunger Games

most likely to crash on your couch

Andrew Arambula and Ella Kye best smile

Ian Korb and Emily Mena

Carter Supple and Sarah Ziff

hair Indigo Jacobs and Lucas Shin

Cassie Hill

Rohith Koneti

Gianna Magruder

cutest couple that never happened

Jeremy Frank and Kayleigh May

Kayenne Grecian future high school sweethearts

Andelyn Arellano and Andrew Schuberg

Jasmine Estala and Bryant Carey class clown

Isaack Garcia and Alyssa Bettendorf

Evan Jiang and Sienna McComb

Thaen Anand and Robert Svitek

Senior CLASS OF 2023 LEADERS

CARTER SUPPLE

Whether in the classroom or across campus in any number of school activities, a handful of seniors chose to rise to the occasion in leadership roles. Their impacts will be remembered at TO long after they graduate.

Every person you ask about Carter Supple would say the same thing: That he is one of the most extroverted and outgoing people that you will ever meet. As ASB president this year and throughout his previous three years in ASB, he has been the catalyst for nearly all school events that students actually liked. Beyond ASB it is also clear that he has a real love for our school and its students through his four year involvement in soccer, participation in countless clubs, and his commitment to legitimately take every AP class to ever exist (even AP French for some reason). Carter Supple is not only one of the best students at our school but one of the best members of our school communitym, and one of the best examples of balancing the social and academic aspects that come with being an exemplary student leader for our school.

– Ole Nagorsen

KAYLA NGUYEN

What can I say about Kayla Nguyen? Kayla likes the yellow Starbursts the most, and the lemon-scented soaps at Bath and Body Works. She let me borrow her gel pens in the seventh grade, and it feels like she’s had the same ones ever since. Every. Color. Ever. She freaks out over due dates, even though she’s usually ahead of everyone else. She checks her school emails even when she’s out sick that day. Kayla Nguyen is quiet at times, but I don’t think her mind ever really is. Sometimes I don’t hear from her for weeks, and when I see her again, it’s like no time has passed. She is consistent. She’s been a stranger at times, a coworker at others, and somehow, my best friend too. She’s a leader, always has been. Kayla knows how to walk into a mess, and make something useful out of it. Kayla is probably the only person I know who is always on time. She is all the things students long to be labeled: smart, organized, studious and trustworthy. She’s also the only person I might just pick out the yellow Starbursts for.

– Sirena Donate

MARIO CANO

I’ve known Mario Cano since sixth grade and ever since then he’s constantly impressed me. He was a gangly queer, Hispanic kid in a majorly white Catholic school, and he’s one of the smartest kids I’ve ever met. Committing himself to ASB in which he and a few others practically carry the whole program on their own, dance which he continued to excel in, and all of the AP classes he’s taken on. The Mario Cano that inspires me is the one that I play DND with sporadically. The Mario Cano that I love is saved in pictures, where you can hear four squeaky voices from a time long passed all yelling and laughing with each other. He is such a genuine person who puts his whole heart into everything that he loves. The amount of times this year I’ve seen him upset because he knows that the school could do better for its students is truly telling of his character.

– Mescellaneous McGovern

GRACE WILLIAMS

Of all the people I have met in my four years at Thousand Oaks High School, Grace Williams is a standout. She is a person who, years from now, will be someone I can say truly touched my life. I have not only learned about Grace’s irrational fear of being late and her extreme speeding tendencies, but how trustworthy and dependable she truly is. Grace not only plays a major role in my life, but a major role in the environment at Thousand Oaks High School from becoming Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Lancer Newspaper and MVP for Varsity Girls Golf. Outside of Grace’s hard work contributing to TOHS and the community as a whole, Grace has strong ambitions to change the world. For most people, I would definitely doubt their ability with such ambitions as most people may lose sight of their goals, but I have the utmost confidence that Grace will do whatever she puts her mind to. I have no doubt in my mind that she will continue to make a positive impact at Lehigh in the fall.

– Jayden Larimer

REMINGTON BEAUDOIN

I have known Remington since our freshman year, and throughout the years, her energy and spirit have consistently impressed me. Whether through her involvement in The Center and Journalism or her role as a Green Hole leader, Remington dedicates significant time to improving our school campus and making it more enjoyable. We all love her. Her passion for the Green Hole is shown through her diligent work editing posts for the Instagram account and coordinating tailgates and game themes. Whenever she sets her mind and heart on something, she always delivers. In addition to her leadership on campus, Remington is also an amazing friend. I will forever treasure the memorable moments and laughs we have shared. With her excellent leadership abilities, I have no doubt that Remington will go on to achieve great things.

