Marshall “Kaz” Kasowski and Julia Cole.Photo: Hansel Polanco
Julia Coleand Marshall “Kaz” Kasowski are engaged!
Marshall “Kaz” Kasowski and Julia Cole.Hansel Polanco
Cole, whose 2022 included breaking 100 million streams, receiving the coveted Country Music Television honor, and celebrating her first-ever performance at Nashville’s legendary Grand Ole Opry stage, had already had quite a life-changing year.
“I had no idea it was possible for a day to top my Opry debut, but when I saw the love of my life down on one knee I straight up ugly-cried,” she says with a laugh.
Marshall ‘Kaz’ Kasowski and Julia Cole.Hansel Polanco
“I met Julia at age 3,” says Kasowski. “I kissed her for the first time at 7 in a blanket-built fort. It took me almost two decades, but I finally got a second kiss.”
“There was always a connection between us,” says Kasowski, who finished the 2022 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers' AAA baseball affiliate the Oklahoma City Dodgers, and whose unique pitching style contributed to two minor league championship rings and an induction into the class of 2022 West Texas A&M Hall of Fame. “Despite our busy careers, thankfully, the stars aligned for us again.”
“It was fate that we ran into each other again,” Cole says with a smile. “We both happened to be in Houston for a day. I was singing the anthem for the Texans and Kaz had just finished his season two days prior. It was a miracle we were in the same place that night.”
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“Kaz’s parents sent us an incredible bottle of champagne we used to toast to the start of our forever family,” Cole, 29, recalls.
The ring.Hansel Polanco
Kasowski designed the radiant-cut diamond ring with two princess-cut diamonds on either side specifically for Cole.
“I wanted it to be unique and elegant; something to represent her beauty,” explains Kasowski. “We’ve gotten to watch each other grow up, and that’s something special. I can’t wait to marry my best friend.”
source: people.com
