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Ryan Smith ’16 and Matt Bhaya ’16

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

Ryan Smith and Matt Bhaya are both juniors on the football team here at Holy Cross. They are perfect campus cuties, because they are two hot friends who are fun, nice, and just all around awesome!  Although they do seem a bit intimidating sitting at the football tables in Kimball, they are great guys with awesome personalities, so don’t be afraid to say hi.

Basics: 

Name: Ryan Smith

Year: 2016

Major: Political Science

Hometown: Union, Kentucky

Relationship Status: Single

Pregame pump up song: “Cheeseburger in Paradise” by Jimmy Buffet

Celebrity Crush: “Does it have to be a girl? Ok, I can’t decide between Jennifer Aniston or Cameron Diaz.”

Name: Matt Bhaya

Year: 2016

Major: Economics

Hometown: Haddonfield, New Jersey

Relationship Status: ….

Pregame pump up song: “Party in the USA” by hot Miley.

Celebrity Crush: Jessica Alba circa 2005

1. Any good luck charms?

R: I eat an orange before every game because it gives you good energy.

M: I don’t have any. 

2. Do you have any secret talents?

R: I can play the first verse of Piano man on the harmonica. So, the first ten seconds. And Matt looks great in a bucket hat.

M: Yeah. 

3. It’s 3am and you just got back to your room, what do you eat?

R: Yeah, it would go everywhere. For me, anything within arms reach. And water.

M: Peanut butter. I went through a phase where I would just throw peanut butter around the room. 

4. If you could travel to anywhere in the world, where would you go?

R: Rockwall, Texas to visit my friend Coan.

M: Is this like time travel or normal travel? Normal travel? Okay I would go to Australia because they have cool accents and Kangaroos.

 

5. If you could time travel what would you do?

M: I would go back and help George Washington lead the charge across the Delaware River and defeat the British on Christmas morning. Then, I would become the first president.

R: I would go back and invent twitter.

M: Invent our country…or invent twitter…hmm. 

6. Holy Cross girls are the best because….

R: They have great legs from walking up the hills on campus, and they are smart.

M: They come out to support the football team. 

7. Where would you take a girl on a first date?

R: Her favorite restaurant.

M: Lower Kimball, followed by a movie in Seelos… and hmm where would we finish the night…uh…the clocktower or the exorcism room. Her choice. 

8. What’s your most embarrassing moment on the hill?

R: I peed on the floor in my room last year.

M: One time I tripped in Kimball freshman year, and my food went everywhere. 

9. Where do you see yourself in ten years?

M: Working here for environmental services. I love Holy Cross.

R: I will be starting a young, beautiful family in Charleston, South Carolina.

M: He’ll be living in a van. 

10. What’s at the top of your HC bucket list?

R: Patriot league championship.

M: Witnessing an exorcism in the exorcism room.

 

Junior at Holy Cross. English major with a Creative Writing Concentration. Member of the Varsity Lacrosse Team.