A Facebook data science study, released last week, found that about 28 percent of married graduates attended the same college as their spouse. This will prove true for Mississippi College students Will Young and Hannah Chamberlain. The couple got engaged on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Clinton Community Nature Center.
Young had the proposal planned since this summer when he bought the ring. He even had purchased a projector and screen so that he could play a slideshow with pictures of him and Chamberlain, highlighting their relationship. Unfortunately, there were some technical difficulties, and the flash drive containing the slide show malfunctioned.
Young came prepared, but the back-up flash drive also would not work. Young’s mother, who was there to take pictures, saved the day, and she had the couple watch the slideshow on her phone. Even though some of the details did not work out exactly as planned, the happy couple is now engaged. They plan to get married in the Summer of 2019, after Young finishes his undergrad degree in Biology. Chamberlain’s major is engineering.
How did this couple meet, you might ask? The couple met through competing on the Mississippi College Cross Country team. Chamberlain came to MC in 2014 from Evergreen, Colo. She had been running cross country since her freshman year of high school. Not only a runner, Chamberlain spends her time with the Equestrian Team as well. Young came to MC the next year from Nacogdoches, Texas, where he was the 1-A Texas State Champion in cross country and the two-time 1A Track State Champion in the 3200 meters and 1600 meters.
As a premier runner, Young knew he wanted to come to a school where he could contribute to the team right away. Even though they both enjoy running, the couple does not necessarily like to run together. Chamberlain said, “Well, that’s because Will is so much faster than me. My normal run would be a slow jog for him.” Young did say they will run simultaneously, but even “though we run side by side, most of the time we’ll be running at the same time, but not really with each other.”
Congratulations to Will Young and Hannah Chamberlain!