Jessica & Michael
Wedding Party
Travis Seymour
Best Man
Travis is Michael's older brother. Being Michael's only brother growing up they did almost everything together from sharing "million dollar" ideas to working on Travis' cars, playing sports and getting in all kinds of trouble. Travis lives in Houston, TX with his wife Sarah. He and Michael still take time to call regularly and travel to see each other.
Elizabeth Fugit
Maid of Honor
Liz was Jess's college roommate and one of her best friends. They met their freshman year at the Naval Academy during Plebe Summer. They were roommates for three and a half years and loved to watch movies, eat brunch, and attempt to take care of succulents. Liz is a history major and Marine pilot select, and loves all things outdoors.
William St. Leger
Groomsman
William is one of Michael's oldest friends from his first time living in North Carolina. They both played baseball together with William's dad as the coach. Even after moving away from North Carolina, they stayed in touch and would often visit each other with Michael traveling back to North Carolina and William traveling to wherever Michael was such as Alabama, Texas, Maryland and Virginia. William currently plays baseball for Methodist University in North Carolina where he is also working on his Master's degree.
Emily Shaff
Bridesmaid
Emily is Michael's older sister. Jess met Emily at Travis's wedding, and had the opportunity to spend a few Christmases and quarantine with her. Emily loves to snowboard, go on floats down the Rio Grande, and play with her corgis Bailey and Sawyer Brown. Emily lives in Texas with her husband, son, and two dogs.
Sam Myers
Groomsman
Sam was one of Michael's first friends when he moved to Texas. Sam and Michael got to know each other at the Church's youth group but got in all kinds of trouble on the weekends in and around Fort Worth. They played baseball together in Texas, traveled to Europe for World Youth Day and New Mexico for ski trips. Sam currently lives in Fort Worth, TX.
Gabrielle Streeter
Bridesmaid
Gabby was Jess's college roommate for a year and a half and one of her best friends. They also met during Plebe Summer, and one of Jess's first memories of Gabby was her love of her family and her dog, Bisou. Gabby and Jess loved going to coffee shops for study dates, eating, and of course getting boba tea. Gabby graduated from the University of North Carolina and now lives with Romeo, the cutest poodle cowboy you have ever seen.
Bryce Kleinman
Groomsman
Bryce was Michael's roommate at the Academy for almost two years. Bryce is always ready to take part in deep thinking conversations about topics that are not actually meant for deep thought. He will always be known as the walking encyclopedia or the history major who ended up being a nuclear engineer. Give him a word and he'll tell you a story. Bryce is currently attending Nuclear Power School in Charleston, SC.
Mary Kate Penn
Bridesmaid
Mary Kate is Michael's older sister. Jess first met Mary Kate freshman year in Alexandria, VA where Mary Kate lived and often hosted Michael and Jess. Jess spent a lot of quarantine with Mary Kate, where the two got to know each other better. Mary Kate lives in South Carolina with her husband, three children, and dog Frankie. Mary Kate's two daughters, Amelia Rose and Hannah Faustina, will be the flower girls for the wedding!
Joshua Lawrence
Groomsman
Josh was Michael's roommate for almost two years at the academy. A fellow Marine Pilot select, Josh is the epitome of coolness. You can catch him either running and ungodly amount of miles at a time, sleeping in until the afternoon, doing an insane amount of work. or going out when he is not working, sleeping or running. Josh is capable doing pretty much anything and doing it with a smile. He is currently at The Basic School in Quantico, VA before attending flight school in Pensacola, FL.
Mary Keough
Bridesmaid
Mary is Michael's and Jess' close friend. Mary and Michael have been friends from childhood and have been through all sorts of shenanigans together, from desperately trying to get their older siblings to play with them to fun weekends in Annapolis between school. Jess met Mary on one of those weekends when Michael brought Jess over to meet the Popp family, and the two have been good friends since. Mary graduated from Saint Vincent College and is marrying her college sweetheart William Keough in December!
Alex Razhyk
Groomsman
Alex is Jessica's older brother. He frequently travels from his home in Dubai to see Jess and her family. Michael first met Alex in Colorado while visiting Jess' family. Alex works for Tik Tok and loves traveling, telling jokes, and cats. He is quite the Star Wars fanatic and you can find just about every Star Wars Lego set that ever came out in his home.
Naomi Seymour
Bridesmaid
Naomi is Michael's younger sister. Jess met Naomi at Travis' wedding, and spent a lot of holidays and quarantine with her. Naomi loves to play volleyball, draw, and snowboard. She currently lives with Michael's parents in Texas and is a sophomore in high school.