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Carson High School graduates Class of 2019

Submitted by Isaiah Burrows on Sat, 06/08/2019 - 11:10am
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By Isaiah Burrows

Thousands packed the Carson High School football field on Saturday to watch over 500 graduating seniors receive their diplomas at the Class of 2019, according to Carson High School Principal Tasha Fuson.

Jumpstart Valedictorian Natalia Jo Smith followed by Co-Valedictorians Hannah Hope Hodorowicz and Gabriel Covington made the opening remarks to their fellow classmates, teachers and faculty members.

Fuson offered some crucial advice to the Class of 2019 before ushering the seniors forward and onto the stage to receive their diplomas, making the transition out of grade school and into the world of adulthood.

Here is the list of 2019 Carson High School graduates:

Megan Abercrombie
Alycia Alvarado
Alexis Andrade
Roman Angel
Alondra Angulo
Andrew Angulo Moreira
Kimberly Angulo Ortiz
Gabriella Antonucci
Laina Joy Aquino
Angelique Aragon
Pablo Arellano Ibarra
Conner Arnold
Jennifer Artz
Cole Ashton
Britney Austin
Tonny Avalos Diaz
Paola Avila
Gilberto Avina Guerra
Deepak Badhan
Jesse Barker
Erica Basa
Walker Bates
Trinity Beard
Sergio Bedoy
Jill Beglin
Connor Bell
Christian Benitez
Jessica Bennett
Collin Bertrand
Ashley Betrue
Faith Bigelow
Logan Bigley
Kenneth Bogle
Tezia Boice
Kyle Boshard
Madison Bourcier
Luke Bowler
Evan Bowman
Kaelah Bowman
Denisse Bravo Alvarez
Audrey Breeding
Ashley Britt
Nicholas Brown
Savanna Brown
Meghan Bubb
Joshua Buchan
Trinity Bullock
Korven Bunting-Birk
April Burciaga-Hernandez
Jacob Burkett
Taylor Bushner
Ethan Byassee
Evan Byassee
Luis Cabrera-Camarena
Sophia Cacioppo
Hannon Callahan
Axel Camacho Rosas
Alexandra Camp
Chase Campagni
Ivy Campbell
Hailey Cardella
Jessica Cardenas
Jakob Carlson
Fiona Carrick
Yaneli Castaneda Ramos
Juana Castaneda Ruiz
Gisselle Castro
Paola Castro
Carl Cavner
Gaby Cazares
Nayeli Cervantes
Vanessa Cervantes
Shayleen Cessna
Kaitlyn Chacon
Rubi Chaidez
Luis Chavez Padilla
Brian Chavez Rodriguez
Peng Chen
Evan Cherpeski
Sienna Chiarella
Savannah Childers
Francheska Alyza Ching
Syrena Chowanski
Ramses Cid Vazquez
Austin Circo
Angela Cirone
Garrett Clampitt
Makayla Collins
Kassidy Cooley
Brandon Copeland
Jakob Corona-Bale
Juan Diego Cortes Navarette
Conner Couste
Gabriel Covington
Abigail Cowan
Kyla Cox
Deven Cripe
Brianna Cross
Julia Cruz
Rachael Cuellar
Katie Cullen
Michelle Dawes
Taylor Dawley
Trevor Dawley
Max Deeb
Shea Dejoseph
Kim Angelo Del Rosario
Francisco Delao
Ivory Demar
Kody Dempsey
Nikolaus Desormier
Bianca Diaz
Joselyn Diaz
Juliana Diaz
Irma Diaz Mata
Vincent Dopp
Jessica Dotson
Jack Dudley
Jazlyn Duran
Jaden Dyer
Devin Elder
Brayden Engle
Daniel Escalante
Marvin Escobedo-Ramirez
Lucero Estrada Rivera
Ann Everest
Rylan Fancher
Rachel Fenzke
Fredy Fernandez Benitez
Hallery Ferrini
Sydney Fields
Ashley Figueroa
Chelsea Figueroa
Maritza Filson
Nicholas Fischer
Manny Fitzgerald
Adele Fliegler
Jane Fliegler
Susan Fliegler
Karen Flores
Lesly Flores Garcia
Cassandra Franz
Jaquelinne Fuentes Gomez
Logan Galhaut
Berenis Gallegos Vargas
Jose Gamez-Soto
Adan Garcia
Alejandro Garcia
Noelia Garcia
Edgar Garcia Almaraz
Hector Garcia Luna
Aaron Garcia Torres
Haley Garver
Emily Gentile
Bayleigh Gerhart
Cassia Giustra
Miranda Glahn
Zachary Glanzmann
Alondra Gomez
Angel Gomez
Bradley Gomez
Daniel Gonzales
David Gonzalez
Maira Gonzalez Conchas
Ricardo Gonzalez Garcia
Kahle Good
Austin Gordon
Benjamin Granados
Courtney Green
Clayton Greene
Andrew Griffis
Alexander Gutierrez
Donato Guzman
Baylee Hale
Jaden Hall
Aaron Hanks
Makayla Hapgood
Emily Harper
Ashley Harris
Amanda Hartman
Sophia Hasan
Nicole Hawkins
Randy Heald
Hunter Heflin-Hubble
Levi Hemingway
Angel Hernandez-Diaz
Francis Herrera
Hannah Hope Hodorowicz
Mackenzie Hogan
Liam Holcomb
Zachary Holmes
Timothy Horn
Hayden Hudson
Micheal Hurlbert
Jocelyn Hurtado
Nikolas Hylan
