They were among the best and brightest at Lathrop High.

At the annual graduation ceremony, Pia Marie Calub and Neil Yang – both served as co-valedictorians for the Class of 2024 – and salutatorian Suhani Banwait were the top academic students of their senior class.

Each had 4.3 GPAs.

The three shared their plans for the future prior to Friday’s commencement exercises.

Calub and Yang came to Lathrop High via River Islands Technology Academy.

Pia Marie Calub is the daughter of Maria and John Calub. She’s looking forward to attending to Cal Tech – or California Institute of Technology, located in Pasadena – to study Mechanical Engineering.

During her time at LHS, she was involved in Academic Decathlon, STEM Club and choir.

Yang will look to major in Computer Science. He’s already been accepted to UC San Diego but is on the waiting list at a few other prestigious schools.

He’s the son of Lianna Wu and Sunny Yang and did JROTC for the Spartans during all four years.

Yang was a squadron commander and a member of the JROTC Raiders, a competitive program that challenges the physical endurance, mental strength, and leadership of each cadet.

Banwait is going to UCLA to study Biology, using that as a pathway to pre-med.

She’s the daughter of Jeevan Kaur and Gurinder Singh.

Banwait is product Manteca Unified School District, attending elementary school at Mossdale School.

This past year, she played of Spartans’ flag football team. She also played basketball and found the pole vault to her liking on the LHS track and field team.

In addition, she was an officer in CSF and the Interact Club.

They were among the best and brightest at Lathrop High.

At the annual graduation ceremony, Pia Marie Calub and Neil Yang – both served as co-valedictorians for the Class of 2024 – and salutatorian Suhani Banwait were the top academic students of their senior class.

Each had 4.3 GPAs.

The three shared their plans for the future prior to Friday’s commencement exercises.

Calub and Yang came to Lathrop High via River Islands Technology Academy.

Pia Marie Calub is the daughter of Maria and John Calub. She’s looking forward to attending to Cal Tech – or California Institute of Technology, located in Pasadena – to study Mechanical Engineering.

During her time at LHS, she was involved in Academic Decathlon, STEM Club and choir.

Yang will look to major in Computer Science. He’s already been accepted to UC San Diego but is on the waiting list at a few other prestigious schools.

He’s the son of Lianna Wu and Sunny Yang and did JROTC for the Spartans during all four years.

Yang was a squadron commander and a member of the JROTC Raiders, a competitive program that challenges the physical endurance, mental strength, and leadership of each cadet.

Banwait is going to UCLA to study Biology, using that as a pathway to pre-med.

She’s the daughter of Jeevan Kaur and Gurinder Singh.

Banwait is product Manteca Unified School District, attending elementary school at Mossdale School.

This past year, she played of Spartans’ flag football team. She also played basketball and found the pole vault to her liking on the LHS track and field team.

In addition, she was an officer in CSF and the Interact Club.