They first met in the spring of 2011 when Maya was in Memphis, TN for a visit to meet the Rifle Team and tour the University. Upon their first meeting, the whole team went to a Mexican restaurant for lunch and everyone ordered appetizers and had a great meal. When it came time to separate the tickets, the waiter asked who had ordered the queso? Among all of the confusion no one said anything. Everyone decided to split the queso. Once the tickets get back, Jimmy said "I ordered a cheese dip." Later he told everyone he didn't know what queso meant...even after three years of Spanish! Later while on the team together, after Jimmy's last competition, they finally started dating each other, and it has been a whirlwind of excitement and new experiences since!