Nate and Carly met during welcome weekend to kick off their freshman year at UT Martin. Having the same Health and Human Performance major (before Carly changed to Hospitality), they were put in the same freshman PEP class. Carly thought Nate was the cute class clown, but Nate wasn’t paying attention to anything but baseball at the time. Throughout their first 3 years of college, Carly and Nate would only say hi when they ran into each other on campus or around town. But things changed in the Fall semester of 2021 when Nate decided he wanted to get to know Carly better. He had to play her game of hard to get for a little while, but she didn’t like when he started playing the game too. On November 2nd, Carly used her best pick up line “Hey cutie” hoping to get Nate’s attention again. Within 10 minutes he was outside her apartment waiting to pick her up. From then on, they’ve spent many hours talking, laughing, and singing together. On April 29, 2023 Nate proposed on campus at UT Martin where they fell in love!