2000
Kelly Hamilton married Sarah Bruno in June 2018. Vanessa Brown and Kari Bergman were members of the wedding ceremony. After earning his master’s degree from Washington University in 2002, Kelly co-founded and ran a magazine publishing business in St. Louis for 13 years. In 2017, he entered a Ph.D. program for industrial organizational psychology.
2004
Dan Pucul and Lindy K. Olsen ’03 were married in August 2016. They have taken some time to share the news through ’Roo Notes, and they were obviously pretty low key about the ceremony. Dan wrote that he “took an extra half hour for my lunch break that day. We had to go all the way to Whitesboro to find a Justice of the Peace that would do marriages.” Just as married; none of the wedding stress. Now, Lindy is completing a master’s degree in Counseling at University of North Texas. Dan, who earned a master’s in Drama in 2009 at Texas Woman’s University, is the Technical Coordinator for Ida Green Communication Center. They live in Sherman.
2007
Kristen Austin and Matt Stewart ’08 were married on April 20, 2018, in Kansas City, Missouri, their home at the time. Alumni in the wedding party included Amanda Austin Comer ’08, Molly Dougherty Bucy, Audrey Burnett Harris, Garrett Staples ’06, and Tres Ellis ’11. Kelly Yarbrough Frasier ’09, Laura Westerlage ’08, Megan Dougherty Travis ’10, and Shamyal Khan ’08 also attended. Matt and Kristen chose to legally combine their last names to form a new last name, Austew, that both use. Kristen began a new position as Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Bordentown, New Jersey, in February 2019, having left her post as Chaplain at Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, where she served from November 2013 through November 2018.
2009
Nicolas Ayala married Miriam Ayme Gueta on June 8, 2019, in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. The two own Rancho Los Girasoles and live in Celina, Texas, with their son, Nicolas, various goats, and three dogs. They own and manage two wedding venues in Dallas: Fiesta Gardens Event Center and Hacienda Fiesta Gardens.
2011
Gabriel Vasquez and Ashley Youvza were married on April 27, 2019, in Wylie, Texas, with DJ Hardy ’09 and Sean Simpson ’12 in the wedding party. The new couple lives in Garland, Texas, with their daughters, Lilly and Emma.
2012
Savannah Murphy and Alex Mannari ’11 were married on November 3, 2019. ’Roos in the bridal party were Patrick Coleman, Scott Cottingham ’10, Austin Light ’11, Aziz Kobty ’11, Victor Mollenhoff, Sahar Mehdi ’11, Kersti Marusich, Erica Demies ’13, and Kate Wofford. The new couple lives in Fort Worth, Texas, where Savannah works for Stryker and Alex works for MDG Medical.
2013
Caitlyn Graves and Kathryn “Kat” Meyer were married on March 24, 2018, in Manor, Texas. Wedding attendants included Lizzy Lincoln ’14, James Taylor ’14, and Thomas Clayton ’12. Caitlyn and Kat met at Austin College in 2014 when both worked for Duke TIP. Caitlin lives in Fort Worth, Texas, works at Tarrant County College District with professional and organizational development, and is in the dissertation phase of her doctorate in education. Kat began her first year at Case Western Reserve University Law School in Cleveland, Ohio, in fall 2019. Both had opportunities too good to pass up but say they are “old hands” at long-distance relationships and that life is busy and beautiful.
Emily Olvera and Jack McCoy were married June 15, 2019, at Knotting Hill Place in Little Elm, Texas. Emily’s bridesmaids included Victoria Briscoe O’Connor, Hailey Wakefield, and Ashley Fitzpatrick. Emily and Jack live in Allen, Texas, with their yellow lab, Sammy. Jack works with The Real McCoys Realty, and Emily is a Tax Associate with Bland Garvey CPAs and Wealth Advisors.
2014
Meghana Bellary and Vishal Maktal were married June 14, 2019, in the backyard of her family home. Meghana described a “traditional arranged marriage turned to love” that began when their mothers (strangers), thinking their children would never marry, decided to “help.” Meghana and Vishal met, found their dreams coming true, and soon decided to marry. Shruti Hegde ’13 and Surya Ravi were bridesmaids. Khusa Singh also attended. After the wedding and a Texas reception, the couple traveled to India for a reception for Vishal’s family, with over 500 attending. Meghana is a teacher in Plano. Vishal is a Data Analyst.
Abby Saizow and Alan Parrent were married June 8, 2019, in Breckenridge, Colorado. Alumni in the wedding were Madeleine Millender, Austin Vaughan ’13, and Shane Williams ’13. Abby’s boxer, ’Roo, was the flower dog for the ceremony. Abby and Alan have added another boxer to the family, “sister” Breck. The bride and groom met in the fall of their sophomore year and dated almost 7.5 years. That may have had something to do with Abby’s education. In May 2019, she graduated from Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences. The new couple lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where Abby is a veterinarian at Woodland West Animal Hospital, and Alan is Director of Game Operations for Tulsa Oilers Hockey.
2017
Madison Lee and Jeremy Halford ’16 were married April 26, 2019, at Mitas Hill Vineyard in McKinney, Texas. They met when Madison was a freshman at Austin College in 2013, playing ping pong in the Pouch Club. Jeremy proposed just outside the Pouch Club in December 2017. The wedding party included Brooks Ward ’16 and Thomas Oberg. Madison works for a well-known tax, auditing, and consulting firm in Dallas, and Jeremy works in the Accounting Office of UT Dallas. The couple lives in Richardson, Texas.
Victoria Campbell and Shawn Slowinski were married May 24, 2019, in Leonard, Texas. The wedding party included Presleigh Watson, Shannon McKelvie, Rebecca McDonald ’18, Kylie Menocal ’18, Tad Howard, Tanner Howard, and Shane Brooks ’18. The couple lives in Dallas, Texas, with their adopted dog, Lilly. Tori is in the Master of Physician Assistant Studies Program at Chatham University and will graduate in July 2020. Shawn works as a Financial Advisor at AXA Advisors.
Lacyn Hill and Robert Ward were married August 11, 2018, in Glen Rose, Texas, in an outdoor ceremony. The wedding party included Lauren Rose ’13, Savanna Romo ’16, Shannon McKelvie, and Presleigh Watson. Lacyn works at Trinity Industries, Inc., and Robert recently graduated from Richland College where he studied video game design and development. The couple attends Frisco Bible Church, where they met and became friends in 2015.
2018
Zoe Garner and Cary Register ’17 were married July 20, 2019, at Marty Leonard Chapel in Fort Worth, Texas. Austin College Chaplain Dr. John Williams ’84 officiated. Several ’Roos attended, and the wedding party included Rebecca Franklin, Sydney Jackson ’19, Jackson Farnsworth ’17, Ben Lehrman ’17, Brett Garner ’22, and Jake Davis ’20.