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Lodi High School top graduates

By News-Sentinel staff

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Amanda Andonian, 17

What are your immediate plans after high school?

Attend the University of San Francisco in the fall.

What are your future life goals, career or otherwise?

I plan to pursue a career in writing or journalism.

What activities were you involved in during high school?

Modern Language Club, Link Leaders, Student Senate, Taiko, Tae Kwon Do, campus newspaper.

What awards, scholarships or special recognitions have you received?

The Record Pinnacle Award, AP Scholar, Golden State Sealbearer, California Scholastic Federation lifetime member, Governor's Scholarship, Steven Lancaster Memorial Scholarship, Christa McAuliffe Memorial Scholarship, University Scholar at the University of San Francisco.

What was your most memorable high school experience?

I will always remember how Mr. Degrandmont danced and dressed up as a mole on Mole Day and played practical jokes on us on April Fool's Day.

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Emily Renee Boriack, 17

What are your immediate plans after high school?

I plan to attend the University of San Diego in the fall and major in biology.

What are your future life goals, career or otherwise?

I wish to attend medical school and become a successful and happy pediatrician.

What activities were you involved in during high school?

Link Crew, Student Senate, Drill Team, Camp Royal, Interact Club, Nerds Club, Cinema Club, Science Club, math tutor, Vacation Bible School and Youth Group at Grace Presbyterian Church.

What awards, scholarships or special recognitions have you received?

California Scholarship Federation Sealbearer and Lifetime member, national Honor Role, Who's Who among High School Students, Governor's Scholarship and Dean's Scholar at the University of the Pacific.

What was your most memorable high school experience?

Facing the Pendulum of Death in Mr. Kovich's advanced placement physics class.

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Michele A. Goad, 18

What are your immediate plans after high school?

I plan to attend Grinnell College in Iowa and major in political science with a focus on international relations.

What are your future life goals, career or otherwise?

After Grinnell I wish to pursue a Masters Degree, and then a law degree. I wish to work for the Foreign Service and then later open my own law firm and go into politics.

What activities were you involved in during high school?

Lodi High Honor Band, Drill Team, On-Fire Club (president), Young Republicans Club (president), Modern language Club, Key Club, Nerds Club, Student Body Senate, Central valley Youth Symphony, Teenlead, San Joaquin Youth Council of Governments, Temple Baptist Church and assisted the Kiwanis.

What awards, scholarships or special recognitions have you received?

Girls State Delegate 2002, California Scholarship Federation Sealbearer, AP Scholar, National Honor Roll, Who's Who of America's High School Students, San Joaquin County Honor Band (three years), Governors Scholar.

What was your most memorable high school experience?

Going to Florida with the band my junior year and hanging out at all the theme parks.

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Billy Hatfield, 17

What are your immediate plans after high school?

Go to Hawaii and then attend the University of California, San Diego.

What are your future life goals, career or otherwise?

Become a doctor and help starving kids in China.

What activities were you involved in during high school?

Science Club, Nerds Club, Camp Royal, Physics Club, Young Republicans Club, Academic Connections, Asian Persuasion Club, Science Olympiad, Science Bowl.

What awards, scholarships or special recognitions have you received?

Governor's Scholarship, California Scholarship Federation Sealbearer, Chemhead Buttons, Golden State Merit Diploma.

What was your most memorable high school experience?

Participating in the Mr. Nerd Pageant.

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Michael Hopps, 18

What are your immediate plans after high school?

I will attend the University of California, Los Angeles in the fall with a double major in political science and economics. I would one day like to receive a Master's degree in international policy and eventually a doctorate degree in a related field.

What are your future life goals, career or otherwise?

I would one day like to work overseas in a third-world country for an American corporation or become a diplomat for some international organization such as the United Nations or the World Trade Organization.

What activities were you involved in during high school?

Link Crew, School Site Council, Student Government, Student Senate, Interclub Council, Cinema Club, Nerds' Club, Student Problem Identification and Resolving it Together (SPIRIT) Committee, Calvary Bible Church Youth Activities, Lodi High School Boys Tennis, Teen Lead Program, San Joaquin Superior Court Mentoring and Leadership program, Study Abroad in Spain at the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment Institute, Youth Council of Government, Mexico medical Missions, Guatemala Building Project and Peer Tutoring.

What awards, scholarships or special recognitions have you received?

California Scholastic Federation Sealbearer, Lodi Youth Commission Student of the Month, Governor's Scholar, Lodi Police Department Student of the Month, Lodi High School Senior Athlete, Who's Who Among American High School Students, Lodi High School Honor Roll (Most Distinguished), National Honor Roll, Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens Award, Outstanding Student of America Award, The Record All-County Distinguished Student Achievement Award, bank of America Achievement Award-English, Lodi Youth Commission Scholarship, John Fletcher Student Government Scholarship, Soroptomists International Scholarship, Elks most Valuable Student Scholarship, Vaccarezza-Murdaca Foundation Scholarship, Kiwanis of Greater Lodi Scholarship. Target All-Around Scholarship, Alex Spanos Scholarship, UCLA Alumni Scholarship and Northern California Scholarship Foundation.

