Brant and Dakota met on Southern Utah University's campus playing intramural volleyball. Brant and Dakota ended up playing next to each other during the games that day and he kept telling Dakota she was "amazing." It felt genuine to Dakota and it made him stand out. That night when she went to a friend's house she brought him up to her friends. This caught her friend's interest as Dakota didn't date very much or talk about guys at all. Credit to Lorri and Hunter who called it that night that they would end up dating.
When Brant and Dakota started hanging they spent every spare moment together, just talking for hours. It was a ridiculous amount of time they spent talking and laughing. Far too much sleep was lost during this time. They clicked immediately, Dakota does not like talking very much and she genuinely enjoyed talking to him. Brant only dated people he thought had serious potential in a relationship. After several months of hanging out and keeping it quiet (our friends are nosey, love y'all), Brant asked Dakota to be his girlfriend in October on the C hill in Cedar City Utah.