State Sen. Mike McGuire honored and celebrated Upper Lake High School student and state wrestling champion Adriana Lopez during a ceremony on the California State Senate Floor Thursday morning.

Lopez isn’t just the top female wrestler in her weight class in the Golden State – she is a trailblazer.

She made school history by being the first student to ever hold a state title across any sport from Upper Lake High and she is the first-ever student to hold a state title from the entire county of Lake.

“She’s fierce, wicked smart, crushes the competition and she has made California proud. We congratulate her on her success, and wish her the best as she heads to college this fall to continue to compete with the best,” Sen. McGuire said.

She was joined in the Senate ceremony by her father Joe Fernandez – who also is her wrestling coach – and her mother, Jamie.

This spring, Lopez won the California Interscholastic Federation Girls’ Wrestling State Championship in the 121-pound division, making her the top female wrestler in California in her weight class.

She was previously a state wrestling medalist, having placed third in the 2018 CIF Girls’ Wrestling State Championship, and she wasn’t going to accept anything but the top spot in her senior year.

Lopez was also the first Coastal Mountain Conference state champion in wrestling.

Lopez has received a combined athletic and academic scholarship to attend Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Kentucky, where she will both wrestle and pursue a career in nursing.