– Kailani Hoang

SARAH ZIFF

Sarah Ziff is remarkable, positively impacting everyone she meets. Upon witnessing my struggle to manage some of my classes, she immediately offered her help and contact information. While this was only our second encounter, she was so compassionate. Thus, this act of kindness marked the beginning of our friendship and gave me a glimpse into her caring and dedicated nature. As a senior leader, she has done so much for us in countless ways, inspiring us to reach our potential and make a tangible difference on campus and in our community. Through yearbook, she has become the recorder of our community with each photo she takes, caption she writes, and design she crafts. She comes forward with optimism and perseverance to make her commitment a success. With a soft leadership, she leads by example. Sarah’s levelheadedness along with her dedication, has made her a role model and leader for everyone fortunate enough to know her. I am honored to call her my friend and to have her in my life.

– Anya Shah

senior leaders’ SOAPBOX

I bet I have spent more time on this campus than any other student. #mtvcribs

– Remi Beaudoin ”

Getting through TO hallways is like playing frogger. #plzwalkfaster

#golfcartvictim – Mario Cano ”

I bet I have spent more time on this campus than any other student. Especially Remi. – Carter Supple ”

If I could, i’d name this year “things I never thought would happen.”

– Kayla Nguyen ” Hannah Montana once said “Nobody’s Perfect,” but here I am. #Kachow – Grace Williams ”

#unexpected

JOURNALISM CO-EIC GRACE WILLIAMS JOURNALISM CO-EIC REMINGTON BEAUDOIN

ASB PRESIDENT CARTER SUPPLE

ASB VICE PRESIDENT MARIO CANO

YEARBOOK CO-EIC KAYLA NGUYEN

YEARBOOK CO-EIC SARAH ZIFF

I’m spiderman, except with great power comes great responsibility.

– Sarah Ziff ”

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Gold Refractor

IN THE CARDS

It is July 17, 2022, and TO senior Evan Marton returns to his Dallas hotel room after a night of partying, stress and negotiations. He carries with him two briefcases and empties his haul onto his bed. Staring back up at him is nearly six figures in cash, along with his heroes: Kobe Bryant and Lebron James, Mike Trout and Tom Brady.

Expensive rookie cards of the sporting world’s greatest legends are sprawled out on his hotel bed.

He looks down and gulps.

“Someone at this age should not be having this much money in front of him,” Marton said. “It’s super exciting, my heart rate speeds up.”

How did he get here?

Marton’s journey started in the early 2010s at his uncle’s house in Colorado. They opened what were then expensive boxes of some of the best sports card products on the market. They kept all of their cards, some worth a lot of money, even a decade ago.

But what started as a fun hobby soon turned into a serious business.

In early 2020, when COVID-19 stay-at-home orders were in full force and stimulus checks were putting cash directly in people’s pockets, some looked for a new way to spend their money. Nobody could travel nor buy tickets to a sporting event nor even go to their local coffee shop. Instead, thousands of people decided to buy sports cards. The market exploded.

“During COVID-19, the market got boosted and everything went insane,” Marton said. “I realized I had high-end cards that should not just be laying around. There was a lot of money in the market and I was able to take advantage of it.”

Having more people in the market did not equal free money. However, it did equal opportunity.

Initially, he was able to sell some of the cards he had acquired through the years. Then he started buying, selling and trading off his new-found fortune.

For Marton, it comes down to basic math.

“I want to pay 60-to-70 percent of what the card is

worth and I want to sell it for someone from 85-to95 percent,” Marton said. “That’s where you make a good amount of profit. On a $50,000 card that (can be a) $15,000 profit.”

The card shows Marton attends -- like the busy Dallas show from last July -- are a marathon, not a sprint. Lasting Thursday through Sunday, sometimes the biggest deals happen on Sunday night.

“Thursday is a dealer-only day,” he said. “You scout to see what you want. You prepare to make a long-term investment or short-term flip. Friday is open to the public but it’s also negotiation day. Sometimes it takes a couple of days to talk to someone down.”

Prices on cards are volatile, and the market has cooled down since the pandemic-fueled hysteria. But even now, if something major happens to a player in the media, for better or worse, the market for their card can change.

When NBA Hall-of-Famer Bill Russell passed away last July, Marton wanted to buy before prices skyrocketed. He attended a card show soon after Russell’s passing and quickly spotted one of his top cards.

