Shane and Katie initially met over a Zoom Bible study for Athletes Intervarsity at UCSD during the beginning of the pandemic. Katie, an avid fangirl of the UCSD Men's Volleyball team, was ecstatic to officially meet one of the players. Coincidentally, Shane just had to pin Katie's video the first meeting she was on. Months later, when this duo finally met face-to-face at a Leader's Meeting for AIV, sparks began to fly. The first time Shane ever saw Katie was as she was exiting the bathroom, and he thought "wow, she's taller than I imagined... and even prettier in person." It only took a couple months of hanging out with friends together, long Facetime chats, and an accidental flirtatious note left in Shane's car, and the love story began!