Freshmen Profiles: Look who else is coming to the UO

The University of Oregon's Celebrating Champions website is profiling one new UO freshman each day – exploring everything from hometowns to academic interests to the things people might be surprised to know. And even the one personal item each student must bring with then to college.

Here's a second week's worth of the profiles:

Tigest Mequanint

High school and home town: Westview High school. Beaverton, Oregon.

Tanya Barraza

High school and hometown: I attended Marshall Fundamental High School in Pasadena, Calif.

Shavonne Richmond

High school and home town: Benson Polytechnic High School, Portland, Ore.

Emanuel Purice

High school and home town: Centennial High School, Gresham, Ore.

Diego Martinez

High school and hometown: Hamilton High School, Chico, Calif.

- from the UO Office of Strategic Communications