Teresa and Kurt Aken

I am submitting this about my parents! My dad, Kurt, was a kicker on the UCF football team and a member of the Pike fraternity. My mom, Teresa, was a ZTA. They had mutual friends and met at a UCF football game tailgate after my dad graduated from the team. Since then, they got married in 1992 and have been the biggest UCF fans! They had my brother and I a few years after they got married and have raised us to be Knights since the beginning. They have been season ticket holders since the nineties and have gone to every home game in the Citrus Bowl and the Bounce House. They have a room completely covered in UCF memorabilia from the over 30 years they have been Knights, including my dad’s kicking shoe, bowl game newspaper articles, the very first UCF Division I game tickets, and pictures of them each walking across the stage. Kurt and Teresa stayed in Orlando to stay close to UCF. Growing up, I knew that every Saturday was for the Knights. Because of their love for their school, I grew up wanting what they had. I just graduated from UCF in 2020! Kurt and Teresa love to support UCF any way they can. They bring friends to every game and host watch parties for any away games they can’t make it to. They are amazing parents, spouses and Knights!