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Both praised God"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>It\u2019s been a hugely life-altering past couple of days for Walker Kessler.<\/p>\n<p>Last Wednesday, news broke that the Utah Jazz were trading Kessler to the Los Angeles Lakers and that Kessler would be signing a new four-year, $130 million contract.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3321\">What might Theodore Roosevelt think of conservation in American today?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This weekend, an even bigger event in Kessler\u2019s life happened, as he and longtime girlfriend Abbie Stockard, who was Miss America in 2025, got engaged to be married.<\/p>\n<p>Both Kessler and Stockard announced the news on social media.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><svg><g><g><g><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><svg><g><g><g><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI give thanks to God I get to spend the rest of my life with you, Abbie. Here\u2019s to the future together. I love you so much \u2764\ufe0f&#8221; Kessler captioned his post.<\/p>\n<p>Wrote Stockard: \u201cThe greatest surprise!! We\u2019re getting married!!\ud83e\udd0d\ud83d\udc8dI get to marry Walker Kessler &#8211; my best friend! Our story is truly one that only the Lord could have written. So many things I once thought were coincidences were really His perfect plan unfolding, and our story is greater than anything I could have imagined. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no one else I\u2019d rather spend the rest of my life with, doing life together and cheering each other on! I\u2019m so excited for all the big things God has in store for us and the adventure ahead, wherever He might lead us. Best Fourth of July EVER \u263a\ufe0f\u263a\ufe0f&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3319\">Utah\u2019s roster changed a lot this week. Here\u2019s where things stand now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kessler, 24, and Stockard, 23 (incidentally, they were both born on July 26) met while students at Auburn University.<\/p>\n<p>Last January, a video went viral of Kessler watching Stockard win the Miss America pageant while at dinner with Jazz head coach Will Hardy.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Walker Kessler\u2019s girlfriend, Abbie Stockard, won Miss America on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Walker watching her win while at dinner with Jazz head coach Will Hardy.<\/p>\n<p>Tremendous content.<\/p>\n<p> pic.twitter.com\/nS5f6Wq4dM<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3317\">At Colonial, the stars and stripes are flying out the door<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kendall Baker (@kendallbaker) January 7, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler now of the Los Angeles Lakers got engaged to former Miss America Abbie Stockard over the Fourth of July weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Walker Kessler gets engaged to former Miss America Abbie Stockard. 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