“The seller wouldn’t budge until the last day; Sunday, he moved (on it),” Marton said. “Sunday is make-or-break for dealers. If they haven’t sold anything, they are going to want to work with you to cover their trip fee and come home with a profit. I talked him down about $20,000 on the Russell card and finally got it.”

Those who know Marton best are not surprised by his wheeling-and-dealing.

“His collection is massive,” said senior Lucas Keeler, a close friend of Marton’s. “He will leave to go to a show for four days and come back with hundreds of cards.”

Marton is not sure where his card journey will go in the coming years; he plans on attending Moorpark College for two years before transferring to UCLA to study business marketing.

“Selling cards is a whole game,” Marton said. “Super fun, though.”

DESAI & EVAN ANDERSON band members

Other than coming out with an album, Nest is also trying to get their songs available for streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.

Starting a band senior year of high school, while trying to balance school and making music, is not an easy task.

But for the members of Nest - started by drummer Nishant Desai and bassist Evan Anderson along with lead singer and TOHS class of ‘21 graduate Nick Ditto -- it has become a major passion.

And now, the band is coming out with its first album, which will feature 12 songs.

Their process is actually pretty simple.

“We just come up with a random idea, we mess around and find something that sounds good and build off of that until we have a full song,” Anderson said.

Added Desai: “We come up with the music first and we just kinda jam over anything and see what sounds good. After we get the music down, we try to come up with a meaningful thing that’s a part of our lives for the lyrics, so that it’s not random. We try to make it kinda relatable.”

So far, their sound has resonated locally.

Nest has had many performances since they started their band, including a big gig at Conejo Valley Days last year. The band has also performed at numerous breweries in Thousand Oaks.

“My goals for this band are to record and release an album, which we are currently in the process of doing, and turn that and playing shows into a full-time gig,” Ditto said.

Even while balancing classes and testing and college decisions, it is impressive that they can make music while being able to balance it with school.

For Desai, it is a product of years of practice and study, after he started playing music when he was around 6 years old.

“I think I grew up with music around me,” Desai said. “My dad used to play Metallica, so I was 6 years old and listening to rock music and I thought the drums were sick.”

Now that they’re on the way to completing their first record, the members of Nest are hoping the name sticks.

“It was actually (Ditto’s) idea,” Desai said. “He was really tired one day, and he saw a bird’s nest out in a tree, and he was like, ‘Dude, it should be called ‘Nest.’ The meaning behind it is that all of our ideas came out of something that’s not super well-kempt. It’s not a chest or a nice storage box. It’s got branches and it’s all random.”

ROCKING OUT — Members of the band Nest perform at Westlake Village eatery Naughty Pine Brewing.

RILEY KEELER Staff Writer

MICAH RODRIGUEZ Sports Editor

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JOE COSENZA Staff Writer

Margaret Dowling played the piano almost daily, but she made sure she always played when her grandson came over.

At the time, senior drum major Chase Thomas did not realize how much these seemingly small moments would impact his life.

More than a decade later, Thomas still holds his grandma close.

“I still think about her every time I play,” Thomas said. “It’s a big motivating factor for me. Remembering how much she wanted me to enjoy music.”

Although he was introduced to music at a very young age by his grandma, Thomas did not join the band until seventh grade.

“I never took a liking to it until middle school,” Thomas said. “Some of my friends, who all ended up quitting, started in sixth grade. I joined in seventh grade; I got into a bunch of instruments and realized I was okay and kept playing.”

Thomas’s path in high school was not always easy.

Freshman year, he was involved in an incident that resulted in him being unable to play in the band.

Shortly after, the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and Thomas, like the rest of the world, was forced to stay home. While stirring in his room, he rediscovered his love for music.

Thomas looked to upperclassmen Jackson Waters and Sean Harbour for guidance, who now attend NYU and USC, respectively.

EVERY LANCER HAS A STORY Chase Thomas

“Freshman year I saw the path of the people that were in my position now,” Thomas said. “Jackson Waters and Sean Harbour impacted me heavily. I thought if I could become like them I could be more successful.”

Thomas primarily plays the euphonium, a brass instrument in the tuba family, but his impact is more than being an elite musician.

“Leadership and musical technicality are where he excels,” junior drum major Olivia Barber said. “He’s an incredible musician. He plays many instruments, and I know he’s going to be successful in the field.”

