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Campus Celebrity…Preston Valder!

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

This week’s campus celebrity may or may not be a new face to some of you. Either way he is definitely a face worth familiarizing yourself with. This golf star is a stud both on and off the green. Here’s the dish on UCLA’s very own Preston Valder.

How old were you when you started playing golf and how did you get into the sport?
I was probably two or three when I first got into the sport and I got into it through my dad. I just started going to the range with him when I was very young.

What’s your craziest memory from your time at UCLA so far?
Probably either a trip to Georgia with my team or some nights going out with my teammates.

Aside from golf, what do you like to do in your free time?
I like to hang out with my teammates either playing other sports or just doing something really relaxing.

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?
It would be to Spain or Italy.

Describe your ideal date?
Candlelit Italian dinner somewhere by a beach ocean or lake ending by a fire.

What do you look for in a girl? (Ladies, pay attention!)
Small/brunette/someone who can hold a conversation

Single or taken?
Single

Favorites:
-Food?Italian

-Color? Blue

-Childhood memory?Traveling all over the country to golf tournaments with my mom

-Sport (other than golf)Baseball

Movie?Shooter

Nicole Cremer is currently a sophomore at UCLA majoring in Neuroscience. She has a passion for journalism and loves being involved in a variety of extra-curricular activities, including doing research at the UCLA Brain Tumor institute, volunteering with Global Medical Brigades where she traveled to Ghana this past winter to provide health care to over 1,200 people, contributing to the Daily Bruin newspaper as a Video Reporter, and being a part of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. Before becoming the Her Campus Campus Correspond for UCLA, she was a founding member of Her Campus UCLA and wrote a weekly health blog. In her spare time, Nicole enjoys exploring new restaurants and sites around Los Angeles, listening to country music, running (and training for half marathons…maybe a full one someday!), hiking, and spending as much time as she can at the beach!