Mike Evander Icabales
Jodi Ignacio
Hana Ikehara
Kai Ikehara
Denis Iloff Jr
Joshua Ingram
Kirsten Iverson
Emily Jaeger
Alycia Jara
Darian Jarquin Zeledon
Sadie Jessee
Caidy Johnson
Michael Johnson Theiss
Alyssa Katz
Elijah Keechler
Alexis Kelley
Kyle Ketten
Breanna Kimbro
Thomas Kreider
Mikayla Kuhlman
Corey Lampert
Ryan Landgren
Oscar Lara
Dario Lara-Rodriguez
Andrea Lathrop
Emma Lippincott
Kelsey Llamas-Hernandez
Tyler Longo
Paulina Lopez
Sergio Lopez
Froilan Lopez Cortez
Bryan Lopez Zendejas
Taylor Lopresti
Regan Lowe
Chris Luna
Sebastian Lupo
Quintyn Madsen
Cody Main
Aiden Maldonado
Maria Maldonado Mora
Prabhjot Mand
Gillian Mandel
Annie Marantette
Itzel Mariscal
Jocelyne Mariscal
Nely Mariscal
Brayden Marler
Marcella Martin
Jaylen Martinez
Martin Martinez
Valeria Martinez
Adelina Mata
Daniela Mata
Imelda Mata Garcia
Hailey Matalon
Madison Matthews
Gryphon Matthies
Emily Matuska
Connor Mccleary
Destiny Mcgilvray
Kathleen Mcgowan
Gavin Mcintosh
Tobin Mcrae
Trinity Medina-Ramirez
Jose Medina-Torres
Naralie Medrano
Stephanie Melsheimer
Carlos Mendoza-Oseguera
Blake Menzel
Luke Merriner
Jarrod Meyer
Kealey Meyers
Christian Miller
Emiliano Miranda
Cassandra Mitchell
Darian Montalvo
Katie Montalvo
Christian Montes
Guadalupe Montes Montes
Jacey Montgomery
Sy'johnniqa Moore
Brandon Morales
Irma Moreno Martinez
Joshua Morris
Gabriel Morton
Marco Mota Gonzalez
Jennifer Munoz Marquez
Breanna Murry
Anthony Myers
Erika Nauyoks-Bolanos
Madison Newcombe
Pinky Nguyen
Jacob Nichols
Tucker Nichols
Ruben Nunez
Alejandro Nunez Garcia
Briana Nunez-Jimenez
Skylor Olshefsky
Julio Onesto
Natalie Ontiveros
Katherine Oppedahl
Destinae Ordaz
Jordan Ordaz
Ximena Ordaz
Lizbeth Orozco Ruiz
Mariela Ortega
Christian Ortega-Grajeda
Madeleine Osborne
Quinn Overland
Megan Owens
Adelina Pacheco
Cassidy Painter
Vernon Painter
Estefanie Palomino
Christopher Paluch
Shane Parsley
Salvador Pedraza Lopez
Jesse Pena
Mya Perez
Yanitzia Perez-Galvan
James Perkins
Kincaid Peternell
Marilyn Peterson
Sophia Peterson
Ian Pettersen
Chloe Pierson
Kevin Pinto-Negrete
Kori Pitts
Emily Polizziani
Zoe Pope-Stewart
Dean Poppenga
Abigail Pradere
Miguel Prado
Citlaly Preciado
Hannah Presley
Adelynn Puett
Robert Pulido-Ramirez
Jessica Quijas Mata
Ayana Ralla Lanyi
Itzel Ramirez
Ivan Ramirez
Maria Ramirez
Carlos Ramirez-Hernandez
Noah Ramos
Randy Ramos-Macias
Amberlee Rangel
Hunter Rauh
Madison Redmon
Amy Redmond
Cindi Redus
Aadra Reed
Charles Revers
Jailene Rey
Elena Reyes
Javier Reyes Acosta
Jacob Richetta
Eduardo Rico
Jasmyn Riediger
Ryan Riley
Jose Rivera
Reveka Rivera
Diogenes Rivera Rodriguez
Tyler Roach
Donnell Roberson
Delsin Roberts
Lauren Roby
Michael Rodriguez
Miriam Rodriguez Diaz
Leonardo Rodriguez Melgarejo
Melessa Rodriguez Valladolid
Rachel Rogers
Daniel Rojas
Nathaly Romero Estupinan
Juan Ronquillo
Luis Roque Sanchez
Emma Rosen
Alyssa Rowe
Cameron Rudy
Rachel Ruelas
Ivan Ruiz Castaneda
John Rupert
Julisa Saenz
Luis Saldana Diaz
Jireh Isaac Saldua
Austin Salgado Lozano
Areli Sanabria Solis
Briana Sanchez
Lesly Sanchez
Christopher Sanchez Navarrete
Chance Sanders
Anaili Sandoval
Angelina Santos
Rylee Santos
Brogan Saucedo
Jackson Sayre
Colton Schafer
Kylie Schlapkohl
Katie Sells
Alan Serrano
Destini Simmons
Kayla Simmons
Alicia Singleton
Cody Slee
Chance Smith
Jillian Smith
Natalia Smith
Sommer Smith
Zander Smokey
Julene Snyder
Daisy Solis
Keily Solorzano Erazo
Victoria Soriano
Tyler Soto
Ethan Spier
Cameron Starling
Daniel States
Brady Steel
Christopher Steele
Robin Steinecke
Alisha Stevens
Tessa Stevens
Jessica Stine
Phebee Stuke
Eleanor Sturm
Tanner Styes
Jacob Sullivan
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Jessica Taylor
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Karsten Thiele
Lauren Thompson
Chandler Tiearney
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Nathan Tooley
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Karla Torres
Kate Torres
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