Pleasant Grove High School is a public four year high school located in

Elk Grove, California Elk Grove is a city in Sacramento County, California, located just south of the state capital of Sacramento. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade– Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 Census, the population o ...

. Established in 2005, the first class of graduating seniors was the class of 2008. Pleasant Grove is the eighth high school of the

Elk Grove Unified School District The Elk Grove Unified School District is a school district in southern Sacramento County, California, United States. The Elk Grove Unified School District is the fifth largest school district in California and the largest in northern California. ...

and has the highest API Score in District. The school's mascot is the Eagle, and the colors are navy blue, white and red.

Athletics

The Pleasant Grove High School American football team won the Delta River league title three times from 2007 to 2009. It lost in the section title game in 2008, but won the 2010-11

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Division 1 Championship and started the 2011-2012 season ranked 8th in the US.

Notable alumni

Arik Armstead Arik Armstead (born November 15, 1993) is an American football defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon Ducks football, Oregon and was drafted by the 49ers in the firs ...

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

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Marquese Chriss Marquese De'Shawn Chriss (born July 2, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies and was sel ...

- Professional basketball player * Cody Demps (born 1993) - basketball player for

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli football club from the city of Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The c ...

of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

Cole Hikutini Cole Kenna Hikutini (born June 11, 1994) is an American football tight end for the Michigan Panthers of the United States Football League (USFL). He played college football at the University of Louisville. Early years Hikutini attended Pleasa ...

- American football

tight end The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football, on the offense. The tight end is often a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like ...

* Matt LaGrassa - soccer player *

Kyle Larson Kyle Miyata Larson (born July 31, 1992) is an American professional auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports. Larson is the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champ ...

- professional stock car racing driver *

Dylan Lupton Dylan Jarin Lupton (born December 7, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado for Spire Motorsports. He has also competed ...

- professional stock car racing driver *

Jalen Saunders Jalen Saunders (born September 30, 1992) is a gridiron football wide receiver who is a free agent. He was most recently a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the New York Jets in the fou ...

- professional football player * Xavier Thames - professional basketball player * Armond Armstead - former professional football player *

Ally Carda Allyson "Ally" Nicole Carda (born January 15, 1993) is an American, former collegiate All-American softball pitcher and first baseman. Carda has been a member of the United States women's national softball team since 2015 and was a member of the ...

- softball pitcher and first baseman * Riley Voelkel - actress

References

External links

Official website

Pleasant Grove Athletics Department website
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