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 Mission Viejo tennis' Whitney Kinnison is the girls scholar-athlete for the week of Oct. 20.
Mission Viejo tennis’ Whitney Kinnison is the girls scholar-athlete for the week of Oct. 20.
Damian Calhoun. Sports Newsroom Assistant.

// MORE INFORMATION: Associate Mug Shot taken August 24, 2010 : by KATE LUCAS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

WHITNEY KINNISON

MISSION VIEJO

TENNIS

GPA: 4.7

Kinnison helps form the No. 1 doubles team for the Diablos this season. The team is one of the key reasons the Diablos entered last week 4-1 in the Sea View League. Kinnison, who scored a 34 on her ACT, is a National Merit Commended Scholar and has earned National Honor Society and AP Scholar with Distinction honors. She also has been honored with the Top 25 Award at Mission Viejo High School, which is awarded to the top 25 members of each class based on their academic rank. She is currently taking AP Calculus, IB Physics, Economics and Guitar. Kinnison plans to attend either UCLA or BYU, majoring in electrical engineering. Kinnison spent part of her summer in Brazil on a humanitarian trip where she helped build a house for a family. She raised money for her trip by tutoring and babysitting.