In the summer of 2018 Ashley was looking for adventure and was asked to sub on a co-ed softball team in Moorhead. Typically this wouldn't be something that she would say yes to being that she didn't know anyone on the team. But she had a feeling about that night and decided to go. The Captain of the team was Dawson ( .859 BA .989 OBP 74 RBI 34 HR). After a 2-0 outing that evening and multiple not so subtle hints from Ashley that she was into Dawson, they hit it off and spent the summer falling for each other. In the spring, during their final year of college, Dawson and Ashley added a furry friend to the family, their dog Gronk, and upon graduation in May they packed up their zoo (2 cats and a dog *at the time*) and moved to Fosston, Minnesota where they began their lives together and currently reside.