We met as student-athletes at Youngstown State University in 2015 in the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) program - Ryan played basketball and Lexi played softball. Our relationship started by Ryan asking Lexi questions about various events they needed to attend for SAAC and where/when he needed to be (questions that had very clear answers if he listened during the meetings!). Throughout college, we spent time at events together (Lexi organizing, Ryan carrying the food), playing our respective sports, sneaking in coffee breaks between class together, and making memories with some of our best friends. Fun fact about us... we won the YESPYs "Cutest Couple" award in college two years in a row (please make fun of us accordingly).

Post-college, we both pursued careers in the corporate world in two different cities. Lexi moved to Columbus and Ryan worked in Cleveland. Every weekend, they would either meet in the middle at a Bob Evans for dinner (yikes), or Ryan would come down to Lexi's apartment in Columbus and leave Monday mornings at 4am to make it to work on time. Fast forward one year, Ryan started law school at Cleveland State; Lexi moved to Youngstown with him so that we could spend more time together throughout Ryan's law school journey. We have lived there ever since and frequent I-80 as much as possible to spend time in both Chicago and Youngstown with our families.

Ryan proposed to Lexi on Jolee Island in Miramar Beach, Florida, where they were spending the week on family vacation. The proposal came just shy of their ten-year anniversary!

Today, Ryan works for Stifel as a Wealth Management Advisor and Lexi works for IBM as a Business Transformation Consultant. We live in Columbiana, OH with our two pups, Pippen (6) and Sammie (3). In our free time, we love to play golf, walk the dogs at our local shelter, and test out as many airport lounges as our PTO will allow.