Rett and Emily Anne met during spring of their freshman year at Auburn University. They were both part of a freshman service organization and quickly became friends. Throughout their time at Auburn, they continued to serve the university, traveling across the Southeast to football games and working various events together representing the War Eagle Girls and Plainsmen, with Rett going on to serve as SGA president. Samford Hall, Auburn’s most treasured building on campus that houses the clocktower that rings Auburn’s fight song every day, became a place where Emily Anne and Rett shared some of their most beloved moments. Samford Hall is where Rett asked Emily Anne to be his girlfriend when they started dating. Two years later, on April 1, 2022, Rett scheduled a surprise clock tower tour at Samford Hall. At 5 o’clock in the evening, overlooking the university where they shared years of memories and monumental moments, Rett proposed to Emily Anne with their family watching from Samford Hall’s lawn.