Ramona Shelburne
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Ramona Shelburne is a sports news columnist in Los Angeles and was a college softball player at Stanford University
.
Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California
. She attended El Camino Real High School
in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian
. She then went to Stanford University
from 1997-2001 where she received a BA in American Studies and an MA in Communication. She was a three-time National Fastpitch Coaching Association Academic All-American softball
player.
She was a sports columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News
until the end of 2009, when she joined ESPNLos Angeles.com
. She spent seven years at the Daily News.
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
.
Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. She attended El Camino Real High School
El Camino Real High School
El Camino Real Charter High School is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California...
in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian
Valedictorian
Valedictorian is an academic title conferred upon the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony. Usually, the valedictorian is the highest ranked student among those graduating from an educational institution...
. She then went to Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
from 1997-2001 where she received a BA in American Studies and an MA in Communication. She was a three-time National Fastpitch Coaching Association Academic All-American softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
player.
She was a sports columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles Daily News
The Los Angeles Daily News is the second-largest circulating daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California. It is the flagship of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, a branch of Colorado-based MediaNews Group....
until the end of 2009, when she joined ESPNLos Angeles.com
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
. She spent seven years at the Daily News.