What was your most memorable high school experience?

My most memorable experience must have been being on Lodi High's Homecoming Court with all five of the guys being good friends, having gone to school with each other at Mokelumne River School for many years.

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Sarah Hoff, 18

What are your immediate plans after high school?

I plan to attend the University of California, Los Angeles and major in astronomy and astrophysics.

What are your future life goals, career or otherwise?

My ambition in life is to follow God's will for me and further his kingdom here on earth. I would also like to raise a family in a loving environment and provide for them in any way I can. I wouldn't complain about a career at NASA, though.

What activities were you involved in during high school?

Student Government (Associated Student Body President and Junior Class President), First Baptist Church, Junior Varsity Water Polo, COSMOS Residential Research Program at the University of California, Irvine for Astronomy and Astrophysics, HOBY Youth Leadership Conference, Camp Royal, Team in Training Marathon and Fundraising Team for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Student Senate Cofounder, Nerds' Club Council, Physics Club, Mexico Missions, School Site Council, Lodi Unified School Board Student Representative, Discipleship Group and Meistersingers.

What awards, scholarships or special recognitions have you received?

California Scholastic Federation Sealbearer, AP Scholar, Governor's Scholarship (three-year recipient), Most Distinguished Honor Roll Candidate, The Record All County Distinguished Student Award, Lodi Youth Commission Teen if the Month (October, 2002), Who's Who among High School Students (two-year recipient), Larry Brum Outstanding Leadership Award, Second place in engineering at the Delta College math and Science Day Competition, San Joaquin Athletic Association Second Team All League (2001) and SJAA First Team All-League (2002) for Varsity Water Polo.

What was your most memorable high school experience?

My most memorable experience was having my forehead sliced open by a flying powerbar at the homecoming rally my freshman year, and bleeding all over the boys locker room.

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Alison Lechowicz, 17

What are your immediate plans after high school?

I am taking a seven-day cruise to Alaska for my graduation gift/trip.

What are your future life goals, career or otherwise?

I am going to study natural resources at the University of California, Berkeley.

What activities were you involved in during high school?

Student Senate Campus Beautification Chairwoman, Asian Persuasion Club, Physics Club, Cinema Club, Outdoor School Cabin Leader, camp Royal, Pinnacle Team, Academic Decathlon, Science Bowl team captain, entrepreneur, protesting, Top of the Class program.

What awards, scholarships or special recognitions have you received?

California Scholastic Federation Sealbearer and lifetime member, Golden State Sealbearer, AP Scholar, Who's Who among American High School Students, National Society of High School Scholars, Governor's Scholar, eligible in local context for the University of California system and distinguished math student.

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Mitul Patel, 18

What are your immediate plans after high school?

After high school I plan to attend University of California, San Diego and major in biochemistry.

What are your future life goals, career or otherwise?

After UCSD, I hope to go into pre-med at Stanford and become a pediatrician. I want to have a family some day, too.

What activities were you involved in during high school?

Varsity badminton (four years), Link Crew, Conflict Management, Asian Persuasion (president), Science Club (vice-president), Nerds Club and Physics Club.

What awards, scholarships or special recognitions have you received?

Perfect attendance all four years of high school, California Scholastic Federation Sealbearer and lifetime member, Governor's Scholar (three years), bank of America Achievement Award in Science, The Record All-County Distinguished Student award, Golden State Seal Merit Diploma Recipient, Scholar Athlete and Most Distinguished Candidate.

What was your most memorable high school experience?

Being in the Nerds pageant and wearing my wet suit and bikini. It made everyone laugh. Other than that, every day is memorable for me because I am with my friends.

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Darren William Seibert, 18

What are your immediate plans after high school?

I will attend the California Polytechnic Institute, San Luis Obispo, in the fall.

What are your future life goals, career or otherwise?

I will be a business major. I hope someday to own my own business or to be a statistician.

What activities were you involved in during high school?

I worked at Micke Grove Golf Links. I played basketball my freshman year. I was a member of the California Scholastic Federation all four years, the Nerds Club and the Physics Club. I was MICRO team leader in my church youth group, and a tutor at Lawrence Elementary School last summer.

What awards, scholarships or special recognitions have you received?

CSF Sealbearer, Governor's Scholar, Who's Who Among High School Students.

What was your most memorable high school experience?

My Algebra 2 class during my sophomore year. The seniors in the class made life very interesting and hard for the teacher, but it was the most fun I ever had in a class in high school.