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It all begins here when Shane Sams was a sophomore at the University of Kentucky and Jocelyn Sams came to campus as a freshman at just 17 years old!
It all begins here when Shane Sams was a sophomore at the University of Kentucky and Jocelyn Sams came to campus as a freshman at just 17 years old!
Let’s go back to 1997. Picture this: Jocelyn turns 17 years old on March 27th of her senior year of high school. Just months later she moved from her small coal-mining hometown in western Kentucky to move to the big city of Lexington. She could not wait to be there that August, cutting down every minute until she would officially be a Wildcat.
Shane Sams had gotten on UK’s campus just a before. He had dreamed of going to the University of Kentucky his entire life. After all, he too was from a small town. Which one? Corbin. Better known for their railroads, moonbow, and the birthplace of KFC, (of course). Now, Shane didn’t exactly work hard in school to get the grades to grace UK’s campus but nevertheless found himself walking by William T. Young every day.
For both of them Lexington was an escape of small town life – an escape that would become the most fateful place they would ever find themselves.
Now, Shane didn’t start out at UK. His first year was actually spent as a BCTC student. He could live in the dorms, but his school was actually in the Kroger Field parking lot. He didn’t magically mature into the model student. He hardly ever went to class and had a crazy roommate that ended up flunking out to boot. Shane found himself almost failing too during his first semester.
That was until one after during Christmas break. Shane’s dad offered to take him to his insurance office in Corbin. When Shane released they had hit the interstate going south he knew something was wrong – his dad saw his report card. Nearly 20 minutes later they found themselves in Williamsburg, Kentucky home of the University of the Cumberlands. The college that Shane had tried oh-so-hard to not attend. It was the exact opposite of everything She loved about living in Lexington. After his dad continuously drove past every door and window (and excess flower) on campus he finally opened his mouth and said, “pretty campus, huh? If your grades aren’t better next semester you’re going to be going to school here so get used to it.” (Can we just thank Shane’s dad for not allowing him to screw this whole thing up)?
Shane found a girl. Not THE girl, but a girl that could help him get through Algebra his second semester. It wasn’t his best semester ever but it got him through his freshman year so we’ll take it.
Here it comes: the fall semester of 1997. Jocelyn was living in the dorm right beside Shane. But of course meeting them would have been too easy. If you know Shane Sams, it’s par for the course.
There was however a time when Shane visited his friend from high school that happened to be in the room right beside Jocelyn. One fateful day there was a knock on the door from the most beautiful girl Shane Sams had ever seen. Jocelyn was there asking to borrow the phone book – that’s right. An actual phone book. Jocelyn walked away and ordered her pizza or whatever it was and went back next door. Nothing special happened yet not until Jocelyn’s sophomore year and Shane’s junior year.
In the stairwell of the wellness dorm (that they both had just moved into) it finally happened. It only took one moment of walking by Shane in his $10 Wal-Mart cologne that made Jocelyn stop in her tracks. As Shane passed he said, “hey, what’s your name?” To which Jocelyn said, “Jocelyn Herovi.” Shane said, “whoa. Where are you from, is that foreign?” Of course, Jocelyn said, “no. I’m from Kentucky.” Long story short, Shane was going to meet up with his friends and didn’t have a long time to talk. Which was good because Jocelyn’s initial thoughts were, “who is this creepy guy talking to me on the stairs?”
Shane on the other hand had love at first sight. Cupid had made his mark! He sat down on his buddy’s bed as his friends were wondering what was wrong with him, sitting there shaking his head. A completely love struck Shane, only knowing Jocelyn’s name said, “I just met the girl that I’m going to marry. I know it. I don’t know how I know it. I don’t know when it’s going to happen. I don’t know what’s going to happen. But I just met the girl that I’m going to marry.” To which of course his friends shrugged off.
A few weeks later Shane was standing in the lobby of their dorm talking to a buddy who happened to be friends with Jocelyn too. Jocelyn spoke to that guy, but moments later Shane and Jocelyn began talking about the typical “what’s your major, what are you studying” type of stuff. When Jocelyn said she was studying computers of course Shane happened to be having computer problems that he wanted her help with (purely because of the computer not the beautiful blonde, I’m sure). And, Jocelyn being the sweet person she is, helped him out. Somehow his printer was miraculously working, go figure!
But, since they finally had a moment to talk they started figuring out all these things they had in common, including their birthdays being a day part. Naturally, Jocelyn wouldn’t let the conversation continue until Shane showed her his driver’s license for proof.
Everything just lined up. They were perfect for each other. But they first had to have their first date.
Shane, as the wrestling fan he is, had tickets for a pro wrestling match at Rupp Arena. After his friends ditched him he decided that was the place he was going to take Jocelyn on their first date! Shane and Jocelyn have no idea why she said yes, but thankfully she did! (That date ended up being 6 hours straight, sitting by Shane and his Wal-Mart cologne, and a ginormous guy they couldn’t get out so he kept having Jocelyn bring him hotdogs. Talk about a first date they’ll never forget)!
And the rest, as they say, is history!
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