Ryan and Courtney met at James Madison University in 2014. Ryan was a Senior and Courtney was a Sophomore. They met through mutual friends and became really close. After Ryan graduated, he came back for homecoming/ halloween weekend and they hit it off. Ryan finally asked Courtney to be his girlfriend on January 20th, 2015. There relationship grew through 2 years of long distance.

Ryan and Courtney were at the Outer Banks with Ryans family for Thanksgiving. They went down to the beach one morning before it began to rain in order to take pictures.....Courtney's favorite thing to do. While taking picture together, Ryan got down on one knee and asked the most important question of his life! Courtney, of course said yes!!