Samantha Welsh ’11 and Adam Welsh ’17

We met in 2014 in downtown Orlando. I had graduated from UCF in 2011 with a BS in health science and was planning on returning to school to pursue my doctorate in physical therapy. Adam had just returned home from the Army completing a tour in Afghanistan and was in the process of applying to UCF to finish his BS in finance. Our mutual love for all things UCF, especially UCF football was one of the many common interests we shared that brought us together. Adam graduated in 2017 and we got engaged that same year. We started planning our wedding and got married in October 2020. We recently welcomed the newest future Knight to our family, a little boy, in May 2022. We always reflect back at our times at UCF and although they were at different points in our life, it was our time living in Orlando and a chance meeting that brought us together. We can’t wait to raise our little boy as a UCF Knight fan and hopefully a future alumni too!