While Daniel and Callie may not have a huge presence on social media today, they owe much of their love story to the ever-so-popular Instagram. While Daniel and Callie were both seniors in high school they both had their eyes set on college. However, neither of them thought Gardner Webb was where they would end up. Daniel was talking to many schools for football and Callie had her deposit paid to attend Anderson University. It was last minute for the both of them when things changed. Other football offers fell through leaving Daniel with Gardner Webb while Callie felt a tug at her heart after visiting the Gardner Webb campus. They both thought they had life figured out and they wondered why God would lead them to the small town of Boiling Springs. It was sophomore year for the both of them. They were both going through difficult times in their lives and each prayed to God for Him to send them someone. It was only a month later, over Thanksgiving break, that Callie was creeping on Instagram and stumbled across Daniel’s profile. She clicked follow and within minutes Daniel followed back and liked a few of her pictures. She did the same so he decided to shoot his shot and message her. They each knew something was different and had an instant connection. When they got back to school they planned to meet up and watch Christmas movies. All of Callie’s friends warned her against going because of the poor reputation football players get at the school. But Callie felt there was something different and decided to follow her heart (which is much unlike the more shy, rational Callie we all know). They were both extremely nervous at first, but this quickly went away as they ended up talking for hours and hours. After that first night, they hung out pretty much every night afterwards. It took Daniel months to ask Callie to officially be his girlfriend even though they both knew after only a month that they had found their forever partner.

You may have seen the video, but if not the link to watch it is below! Daniel had been planning to propose since his last home game during the 2018 football season. Gardner-Webb brought them together and Callie admits that still to this day she gets butterflies each time he comes out of the locker room after a game (even though she knows he will be sweaty and smelly) so he figured what better way to propose than at Gardner Webb on the football field. Daniel’s mom mentioned using his grandmother’s ring and he insantly knew that that’s what he wanted to do because of their love for tradition and items with meaning. He got the ring from his mom when they were visiting his home in Williston, SC over the Summer and started his planning to get it redone in a style he knew Callie would love with a new band. Leading up to the proposal he asked Callie’s father for permission, made sure she already had her nails done, and planned to have her mom take pictures with the camera. On November 16th Daniel played his last home game of the season which meant pictures on the field after the game as they had done the previous year. He asked if she wanted to try a different pose than normal to which she said yes. As she waited for him to fix his shirt (or so she thought) he got down on one knee and popped the question! She was in shock that her dreams were becoming reality and answered with “are you serious?” They got back to the tailgate, popped the champagne, and celebrated with some friends and family! https://youtu.be/sZY2ioP5QDU