#MyMTStor y
How did you meet your sweetheart at MTSU? We asked True Blue couples to share memories of how they met their mates at MTSU. See more stories and pics at mtalumni.com/sweethearts.
J oshua (’04) and Katie Tompkins Harris (’05) Josh was on the football team (quarterback) and had broken his collarbone. I was on the softball team and had dislocated my kneecap sliding into 2nd base. We both had to do rehab in the training room. That's where we met! . . . Another football player ended up helping us get together for a board game night. Josh has called me every day since.
arrel (’13) and Artesia Hart D Price (’12)
Darrel and I accidentally met on campus in the Fall of 2009 through mutual friends . . . Our very first encounter I offered Darrel my all-time freshman year favorite, Easy Mac, only to find out that he had a dairy allergy.
eorge “Brazo” (’74) and Diana G Patterson Barry (’74)
I was in the House of Representatives at MTSU. Brazo came in from the Senate to present a bill . . . He was a cheerleader so our first date was to the Tenn Tech football game. He had to hitchhike to Nashville to borrow a car. lan (’92) and Kelly Jackson A Farley (’93)
Met my freshman year at MTSU 1986 at the MTSU 75th Anniversary parade . . . No matter how hard I tried to get her to skip class on a beautiful spring day, she never would. I guess that’s the difference between a business student and a math student.
ichael (’06) and Amy Bell M Shirley (’01) I was working for a local veterinarian when one of our clients walked in to introduce to my boss a college student who was renting a room in her house. I remember exactly where I was standing and what I was doing . . . Amy says that she really became interested in me when I stood up at an ag department karaoke/cookout event and sang “Love Potion Number Nine”! J ames “Pat” (’69) and Lynn Small ONeal (’69)
Lynn was editor of the yearbook and I was the student government VP along with serving as the cadet brigade commander. Lynn was living in the honor house, so I could go there to cook wild game—rabbits and quail! First date was “interesting.”
Cory (’16) and Amanda Uhls (’16) Cory and I met at RUF (campus ministry) our freshman year, but we danced around each other for almost a year. Sophomore year started and I had a history class Tuesday nights that would keep me from going to RUF. After the first I dropped the class and signed up for the only other history class that had an opening. Turns out Cory was in that class.
Ed (’74) and Carolyn Gregory (’04) We met in January 1974 at a fraternity party following the MTSU/APSU basketball game that we won in OT. On March 17, we had our first date— at Sir Pizza. In August of 1974 Ed graduated and was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Army. . . In January 2004 I went back through the RODP program and graduated from MTSU.
uincy Bowles and Ashleigh Q Roeser (’16) Quincy and I met in 2013 at MT Lambda, the LGBTQ+ club on campus. Our lives took us in opposite directions for 4 years, but 9 months after we reconnected my bags were packed and I was driving across the country. . . . We would not have crossed paths without being True Blue.
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