Gage and Emma met “officially” in 2016 at Marshall University. They were both in their first semester of social work classes and Gage asked Emma to join his group for a class project. Gage and Emma actually crossed paths several times before speaking to each other, each time without realizing who the other person was. The first interaction was in 2014, when Gage (who was the college mascot) was dressed as “Marco Santa” when Emma and her friends decided to get a picture on “Santa’s” lap. This also happened in 2015. In 2015, Emma decided to take a self defense class at college where Gage had graciously volunteered to be a practice dummy for the women to practice their moves they learned at the end of the semester….you can see where that interaction went. Though they became friends quite instantly after their official meeting in 2016, they did not go on their first date at Boathouse in Disney Springs until 2021. Gage proposed to Emma on November 2nd, 2022 in the Bahamas at Ocean Cay.