Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana High School is the oldest and largest high school in Orange County, California, United States. The school was established in 1889. Notable alumni Original members of the surf band The Chantays Barry Asher, professional bowler Tony Baxter former senior Vice President of Walt Disney Imagineering and lead designer of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Star Tours, the Indiana Jones Adventure, Splash Mountain, and Journey Into Imagination. Billy Bean, played major league baseball from 1987 through 1995. He tied a major league record with 4 hits in his first major league game. Tony Bellamy Guitarist, member of first Native American rock band Redbone, had number one hit in the 1970s "Come and Get Your Love" Beverly Bivens, singer with the 1960s band We Five Eddie Bravo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete John Brinkerhoff, USMA '50, Associate Director for National Preparedness FEMA, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs DoD Gerald P. Carr, astronaut Clifford "Gavvy" Cravath, six time National League baseball home run champion in the 1910s Isaac Curtis, football player, Cal Berkeley and NFL Cincinnati Bengals Clancy Edwards sprinter Derek Fleming, featured Soul Train Dancer 1980-1993 James Kanno, first mayor of Fountain Valley, California Diane Keaton, actress Greg Louganis Olympic Gold Medal Diver, LGBT Activist, called "The greatest American diver in olympic history." Bill Medley, singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers singing duo Gilbert Melendez, 2-time California State All-American wrestler; professional Mixed Martial Artist; former WEC and Strikeforce Lightweight Champion, current UFC Lightweight contender Donn Moomaw, football player, minister Chuck Smith class of 1945 founder and pastor of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa Milt Smith (1919–2010), football player, UCLA Bruins and Philadelphia Eagles William Cameron Townsend, prominent twentieth-century American Christian missionary and founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators and Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL International) Marvalee Hendricks Wake, evolutionary biologist. Footnotes