Cactus Shadows HS Announces Valedictorian and Salutatorian

Cactus Shadows High School, located in the Cave Creek Unified School District, has announced their Class of 2020 Valedictorian and Salutatorian.

The 2020 Valedictorian is William Mullenmeister. William has been attending CCUSD since Kindergarten. He attended Desert Willow Elementary School and Sonoran Trails Middle School.


The 2020 Salutatorian is Elizabet Cave. Elizabet has been attending CCUSD since 5th grade. She attended Black Mountain Elementary School and Sonoran Trails Middle School.

Rounding out the Top 2 percent of the Class of 2020 are Taylor Rotenberg, Ryan Hildebrand, Colin McConnon, Olivia Cordes, Megan Mathews, Lauren Jankowski and Jacob LaRue. The Top 3 percent of the Class of 2020 are Kendall Fender, Bryce Brown, Emma Petronella and Michelle Uddin. Top 5 percent of the Class of 2020 are Hailey Steenhoek, Abigail Nosan, Veronica Boyle, Drew Seiser, Trenton Dianovich, Georgina Kartsonis, John Stevens and Suman Zahir. Top 10 percent of the Class of 2020 are Holly Beck, Tyler Fair, Russell Liberman, Annalysse Bacon, Serena Sabbara, Brittany Whalen, Antonio Cartin Ferradino, Megan Schreiber, Alison Tobin, Sydney Perry, Lucas Sample, Romi Takamura, Hannah Dicksion, Karrine Arenz, Maximus Rigler, Emilie Leazier, Gabriela Marchica, Kelsea Clays, Katelyn Mizera, Reece Toso, Jaclyn Kennedy and Alexandra DePinto.

Superintendent Burdick said, “Congratulations to all of these student exemplars of Falcon excellence. We are so proud of them and look forward to hearing about their continued success in their future endeavors.”

Cactus Shadows High School is an A+ School of Excellence and a World Class High School for the 21st Century. For more information, contact the district office at 480-575-2000 or visit our website www.ccusd93.org .