Lauren and Ryan met at Bethel College in Indiana. They both played basketball there, and Lauren was crushing hard on Ryan for nearly two years before they even knew one another. After making some bizarre connections through siblings and mutual friends, they officially met each other for the first time on their first date, October 29, 2015. They officially started dating December 10, 2015. They got engaged May 10, 2017. And they are anxiously awaiting their wedding on June 9, 2018.