Wedding Party
Hannah DeGroot
Maid of Honor
Hannah is Brady's first and only sister! Hannah and Brady like to play board games and taste test crazy foods and drinks. When they were kids, their favorite thing to do was to peruse Goodwill stores and make it their mission to complete puzzles. If they were missing pieces, they would "save the world" and disintegrate them in their backyard firepit. Hannah currently resides in Deerfield, Wisconsin with her fiancé Daniel and our cat nephews Meelo and Kai. She is currently studying to be a vet tech and is interning at UW Vet Hospital for the summer!
Mason DeGroot
Best Man
Mason is Brady's first and only brother! Mason is originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin and currently resides in Green Bay with our dog niece Emily. He is currently working at Menards and loves working on his car. Mason and Brady enjoy monthly visits to Al's Hamburger in Green Bay to try the burger and shake of the month. As kids, they would hunt for Geocaches and skip rocks on the beaches of door county. His favorite things to do in his spare time are play video games and flying his drone and taking STUNNING pictures.
Abby Marcus
Groomswoman
Abby is one of Brady's "Groomswomen"! Abby and Brady met on the day that Brady and James started dating in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. They then performed in a summer revue show presented by Pancratz Art Entertainment and have stayed great friends since. Abby and Brady's greatest trip was going to see a drag queen show in Chicago right before the Covid pandemic shut everything down and bar hopped to the wee hours of the morning. She is currently living in Madison, Wisconsin with her kitty Lord Tubbington and working as a lead Barista at a new coffee shop!
Patrick Cashner
Groomsman
Patrick Cashner is one of the Brady Bunch's groomsman! Patrick and Brady met through a mutual friend and is one of Brady's friends from Denver, Colorado. Patrick now lives back home in Chicago, Illinois with his cat Harry. Patrick, Brady and James all took an awesome camping trip this past summer and tented right next to a creek with a view of the mountains. He's a great board game player and has beaten Brady and James at Terraforming Mars, Wingspan and Scythe and makes a mean Margarita!
Kat Hil
Groomswoman
Kat is one of Brady's "Groomswomen"! Kat and Brady met in college at UWSP through a mutual friend. They performed in a summer revue show presented by Pancratz Art Entertainment and have stayed great friends since. Kat is an independent artist based out of Nashville, Tennessee and has performed in New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta as well as countless venues in Nashville. She recently released her first EP and lives with her dog, Jaxy.
Paul Hammes
Groomsman
Paul is one of the Brady Bunch's groomsman! Paul and Brady performed in a summer revue show presented by Pancratz Art Entertainment and have stayed great friends since. Paul recently came to visit Brady in Denver and they hit the town, checking out the local Wisconsin bar in Colorado and going to an interesting club with a cool vibe. Paul has a degree from UW Madison in Psychology and Philosophy and works as an event DJ and a volunteer as a crisis counselor for a suicide hotline. He lives in Plymouth, Wisconsin with his dogs Rocket and Jethro.
Gerry Hazen
Best Man
Gerry is James' first and only brother. He works at Keller Williams, collects action figures that have been flipped upside down and stuffed into plants, and is an avid video and board gamer. Gerry lives in Appleton with his partner Brennan. Gerry and James also speak silly languages, like pig latin, so if you hear a lot of "op"s at the wedding, just back away slowly. Catchphrase: James is the enemy.
Greg Kudick
Groomsman
Greg and James met online and quickly became fast gamer friends. Shortly after meeting, they established a weekly game night, which continues to this day. James was a cheerleader (albeit a poor one) for Greg's dart league and has also attended some great musicals with him. Catchphrase: What are we playing tonight?
Zach Last
Groomsman
Zach and James bonded through the shared trauma of working at Best Buy and playing League of Legends. During seasons of customer insanity, they would take solace in dumb jokes with each other and partying in the the Big Blue Box (not Best Buy). As a founder of a gaming group, frost bit gaming, Zach has cultivated a digital space for friends to connect. Zach also maintains a large presence in the fighting game scene and streams his talents on Twitch. Catchphrase: I play POT OF GREED!
Nate Christensen
Groomsman
Nate and James became fast friends in high school, bonding over chemistry, track and field, games (of course), and James' exceptional stick figure comics of Mr. Smashy Smashy. Visits to Nate's family cabin became a staple past time where they divined the scrolls of wisdom containing Drunkopoly and shared many a drunken sunrise (tequila sunrise). Their love of gaming and absurdity binds them, with Nate's perfected game shelf impressing the game wizard James. Catchphrase: Hussum?
Ryan Woller
Groomsman
Ryan became friends with James in elementary school. They have experienced many trends through many activities, from Pokemon, to Band, to "controlling the wind". Today, Ryan has a beautiful wife Shelby, and daughter, Primrose, whom he loves dearly and, he still makes time for game nights with the guys. Catchphrase: Full Middle Malcomist
Anders Thompson
Groomsman
Anders and James met in their 20's through game nights hosted by James' brother Gerry. With a solid foundation of dice and cards, they lived together for many years in Deckner Manor and Boys Town (Not the Chicago one, a better one). Anders has also hosted many role playing campaigns and is one of James' favorite GMs to date. Catchphrase: It's all ogre now.