Thomas will be attending the University of North Texas to study music education and hopes to be a college music professor in the future.

water ASSASSINS

GRACE WILLIAMS Co-Editor-in-Chief

For TOHS students, spring often brings AP testing and decisions about the future. But for more than 200 seniors, it also means the beginning of Water Assassins.

Senior Mason Muller emerged victorious in a final showdown with second-place finisher Travis Endicott.

“After first round we thought we were done, and we wanted to quit but a couple weeks ago we realized we could actually go all the way,” Muller said.

Water assasains often takes a lot of time and effort combined with a little bit of luck.

CHASE THOMAS

Coleman ready for next act

FAITH YOON Staff Writer

It’s one minute until show time. Actresses and actors recite their lines, praying they don’t forget. Voices warm up in the background. Throats are cleared one last time. The audience applauds as the curtains begin to rise, and senior Abigail Coleman flips a switch.

Suddenly, Coleman is no longer herself, as she embodies her character. Everything she’s ever known about herself slowly slips away, overtaken by her character, her new temporary identity.

This is it. This is the feeling. This is the moment that Abigail Coleman loves most about acting.

Senior Lancer Abigail Coleman is New York University-bound in just a few months to study acting and further her career. At NYU, she has decided to take two years of film acting, and then theater for the following two years, while working on her vocals on the side.

The senior always loved performing as a child and tried to participate in any performance opportunity, whether it was dancing, singing or acting.

“I definitely was never a fan of the 9-to-5 type of thing; I always wanted to do acting,” Coleman said. As she tried different forms of acting, she has chosen to do both film and theater.

Having played roles in “Legally Blonde the Musical”, “Rent the Musical”, “West Side Story” and more, the hard work she has put in starting at a young age is paying off.

While many of her classmates would feel queasy if they were to perform in front of an audience, auditioning for roles has become second nature to Coleman, and she is looking forward to working harder and taking the right steps to improve.

“It’s definitely very nerve-wracking to move from the suburbs to the big city,” Coleman said. “It’s just a whole other playground. It’s so stressful, but I’m very excited and I know there will be a lot of setbacks, but that will push me to learn more.”

The senior feels she is rarely satisfied with her work, so she anticipates the rigorous program of NYU to continue growing.

Acting as a career is generally perceived as an ‘easy’ choice, however, Coleman knows that a lot of effort is required to be successful in the industry, especially when first starting out.

“I moved out to California and started doing a lot more performance things but I was really bad so I didn’t get into anything,” Coleman said. “Then I did a lot of training and now I’m actually working.”

While acting is often seen as simply a fun activity and career, it can provide real-world insights into others around you as well.

“It just gives you a sense of empathy and understanding for other people that you wouldn’t have had before,” Coleman said. “You actually have to put yourself into somebody else’s shoes.”

The upcoming actress appreciates this aspect of playing different roles and characters as it teaches her emotional intelligence and gives her a well-rounded sense of the world as she graduates into adulthood.

“We didn’t really havfe a strategy we kind of just hoped,” Muller said. “We just lived our daily lives and if we saw one of our targets then of course we would go for them.”

The game was simple enough: Each of the 40 teams has five or six players, with the goal to eliminate other players by hitting them with water, typically from a water gun.

With an entry cost of $10 per player and a total prize pool of nearly $2,000, the goal is to be the last team standing.

Since its inception at TO in 2015, the game has been highly regulated, with a registration form required back in early February, when this year’s event began.

The game is not affiliated with the high school, so student volunteer commissioners seniors Lauren Marco, Tressa Kvarda and Sophia Reichenburger have been in charge.

“My parents weren’t going to let me play, so being commissioner was the only way I could do anything related to the game,” Marco said.

Commissioners are responsible for organizing the entire game, including the enforcement of rules, assigning targets, determining the validity of kills and announcing the start and end of each round.

“Being commissioner has been very difficult, but honestly it kind of was what I expected,” Marco said. “At the same time I didn’t really realize how immature seniors could be.”

After months of competition, the last two players essentially had unlimited time until it was finally announced that Muller eliminated Endicott.

While the game is intended to be a fun way for seniors to bond, it does get intense.

“I have definitely had a lot of fun, it is just very time-consuming and kind of stressful,” Endicott said. “You have to watch your back everywhere you go. Like if you go to a restaurant with your family or something, you have to worry about if someone follows you there.”

CHASE THOMAS

ABBY COLEMAN acting

I’ve had people approach me and tell me they look up to me. They ask for my help and my guidance and my advice. It’s amazing.

