Following the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kate and Ryan both take on new jobs at University of Toledo within the athletic department and moved to Ohio (Kate from Michigan and Ryan from Tennessee). Despite attending the same football games, staff meetings, etc. Kate and Ryan just missed each other every time.

One week into the new year and Kate and Ryan are both invited to the same event with a small group of co-workers. The two hit it off as great friends for a while which slowly turned into more than friends after numerous day trips, concerts, and birthday celebrations. Kate and Ryan officially started dating in the summer of 2022 and by the fall Kate had impulsively adopted a puppy (Meera) from the local Toledo shelter while Ryan was out of town. By December, Ryan took Kate on her first trip to Maine to ring in the new year.

By the summer of 2023, Kate and Ryan moved in to a new apartment together in Maumee, Ohio just two days after celebrating their one year dating anniversary on Mackinaw Island, Michigan. But the biggest step taken was actually on October 7th when Ryan proposed! With an elaborate plan (with help from Kate's best friend, Joelle) at Cuyahoga National Park in Ohio.. she said "yes!" followed by a surprise engagement party.

Peace out Ohio! Ryan and Kate accepted new positions with University of Virginia Athletics so the two (plus Meera) moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. Now wedding planning is taking place at (most likely) a winery with the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance.