Feb. 6, 2012

I met Natalie at Siena College because we were in the teaching program together. We were friends at Siena, but lost touch after we graduated in 2008.

We had a chance meeting two years later at Red Robin. We exchanged numbers, and starting hanging out again soon thereafter. We would get together to watch Siena basketball when they played on the road. We started dating shortly thereafter, and have now been dating for almost two years.

Natalie and I have discussed marriage, and hope to be engaged within the year. I have season tickets, and we go to all the home games with our friends from Siena. You can find us sitting with the diehards in section 109. We have even traveled to Siena road games, including Marist, Canisius, Niagara, and this year against UMass in Springfield.

As a Catholic School teacher making a Catholic School teacher's salary, an engagement ring is difficult for me to afford. I want to give her everything she deserves and more. This could be a chance for us to start the rest of our lives together. Siena brought us together; I believe Siena can take us into the next chapter of our lives.