IF WE COULD GO BACK AGAIN

absolutely not i would chill out

i would not shave my head i’d do it all the same i’d enjoy it

dropout jk i’d try harder

i would make more friends

Mason Muller wins unsanctioned water competition that started with more than 200 entrants

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SPORTS STANDOUTS

Evan Jiang

College: Northeastern University

Major: Economics/International

Business

Pre-game ritual: Eating Chick-fil-a while listening to music.

Hype song: “You Belong with Me” by Taylor Swift.

Inspiration: Tiger Woods.

Gavin McCormick

College: Cal State San Marcos

Major: Business

Age started playing: Three years old.

Favorite pre-game meal: Chick-fil-a.

Hype Song: “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel.

Advice for underclassmen student athletes: Don’t stress.

Quentin Chatman

College: San Jose State University

Major: Kinesiology

Started playing: 9th grade

Pre-game ritual: Eating a banana so I don’t cramp.

Hype song: “White Fans” by Daemoney.

Pre-game meal: Jersey Mike’s.

Kayleigh May

College: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Major: Neuroscience

Pre-game meal: Celsius.

Hype song: “Stronger” by Kanye West.

Inspiration: Victoria Garrick. Been playing since: 3rd grade.

Daniel Darwin College: Moorpark College

Major: Business

Hype song: “Super” by Cordae. Advice for underclassmen student athletes: Just find and pursue what makes you happy.

Favorite pre-game meal: Hitting up Chick-fil-a.

Bailey Glass

College: Cal Lutheran

Major: Film and Television

Production

Hype song: “Stir Fry” by Migos.

Pre-game meal: Dr. Pepper.

Inspiration: My dad taught me love for the sport and guided me along the way.

Soleil

Nerdin

College: UC San Diego

Major: Communications

Pre-game ritual: Taking a nap in the bleachers.

Favorite part of basketball: The passion and love I have for the sport.

Pre-game meal: Goldfish and energy bar.

Hailey Bauer

College: Moorpark College

Major: Registered Nurse

Pre-game meal: Jersey Mike’s.

Inspiration: My coach, Bree Martin.

Favorite part about stunt: Finishing a routine knowing I did the best I could.

Hype song: “Meet Me Half Way” by Black Eyed Peas.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

GIRLS GOLF

GIRLS TENNIS

GIRLS FIELD HOCKEY

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

BOYS FOOTBALL

BOYS WATER POLO

4-YEAR VARSITY AND COMMITTED

4-YEAR VARSITY/RECRUIT

golf

4-YEAR VARSITY

stunt

4-YEAR VARSITY

basketball

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Kianna Porter

College: Williams College

Major: Undecided

Age started playing: Five years old.

Favorite part of soccer: The strong relationships I’ve made with my teammates and coaches makes it all worthwhile.

Gavin Arce

College: Cal Lutheran University

Major: Exercise Science

Favorite part of soccer: Trying to perfect my skills.

Personal hype song: “Long Time (Intro)” by Playboi Carti.

Inspiration: My competition.

Pre-game meal: Jersey Mike’s.

Isaack Garcia

College: San Francisco State

Major: Political Science

Favorite part of cross country and track: The bonds you make with your team and the places you get to go.

Pre-game meal: Pasta.

Inspiration: My friend Aaron.

Makaila Junkunc

College: UCLA

Major: Psychology

Pre-game ritual: Slap myself in the face.

Hype song: “Runnin” by 21 Savage.

Pre-game meal: Pasta.

Advice for underclassmen student athletes: Run fast!

Matlida Fitzgerald

College: Cal Poly Humboldt

Major: Kinesiology

Favorite part of cross country: The bond I have with my teammates.

Pre-game ritual: I always eat pasta with my teammates the night before a race.

Inspiration: My brother Angus.

Will Halub

College: Bryant University

Major: History

Favorite part of football: Being with my teammates.

Pre-game meal: Pasta with garlic bread.

Hype song: “Blue Notes 2” by Meek Mill.

Chase Martin

College: Boise State University

Major: Kinesiology

Pre-game ritual: Listening to country music.

Advice for underclassmen student athletes: Don’t take any game or practice for granted.

Inspiration: My dad.

Nathan Echegaray

College: University of Mount Union

Major: Psychology

Pre-game meal: PB&J

Advice for uncerclasmen student athletes: Keep working hard and trust the process. Favorite part of football: It’s fun to not allow people to score.

Lauren Marco

College: San Diego State University

Major: Construction/Civil Engineering

Favorite part about softball: The competition and team bonds.

