1. When did you begin playing basketball?<\/p>\n
K: I honestly don’t remember not playing basketball. I’ve played since I was really little because my brother and sister played.<\/p>\n
H: I’ve played since I was four. I’ve played since it could be competitive.<\/p>\n
2. What led you to play basketball at Harding?<\/p>\n
K: This is my hometown. My whole family has come through Harding. They were really the only school that recruited me, but it was also the only school I ever really considered.<\/p>\n
H: I got recruited out of high school, through AAU stuff. I came out and met the guys on the team and then made my decision.<\/p>\n
3. How did you meet? Did you realize when you met that you would eventually be spending the rest of your lives together?<\/p>\n
H: Well, there’s a little controversy with that. I said we met at the caf.<\/p>\n
K: And I said we met at a football game.<\/p>\n
H: I knew Lauren (Harrison), and she introduced us in the caf. We started to get to know each other at the football game.<\/p>\n
K: I was very open. I was weird as a freshman. I was like, \u2018I’m going to get to know you’. I had heard he was shy so I was like, \u2018challenge accepted’.<\/p>\n
H: I don’t think either of us knew we were going to get married. People gave us a hard time freshman year because we didn’t start dating until sophomore year.<\/p>\n
K: Our whole freshman year we hung out a lot. We didn’t put a label on it, so people gave us a hard time.<\/p>\n
H: We had a nickname, people called us Krayden.<\/p>\n
4. How would you describe your respective playing styles?<\/p>\n
H: Kristen is very athletic. She can play any position they put her at. She’s a great player. She can do a little bit of everything.<\/p>\n
K: He gets beat up more than anyone I know. He’s one of the toughest players I’ve ever watched play. He’ll come off with a bloody face, and say \u2018stitch me up and put me back in’. He finishes really well around the basket, and he can also shoot the three’s.<\/p>\n
5. What’s something that he\/she does on the court that you wish you could do?<\/p>\n
H: I wish I could jump like her.<\/p>\n
K: And I wish I could dunk like you.<\/p>\n
6. How did you propose?<\/p>\n
H: My birthday was coming up, and I told my friend to tell us to go to The Old Mill for my birthday. Her sister and I had scoped it out beforehand and decided it would be a great place. I had a book made for her to flip through and had a log carved out with “Will you marry me?.” I had her sister put the log down by the water at The Old Mill. I didn’t have anywhere to put the book so I kept it in the back of my pants the whole day. In the book, I had put pictures of where we first met; I said the caf, she said the football game, and then I ended the book with a picture of The Old Mill, and the log that said “Will you marry me?”, and I turned the log around, and asked her.<\/p>\n
7. What characteristics do you admire in one another?<\/p>\n
K: Kids are just drawn to him. It amazes me, all the little boys that come up to him at games, that look up to him. He’s such a great role model for them. He has such a gentle heart for such a tough person. It’s cool to see such a gentle person be so tough on the court.<\/p>\n
H: Her attitude through anything. She can be having a terrible time, and she’ll still have a great attitude. She’ll still be encouraging others. I’d definitely have to say her attitude is my favorite because it’s great through good times or bad.<\/p>\n
8. What characteristics do you not admire in one another?<\/p>\n
K: He bites his nails all the time.<\/p>\n
H: I’m having a hard time. I can’t really think of anything.<\/p>\n
9. Favorite memories as a couple so far?<\/p>\n
H: I’ve really enjoyed our trips together, to her track meets, to nationals last year.<\/p>\n
K: We basically do double dates with my parents every weekend. I love long car rides. It’s when we get really honest and goofy with each other. I love it.<\/p>\n
10. What are your two most favorite things about him\/her?<\/p>\n
K: I love that he’s really weird, because I’m really weird.<\/p>\n
H: I love that she’s constantly happy about everything.<\/p>\n
“The Dating Game”<\/p>\n
First date? <\/p>\n
K and H: She said Sno Island, he said PTP formal.<\/p>\n
Favorite food? <\/p>\n
K and H: Mexican.<\/p>\n
Chocolate or Vanilla?<\/p>\n
K: He just eats ice cream, any flavor.<\/p>\n
H: She loves chocolate.<\/p>\n
Facebook or Twitter?<\/p>\n
K and H: Facebook.<\/p>\n
NFL or MLB?<\/p>\n
K and H: She loves the St. Louis Cardinals, and he loves the Cowboys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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