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Preston Fairborn ’15

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Utah chapter.

Name:  Preston Fairbourn

Hometown:  Salt Lake City, Utah

Graduation Year:  2015

Major:  Strategic Communications

Relationship Status:  Single

Meet Preston:

Describe yourself in 3 words.  Funny. Relaxed. Clever

What’s your dream job?  Professional baseball player.

What’s your party anthem?  “Go Hard or Go Home” by Roy Jones Jr.

Favorite food?  Chinese food.

What are three things you can’t live without?  Family, friends, and the gym.

What’s your guilty pleasure TV show?  Gossip Girl.

What’s your favorite late night snack? Gold Fish.

Who’s your celebrity crush?  Kate Beckinsale.

Do you have any secret talents?  You’ll have to find out.

Boxers or briefs?  Briefs, no doubt.

What’s your most embarrassing moment or story?  I hit a homerun in Little League and tripped jogging around the bases!

Campus Life:

What’s your favorite class you have taken at the U?  Visual Editing.

Best study spot?  The southwest corner of the library, on level 3.

Best place to meet girls?  Concerts.

What’s your best U of U memory?  Getting a 4.0!

Dating Life:

Biggest turn on?  Intelligence, and wearing my clothes.

Biggest turn off?  Not using common sense, and acting ditsy for attention.

What do you look for in a girl?  Someone who is funny, smart, and takes care of her body.

Describe your ideal date.  We would go to a Major League Baseball game and get on the kiss cam!

What’s your favorite pick up line?  “So uh, you come here often?” Ha ha!

What’s the nicest thing you’ve ever done for a girl? I once took a girl shopping for her study abroad in Italy, and gave her my opinion about every single thing.

What’s a girl trend you hate/don’t understand?  Using the words ‘basic’ and ‘bae’.

U of U girls are the best because…  They are easy to talk to.

Vermont native. Salt Lake City resident. Ellie Briggs is currently majoring in Strategic Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations at the University of Utah. She is serving as the Campus Correspondent, Co-President, and Editor-in-Chief of Her Campus Utah, along with Mietra Aarabi. When Ellie is not focusing on her studies, writing, or editing countless articles, you can find her brunching with her sister and laughing at her own jokes. Follow her on Instagram @elliebriggs and Twitter @ellbriggs - she promises you won't get bored!