Hype song: “Me and Your Mama” by Childish Gambino.

Pre-game ritual: Team nap.

Kylie Kolkowski

College: Undecided

Major: Criminal Justice

Pre-game meal: Jamba Juice.

Inspiration: My parents.

Advice for underclassmen student athletes: Work hard and it will pay off.

Started playing: 11 years old.

Micah Rodriguez

College: Oberlin College

Major: Journalism

Age started playing: Four years old.

Inspiration: My grandpa.

Hype song: “The Glory” by Kanye West.

Pre-game meal: Jersey Mike’s No. 7.

Grant Rodriguez

College: Westmont College

Major: Kinesiology

Favorite part about baseball: Competing with top-notch athletes every day.

Pre-game ritual: Listening to Drake.

Inspiration: Christian Yelich.

Brady Francisco

College: Grand Canyon University

Major: Business and Entertainment Management

Pre-game meal: Roast beef sandwich.

Advice for underclassmen athletes: Get good grades and appreciate your sport while it lasts.

Evan Landsman

College: Bard College

Major: Economics and Finance

Favorite part about baseball: I enjoy the duel between the pitcher and hitter.

Hype song: “Till I Collapse” by Eminem.

Inspiration: Madison Bumgarner.

Eli Steinhaus

College: Lewis and Clark College

Major: Economics

Pre-game ritual: I like to do boxbreathing in an isolated space.

Inspiration: My mom.

Pre-game meal: #7 at Jersey Mike’s.

Hype song: “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac.

Jeremy Frank

College: UC San Diego

Major: Data Science

Pre-game ritual: I run every race 10 times in my head before I step on the track.

Favorite part about track: It’s an honest sport. It’s just numbers and what I can do to improve them.

Pyrce Edwards

College: UC Santa Barbra

Major: Computer Science

Been running since: Eight years old.

Pre-game ritual: Listening to music.

Hype song: “DNA” by Kendrick Lamar.

Madeline Convy

College: Lafayette College

Major: Environmental Science

Favorite part about Track: Traveling with teammates.

Pre-game ritual: Chewing lots of gum.

Inspiration: Katherine Kelemen.

Pre-game meal: Eggs and toast.

Alex Farfaras

College: UC San Diego

Major: Sociology, focus in Law and Society

Inspiration: My mom and dad.

Hype song: “Runnin” by 21 Savage. Advice for underclassmen student athletes: Keep working hard and putting in the hours.

Class of 2023 SPORTS STANDOUTS

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL MOMENT?

friday night football • go lancers! • being able to experience a normal senior year • bus rides home from trips • drifting in the toppers parking lot after a game • first day of junior year • graduating • first win against newbury park sophomore year • when a random kid swam through the hallway • march 13th, 2020 • that starwars themed rally • watching people fall in the hallway • traveling on the bus with the boys volleyball team • junior year lunch tables • senior sunrise • summer of junior year • mrs. beaudoin’s class last year • any time i wasn’t at school • i got too many • video presentation in mr. cummings class • being surrounded by other seniors • playing soccer • games at lunch • first varsity baseball game • freshman year • food from latino connection club • when i got promoted to co-leader in clash of clans • parties • the apes fieldtrip • going to disneyland • last day of school • morro bay tournament with the basketball team • hanging out with friends • all the dances • freshman homecoming • beating newbury park in double overtime • mcginnis quotes • being with friends at games • getting to pie the teachers and administrators • when we beat westlake twice • the funny things my friends say • my first and last football game with my brother and friends • graduation • prom ‘22 with my senior friend group from last year <3 • march 2020 • being a green hole leader • when my swim coach wiped out playing sharks and minnows • my senior year • homecoming • senior ditch day • the mario-themed rally • outdoor school • free food at break • funny quotes throughout the year • the sports thing we did for japanese club • watching a movie during class junior year • holding ian korb • evan jiang sleeping in english • senior year • the end • when we came back from covid • going to big bear with the xc team after junior year • making it onto dance team • getting asked to homecoming • dunk contest at lunch • prom • meeting reef lippa • moving to a different country • ethos banquet • junior prom • sophomore year baseball • volleyball • pig dissection • the latino connection’s posada • red white blue football game • being able to graduate • the last day before covid break • black out football game

• the dumb teenager moments like sneaking out, hanging with friends, playing with the wind as we drive to malibu • when there were three fights on anti-bullying day • performing at halftime • my parents being proud of who i am • i really like right now. i’m writing all of these responses with my friends and we’re all laughing over stupid things