Trey’s high school friends were also Maria’s friends from Penn State Altoona. Their mutual friend lived at the "Beaver House" and were hosting a State Patty’s Day party Senior year. Maria & Trey were always at the same place, at the same time. Trey was friends with some of the Gammas (Maria's sorority sisters), but never knew Maria existed until the day of the party. It wasn't until years later, Trey realized he had taken pictures of Maria and other Gammas at a community service event, not knowing who she even was. A few weeks later Maria and her best friend, Krystina, went out to celebrate their birthday when they bumped into Trey. Maria & Trey immediately hit it off. They hung out every single day and eventually Maria's friends started telling Trey how much she liked him because she was too shy to tell him herself. Then right before graduation, they made it official and were determined to make it work after they left Happy Valley.

We decided to rent an RV for homecoming weekend and asked our closest friends to come along with us. We planned a weekend of tailgating, "after party" (at the Beaver House) and bar hopping. As we walked to the game we coincidentally bumped into our mutual friend (from the Beaver House). Maria mentioned the "party" and as she walked away, Trey had to fill him in on the surprise. Tailgate was over, we won the game! Now it was time to get ready for the "party" at Beaver House. Once all 7 of us were dressed, we rushed to the party, beers in hand and in pockets, so we weren't late! As soon as we arrived we walked through the back door of an empty, dark house. Maria wondered where the party was and then saw lights on the porch and figured people were out front. We walked through the door and as Maria looked around confused, saw Trey on one knee. He didn't say much, actually nothing at all, but she said yes!! After a few moments, Maria realized their whole family and close friends were there!! Everyone had kept the secret and Trey pulled it off even though there were many slip ups. Check out the full story and video: https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_a0aeca1c-c804-11e7-8e54-aff2dd127b0a.html https://youtu.be/5_MSRWAYlc0