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Marina High School (Huntington Beach, California)

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Type
  
Public high school

Principal
  
Jessie Marion

Campus
  
Suburban Area

Number of students
  
3,000

Established
  
1963

Faculty
  
108

Phone
  
+1 714-893-6571

Motto
  
Live. Breathe. Vikings.

Address
  
15871 Springdale St, Huntington Beach, CA 92649, USA

District
  
Huntington Beach Union High School District

Colors
  
Columbia blue, Dark blue, Gold

Similar
  
Huntington Beach High Sch, Ocean View High School, Fountain Valley High School, Westmins High School, Edison High School

Profiles

Marina High School is a public high school located in the northwest corner of Huntington Beach, California which first began operating in 1963. Marina is part of the Huntington Beach Union High School District, which includes several other area high schools. The school is located on Springdale Street between Edinger Avenue and McFadden Avenue. In 2009, the school was named a California Distinguished School, the highest honor given to schools in California.

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Athletics

Marina's athletic teams are known as the Vikings and their school colors are Navy Blue, Columbia Blue, and Gold. They compete in the Sunset League of the California Interscholastic Federation's (CIF) Southern Section. Marina has no on-campus stadium and plays most of its football home games at nearby Westminster High School.

In 2000, Marina's varsity field hockey team played an undefeated season of 13-0 and took both the Sunset League Championship as well as the CIF Championship.

In 2007, Marina Boys Basketball broke the National record for 3 point shots made in a season making 437 three pointers.

Other activities

On September 20, 2013, for the first time, a transgender teen was named as Marina High School's homecoming queen.

Beginning in 2014, the woodshop class of the school (whose mascot is a Viking) began planning, funding, and constructing a replica of a Viking ship. In May 2016 the ship sailed on its maiden voyage at Sunset Aquatic Marina; short ocean-going trips to Long Beach and Catalina Island are planned for the future.

Notable alumni

  • Daric Barton, professional baseball player
  • Jake Bauers, professional baseball player
  • Robin Beauregard, Olympic medalist
  • Johnny Christ, bassist for hard rock/metal band, Avenged Sevenfold
  • Kevin Elster, former MLB baseball player
  • Bob Forrest, vocalist of the bands Thelonious Monster and The Bicycle Thief
  • Chanda Gunn, Olympic bronze medalist in 2006, women's ice hockey goaltender
  • Adam Hayward, NFL football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • Alan Knipe, head coach of the Long Beach State 49ers men's volleyball team and former head coach of the United States men's national volleyball team
  • Dave Mustaine, lead vocalist and guitarist for hard rock/metal band, Megadeth
  • Natalie Nakase, basketball player and coach
  • Marc Newfield, former MLB baseball player
  • Cherokee Parks, former NBA basketball player
  • Tony Parrish, former NFL football player
  • Joe Penny, Actor
  • Justin Sellers, INF for the Pittsburgh Pirates
  • References

    Marina High School (Huntington Beach, California) Wikipedia