Keenan and Paige met at local Notre Dame happy hour in Columbus, OH back in October of 2018. Keenan showed up to the happy hour a little bit late and pulled up a chair next to Paige, and before they knew it, they were the last two from their group left in the restaurant. Keenan claimed Paige looked familiar from college but Paige insisted they hadn’t crossed paths on campus. Little did she know, they’d discover 3 months later that they had taken a 25-person Foundations of Theology course together in Fall of 2015. Evidently Keenan was just too nervous to make a move.

The day after they met, Paige received a text from Keenan asking if she and her friends had any interest in Ohio State Football tickets for the game that Saturday...smooth right? Despite only meeting Keenan once and being more of a Domer than a Buckeye at the time, Paige said yes knowing a few of her friends would jump at the chance to go to the game with her. Paige, however, would soon find out that her friends tickets would be in a different section, while she would be sitting next to Keenan's two childhood best friends, Joe and Will, in the football family section. After listening to four hours of hard-core wing manning by Joe and Will, Paige figured this Keenan guy couldn’t be half bad. Luckily for her, she seemed to make a good impression and the boys invited her out with them to celebrate OSU’s win over Minnesota that night.

Keenan invited Paige on their first date in German Village the following week, and the rest was history. Somehow, against all odds, they were able to begin a brand-new relationship in the middle of a college football season. If you know college football, then you know how much of a feat this is. Keenan wasted no time in making their relationship official and asked Paige to be his girlfriend just two weeks after they met. When you know, you know right?

Their journey together over the next few months would become quite the adventure and Paige began to learn what life looks like when you’re dating a college football coach. From the Big Ten Championship in December to the Rose Bowl on New Years to Florida in January to the NFL Draft in March to a California wedding in May to a North Carolina Hiking trip in July, they made the most of every moment they spent together. Before they knew it, Fall Camp was here and it was time to begin their second Buckeye season together.

After a heartbreaking loss to Clemson that winter, Paige and Keenan settled back into their off-season routine. They had openly discussed marriage and their future together, but Keenan took Paige by surprise when he proposed in his backyard on a snowy night in February (right after slipping down his icy steps and falling flat on his back).

The past year and a half has been filled with the challenges and uncertainty created by the pandemic, but one thing that has held constant for Paige and Keenan is their love for each other. They cannot wait to celebrate their marriage with you in July and they are so excited to embark on this new chapter together!