Walnut High School is a public high school located at Walnut, California, among the San Jose Hills of the

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in Southern California. Ranked in the top 100 high schools in America by the Daily Beast Publication, Walnut High School is also located within the prestigious Walnut Valley Unified School District, which has also been ranked by numerous sources to be one of the top public school districts in all of Southern California. The school is a two-time National Blue Ribbon School (1992–93 and 1997–98), six-time California Distinguished school (1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2005 and 2009), and a California Gold Ribbon School (2017). Walnut High School has also offered the International Baccalaureate program since 1999.

Athletics

The Mustang Athletic teams compete in the Hacienda League of the

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offering 22 seasonal sports. The Walnut High football team contends in Division 111 of

. In the aquatics program, the water polo team won a CIF championship, and both the water polo and swim teams won league titles. The soccer program has won two CIFSS 1-A Championships (1990, 1992), including an undefeated season in 1992 (25-0-1). Walnut's Girls' Golf Team won league titles in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. The Walnut High School Girls Golf Team won their first CIF State title in 2016. Walnut's National Champion Dance Team holds fifteen national titles, seven CADTD State titles, and were undefeated in the state of California from 2016-2019. The Lady Mustangs (Girls Soccer Team) won the CIFss 2002, 2003, 2004 Walnut's Boys' Cross Country Team won CIF State Div 2 in 1987 and CIF Southern Section Div 2 in 1986 and 1987. Walnut's Baseball Team won The CIF-SS Division 3 Championships in 2017. Walnut's Girls' Wrestling Team won CIF-SS Masters 2019

Notable alumni

Paul Caligiuri Paul David Caligiuri (born March 9, 1964) is an American former soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder. Caligiuri's professional career spanned 16 years, during which he played for numerous teams in the United States and Germany, ...

, National Soccer Hall of Fame and

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soccer player. Played professionally in Germany and for the

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. *

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, Ecuadorian rapper and singer, most famously known for his song, "Rico Suave" *

Michael Cho The shooting of Michael Sungman Cho occurred on December 31, 2007, in the Orange County city of La Habra, California. Cho, a 25-year-old Korean-American artist, was brandishing a tire iron outside a store and was shot by two police officers. T ...

, artist shot to death by

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police *

Tod McBride Tod McBride (born January 26, 1976 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 1999. He played college football at ...

, former

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defensive back *

Lance Parrish Lance Michael Parrish (born June 15, 1956), nicknamed "Big Wheel", is an American former baseball catcher who played Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 through 1995. Born in Pennsylvania, Parrish grew up in Southern California and excelled in ...

, former

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catcher *

Juliana Yendork Juliana Yendork (born 29 August 1972) is a retired Ghanaian American long jumper and triple jumper. She won the gold medal at the 1988 African Championships. That year she also competed at the 1988 Olympic Games, one month before her 16th birthd ...

, triple jumper *

Gary Zimmerman Gary Wayne Zimmerman (born December 13, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). Zimmerman played for the Minnesota Vikings from 1986 to 1992 and for the Denve ...

, former

offensive lineman * Agassi Goantara, Indonesian Professional basketball player * Dwight Ramos, Filipino-American Professional basketball player

References

External links

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Walnut High School Athletics

Walnut High School Student Newspaper
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