A.J. Strickland, Washington, Kan., senior, is a cowboy who likes to spend time on the shooting range. Sandra Mayle, Wichita graduate, is an urbanite who likes to hang out in coffee shops. He drives a truck. She drives a Nissan Sentra.
Sandra Mayle and A.J. Strickland
They couldn’t be more different from each other, but one night they found themselves working the eight-hour late shift together at the front desk of Lewis Hall.
He was intimidated by her looks, and she thought he was kind of weird. But with nothing to do but sit for eight hours, Strickland and Mayle ended up talking and getting to know each other. “I don’t know how she could have put up with me talking about my farm in detail for at least half an hour,” Strickland says.
As their shift came to a close, Strickland found the courage to ask Mayle on a date. “He asked me to go with him to the shooting range,” Mayle says. “But I think everyone secretly wants to shoot a gun. At least I did.”
The couple has been together for more than a year.
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