Wedding Party
Hailey Kluge
Maid of Honor
How They Know the Bride/Groom: I have known Emily my entire life, and I truly cannot imagine life without the joy she brings to every moment. Fun Fact: I absolutely love yogurt bowls. I eat one nearly every day, and granola is always a must. Favorite Memory with the Bride/Groom: One of my favorite memories with Emily is the summer we spent swimming nearly every day and simply enjoying each other’s company. We made so many memories I will cherish forever. Whenever we laugh together, we cannot sit still and end up having to get up and run around. We swam so much that Emily’s blonde hair even started to turn slightly green from the pool chemicals! When I look back on that summer, I remember so much joy, laughter, and plenty of deflated pool floats, especially the giant pink flamingo I’ll never forget.
Michael Kell
Best Man
How They Know the Bride/Groom: I met Zach at the hospital on the day I was born, and I met Emily through Zach. Fun Fact: I can eat an entire tub of cottage cheese in one sitting, I’ve 100% completed Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, and I’ve attended more than 150 sporting events. Favorite Memory with the Bride/Groom: One of my favorite memories with Zach is all of our drives to and from Austin.
Katherine Holder
Maid of Honor
How They Know the Bride/Groom: Emily first slid into my DMs in January 2020 after I posted about a schedule change and invited me to sit next to her in class. A few weeks later, we found out on the same day that we had both been accepted to Texas A&M, and on my 18th birthday, we decided to become roommates. Getting my best friend was the best birthday gift ever! Fun Fact: I can quote almost the entire first Twilight movie from memory. Favorite Memory with the Bride/Groom: It’s hard to choose just one memory, but I will always treasure our trip to Boston a few years ago. We had the best time together and made so many unforgettable memories!
Adam Hitchcock
Best Man
How They Know the Bride/Groom: Zach and I first met in second grade when we were in the same class. For some reason, everyone was talking about what year they were born in, and most of the class was born in 2001. I shouted, “Who was born in 2002?!” and Zach raised his hand. Fun Fact: I have logged around 3,300 hours playing Destiny and Destiny 2. I also know at least the first 25 digits of pi, although I used to know closer to 40. Favorite Memory with the Bride/Groom: There are way too many memories to choose from, but a few favorites include our questionably planned camping trips, especially Big Bend in May, unpaid field work for high school baseball, and, of course, the legendary rock story and the stuffed animal dodgeball game from the same day.
Nicole Kell
Bridesmaid
How They Know the Bride/Groom: I met Zach at the hospital on the day he was born, and I met Emily when she was my brother’s date to her junior year homecoming. Fun Fact: In the summer of 2021, I biked from Austin, Texas, to the Canadian border and back to raise money for cancer research and support services. I can also do the splits on command, and I go through at least one bag of Trader Joe’s Sour Scandinavian Swimmers every week. Favorite Memory with the Bride/Groom: One of my favorite memories with Zach and Emily was seeing Mumford & Sons together at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Pierce Dietrich
Groomsman
How They Know the Bride/Groom: I met Zach at church, and we became even closer friends through Boy Scouts. Fun Fact: I once got swept out to sea on one of our Boy Scout trips. Favorite Memory with the Bride/Groom: My favorite memories with Zach are not just one specific moment, but all the times we spent riding our bikes around the neighborhood and goofing off together. Those are the memories I look back on most nostalgically.
Paige Davis
Bridesmaid
How They Know the Bride/Groom: The bride and I are cousins and only seven months apart, so we’ve been built-in best friends from the very start. Fun Fact: I am a reality TV expert and can keep you fully updated on all the latest shows and drama. I also consider myself a sourdough bread pro. Favorite Memory with the Bride/Groom: My favorite memories are our tea parties and sleepovers at our Maw Maw’s house, which are some of my most cherished childhood memories together.
Jack Tremblay
Groomsman
How They Know the Bride/Groom: Zach and I first met on our very first Boy Scouts campout. Fun Fact: My favorite drink is cranberry juice, but only the Diet Ocean Spray brand. The Lite version is acceptable, but not nearly as good, and I can definitely tell the difference. Favorite Memory with the Bride/Groom: My favorite memory with Zach is meeting up at his parents’ house to cram all of our AP History homework into a single day.
Kayla Reisdorf
Bridesmaid
How They Know the Bride/Groom: Emily and I first met when she walked into the Pi Phi house in Fall 2021. From our very first conversation, I knew I had to have her as my little. Since then, we’ve taken on every date party, vacation, and now wedding season together. Fun Fact: I absolutely love Aggie football and have been known to cry when they lose. I also have a very strong love for bananas and anything banana-flavored. Favorite Memory with the Bride/Groom: My favorite memory with Emily has to be meeting up in Paris and running around the city together. Honestly, it is hard to beat any time we are together on a dance floor.
Daniel Dragun
Groomsman
How They Know the Bride/Groom: I met Zach in Polina Sela’s EVE 210 Sustainable Systems Engineering course on Thursday, August 26, 2021, at 12:30 PM in room ECJ 1.214. Fun Fact: I have 3,702.1 hours in the video game Dota 2. When I first met my fiancée, I had spent more time playing that game than I had spent dating her during the first three months of our relationship. As of May 22, 2026, I also have 198 hours of PTO and vacation saved up at work. Favorite Memory with the Bride/Groom: One of my favorite memories with Zach was during junior year when we would work out at our apartment gym, then make lunch together while watching the latest episodes of Good Mythical Morning. Sometimes we would even watch Good Mythical More if we felt up to it. It was a simple routine, but a great way to start most weekdays and spend time together.
Gracie Hunt
Bridesmaid
How They Know the Bride/Groom: Emily and I were roommates in college and became best friends thanks to Facebook. I got to know Zach because he would come visit her in College Station, and he would hang out with the roommates, which was always the best. Fun Fact: I am almost always eating a hot dog or some kind of potato. Favorite Memory with the Bride/Groom: My favorite memory with the bride and groom was when Zach woke up super early to drive us to our half marathon. He was incredibly patient with us, and he even showed up with flowers for both of us, which was the sweetest surprise.
Nick Zuklic
Groomsman
How They Know the Bride/Groom: Zach and I had EVE 310 together with Professor Sela. Fun Fact: I once saw Woody Harrelson at an airport, and he did a double take at me like I was someone to be afraid of. I have also had 15 teeth pulled in my life, and I have played in two bands. Favorite Memory with the Bride/Groom: My favorite memory with Zach is him picking me up and carrying me down the sidewalk during our graduation celebrations. What a gentleman.
Taylor Black
Bridesmaid
How They Know the Bride/Groom: We were Pi Phi twins, and now we are forever besties. Fun Fact: I have been on 15 cruises and counting, I have a pet mini pig, and I substitute teach for fun. Favorite Memory with the Bride/Groom: Flying to Los Angeles to be on The Bachelor together, and our cruise to the Bahamas.
Preston Malaer
Groomsman
How They Know the Bride/Groom: I met the groom through Boy Scouts (Troop 27) in middle school. Fun Fact: I have over 2,100 hours in Europa Universalis IV, have spent close to $5,000 collecting 300 Warhammer figurines, and I turn yellow if I do not drink enough water. Favorite Memory with the Bride/Groom: One favorite memory is being out in the desert mountains and wanting to turn around but not saying anything, and then deciding not to hike through the desert. Another is when you rage baited me while we were playing Brawlhalla and made me crash out.