Athletics
FSHA also provides a large number of competitive sports teams in which more than 70 percent of the student body participates. Athletes compete in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) as members of the Mission League. The school sponsors more than 20 varsity and junior varsity teams in basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball and water polo. An equestrian team competes throughout the year in the Interscholastic Equestrian League. Teams consistently reach league and state finals, and have achieved numerous championships over the years.
Recent triumphs include a CIF Southern Section Division I soccer championship, the first in the school’s history; a third-place finish in CIF cross-country state finals, its best-ever showing; and a school record for Vanessa Romero '11, who became the first FSHA basketball player to score more than 1,000 points in her high-school career.
Champion swimmers, divers and soccer players — among others — have earned athletic scholarships to institutions such as the University of Michigan, Princeton University and USC. Alumna Andrea Kropp ’10 placed second in the 200-meter breaststroke final at the 2011 World University Games in Shenzen, China.
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