During her freshman year, Melina attended a summer job fair and ended up with a job at a local Boy Scout camp where William, a fellow Bobcat, was an assistant program coordinator. The two had their unofficial first date on a 5-mile hike and talked for hours under the Texas stars. The pair enjoyed every aspect of Texas State together, attending sporting events and spending as much time as possible at Sewell Park. When they graduated in 2015, they jumped in the river together, and later that year got married. The have two sons who fill their house with the sounds of the Bobcat fight song.