Sydney & Luke
Wedding Party
Averie Bowen
Maid of Honor
Averie is Sydney's cooler younger sister! Averie is currently a junior in high school and is a dancer. Sydney loves to watch her at her recitals and competitions. Since Sydney has moved back home with her family, they have enjoyed shopping on the weekends, getting Starbucks, and sharing clothes.
John Jager
Best Man
John is Luke's older brother and is married to bridesmaid Maddie Jager. John played basketball in college at Indiana University and was later their graduate assistant for two years. He pushes Luke to become better both on the court and off!
Serena Morris
Maid of Honor
Serena and Sydney have been friends since they were 8 years old. They became friends after performing at the 2nd grade talent show and there is even video evidence of the day they met! Sydney and Serena continued to be friends throughout middle and high school when they both cheered together and became back to back state champions. Serena was a cheerleader at IU and now works as a NICU nurse at Community North Hospital.
Noah Jager
Best Man
Noah is Luke's younger brother and will be graduating from West Point Academy in May. During his time at West Point he has found his love for travel visiting Croatia, Brazil, Alaska, and more! Upon graduation Noah will be serving the Infantry branch of the United States Army to pursue becoming a ranger.
Anna Bonner
Bridesmaid
Sydney and Anna were roommates in college for 3 years! They met one time briefly at the beginning of freshman year at IU then reconnected after standing in line together during rush at Delta Gamma. Anna currently lives in Boston, MA and Sydney misses getting to live with her!
Josh Hall
Groomsman
Josh and Luke became friends in middle school when they played against each other on cross town rival teams, St. Charles and Jackson Creek. They both went on to play high school basketball at Bloomington South High School together and have stayed close after Josh went to Depauw to play basketball. Josh is currently living in Maine where he is going to dental school.
Mollie DeBrunner
Bridesmaid
Mollie and Sydney became friends when they both joined Delta Gamma at IU. She is one of the most thoughtful and funniest people that Sydney knows. Mollie is the best at keeping Sydney's college friends connected after they all moved to different states upon graduation!
Yakob Wells
Groomsman
Yakob and Luke became friends in high school. Yakob spent his first three years at Bloomington North until he finally got tired of losing and transferred to South. From there, the two remained close throughout college and most recently have grown closer living just 5min away from each other in Indy. Yakob and his wife, Kelsey, regularly get together for with Luke and Sydney for Bible study, card games, and a good old fashion.
Rebecca Hirsh
Bridesmaid
Sydney and Rebecca met when they both joined Delta Gamma at IU. They lived together as seniors with Rebecca's adorable cat, Chester. When Luke found out he was moving to Columbus, OH, Rebecca became his number one tour guide! Sydney loved that every time she visited Luke she also got to see Rebecca!
Tanner Shapiro
Groomsman
Tanner and Luke became friends in 4th grade at St. Charles where they became inseparable. The two of them have traveled together, played sports together, grown up together, joined the same fraternity, and are still inseparable to this day! Luke and Sydney love to spend time going to dinner, watching sports, and playing cards with Tanner and his girlfriend Chloe.
Shannon Killeen
Bridesmaid
Shannon is Sydney's future sister-in-law! She is married to groomsman Kevin Killeen and they just welcomed Sydney's future nephew into their family in December! Shannon and Kevin moved to Boston in June 2023 for Shannon to purse her medical residency at Harvard. Even though it's only for 3 years, Sydney and Luke miss them very much!!
Kevin Killeen
Groomsman
Kevin is Luke's brother in law and is married to bridesmaid Shannon Killeen. He brings a whole new level of fun to the Jager family and is a killer trombone player! Kevin is great husband and dad to their new baby, Patrick, and their golden doodle, Rosie. When Luke was a groomsman in Shannon and Kevin's wedding, Kevin gave him his first tobacco pipe. Ever since, Luke and Kevin love to smoke a pipe every time they get to be together!
Maddie Jager
Bridesmaid
Maddie is Sydney's future sister-in-law. She is married to Best Man John Jager and is the best dog mom to their golden retriever, Gracie. Maddie and John live 5 minutes away from Luke and Sydney's future home together. They can't wait for all their adventures they will have in Broad Ripple!
Reece Bowen
Groomsman
Reece is Luke's future brother in law. He is currently a junior at Indiana University where he loves to watch IU sports and spend time with friends. Luke's favorite memory with Reece is tailgating at the IU football games. Luke can't wait to celebrate Reece's 21st birthday with him during his bachelor party in June!
Sarah Hayes
Bridesmaid
Sarah and Sydney have been friends since they met in photography class in high school. Sydney asked Sarah to grab a quick dinner after school where they ended up staying for 3 hours talking! Sydney and Sarah both went on to join Delta Gamma when they went to IU and their long dinners continued until they graduated from college. Sarah is currently living in Denver, CO and Sydney hopes to come visit her there soon!
Nathan Pliske
Groomsman
Nathan and Luke are childhood friends who attended St. Charles and Bloomington South together. They were tennis doubles partners until senior year when they both decided to join the high school football and soccer team. Nathan and Luke stayed close through college and now enjoy being double dates together with Nathan's girlfriend Abbie and Sydney.