While the mailing address of Cerritos College is located in the city of Norwalk, the remaining parts of the campus are in the city of Cerritos.

Obviously, not all the students went to high school at Norwalk and Cerritos.

So the question at hand is: What high schools are our athletes coming from?

Twenty-three athletes that came along are from Norwalk High School, which is north of the campus, while 16 attended Cerritos High School, which is just south of campus.

Also, Cerritos College athletes come from over 90 different high schools, some of those even include out-of-state high schools.

One student from out of state is freshman Jesse Ponce, who came from Arizona to play on the wrestling team last semester.

“I had some friends who had success at Cerritos. One of my buddies was there and it was a nice change of scenery,” he said.

Ponce, along with eight other athletes here at Cerritos, are not from the state of California at all and two of those athletes are from out of the country (Spain and Honduras).

What has to be the most surprising statistic was the number of athletes from El Rancho High school.

Thirty-one athletes come from ERHS.

Cerritos College is eight miles away, while Rio Hondo College is six miles away, with East Los Angeles College being 10.2 miles from El Rancho.

The reason why the athletes come to this school is because they like the history of the school.

Freshman Adrian Ramirez, an El Rancho graduate and redshirt for the Men’s Water Polo team, said, “I never liked the idea of playing at Rio Hondo or East Los Angeles College.

“I chose Cerritos because along with the distance, it seemed to always have successful programs.”

A part from a few exceptions, the athletes are mainly a part of sports that are more individually based, such as Track and Field, Cross Country and Swimming.

When considering football, basketball and baseball, the high school that produces the most athletes is Lakewood High.

Lakewood is also in the vicinity of the average Cerritos College student.

Schools such as California State University, Long Beach are located in the area of Long Beach City College.

Also, the school is filled with athletes that want to shine at a school that would love to have their talents such as Cerritos College.