A friendship that started in middle school during a summer swim league led to Courtney Hogan and Patrick Maloney becoming high school sweethearts their junior year. Both attended the University of Arizona, creating fun memories that lasted beyond their college years.
“We followed the college’s sports teams regularly, even after we graduated, and we made plans to go to a basketball game one weekend in December 2013,” Courtney says. “My brothers go to school there, so it wasn’t strange to me that my parents came along.” Little did she know, Patrick had planned every detail. The two were walking around campus before the game when he got down on one knee and proposed. “The rest of my family was waiting nearby, and we had an extra fun time at the game!”
Courtney and her mom took charge of the wedding preparations, with their wedding planner mainly helping keep everything organized the day of the event. “Patrick and I wanted a very traditional wedding, so that was his only request,” she explains. “He was happy to let my mom and me take the reigns.” The church was a given because it’s where Courtney attended with her family and where the couple currently goes to church. “My mom and her sisters got married there also, so it was important to carry on that tradition.”
The Missouri Athletic Club met the couple’s requirements for a classic ballroom. “My dad and I had gone to father/daughter dances there, and my senior prom was held there, which was a fun coincidence,” Courtney says. “We tried to keep planning as low stress as possible; we just wanted it all to be a fun experience.” She found her dress and the bridesmaid dresses within a few hours of looking, and everything else just fell into place after that, she says.
“The whole day was just great,” Courtney recalls. “Walking down the aisle with my dad and seeing Patrick at the end was one of my favorite parts. It was perfect.”
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Gown | Lea Ann Belter
Ceremony | The Church of St. Michael and St. George
Reception | Missouri Athletic Club
Cake | Missouri Athletic Club
Florist | Bloomin’ Buckets
Reception Music | Arvell & Company
Honeymoon | St. Lucia
[wedding party]
Maid of Honor | Lindsey Smidlein
Bridesmaids | Melissa Dalton, Darby Hille, Isabel Hogan, Jenna Long, Carley Stevens
Best Man | Nick Incrocci
Groomsmen | John Hogan, Toppie Hogan, Ian Kane, Daniel Maloney, Parker Sanders
Bride’s Parents | Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Hogan of St. Louis
Groom’s Parents | Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Maloney Jr. of St. Louis
Wedding Date: July 26, 2014
Photos: L photographie