Meet the well-rounded senior, Ramsey Abushahla who balances being the sports editor for The Echo newspaper as well as playing right field on the Kingsmen baseball team.
Name:Â Ramsey AbushahlaÂ
Major:Â Communications with a Journalism Emphasis
Year:Â Senior
Hometown:Â Woodland Hills, CA
Relationship Status:Â Single
Height:Â 6’3
Hobbies:Â Baseball, Music
Nicknames:Â Bush Daddy, Zees, Lord Bushington
Her Campus Cal Lutheran: How do you feel about being a campus cutie?
Ramsey Abushahla:Â It’s a great honor. I want to live up to the reputation of those who came before me and I want to be an example for those to come next. Definitely a high point of my CLU career so far.
HC: What made you want to come to Cal Lutheran?
RA:Â Baseball mostly. The proximity to home and the beautiful weather and campus helped as well.Â
HC:Â In what ways are you involved on campus?
​RA: In addition to playing baseball I am the Sports Editor of The Echo, the student-run newspaper at CLU.
HC:Â What is your favorite thing about working for The Echo?
​RA: Telling stories that people may not know. I like to write stories on interesting people and events are always fun too.
HC:Â How do you think working for The Echo will help you in the future?
​RA: It has given me a basic knowledge of journalism. I still have a long way to go but I’ve had a great experience with The Echo and I definitely want to be in the journalism field after I graduate.
HC:Â How long have you been playing baseball?
​RA: Since I was 5 years old.
HC:Â What position are you?
​RA: Right field.
HC:Â What are you looking forward to most this season?
​RA: Being able to go out and compete every day with my best friends. Also winning a fourth consecutive conference championship and making it out of a regional.
HC: What’s your worst habit?
​RA: Procrastination.
HC: What’s something not a lot of people know about you but you think they should?
​RA: I’ve been playing the piano since I was 5. I also skipped kindergarten and should be a junior instead of a senior.
HC:Â If you could be any cartoon character, who would it be and why?
​RA: TJ Detweiler from Recess because while he wasn’t the smartest guy, he knew how pull off schemes never seen in any other cartoon.
HC:Â If you had a time machine, where would you go and why?
​RA: Back to high school because that’s where I peaked.
HC:Â What’s your idea of a perfect date?
​RA: Anything that involves doing something we both enjoy.
HC: What’s your favorite thing about Christmas?
​RA: Being around my family and friends and of course the great food.
HC:Â What is best thing you could receive for Christmas?
​RA: A brand new elbow (jk) honestly having a good time with my family is a good enough gift for me.