Rachel Martin and Kody Sayen

Martin and Sayen said they are “survivors” of a blind date together.

Kody Sayen, Lansing resident

Sayen has been snowboarding for nearly 15 years.

“In the winter, I couldn’t afford a snowmobile so snowboards worked. ... (My biggest fear is) probably getting my knees slammed backwards the opposite way. It’s just like a phobia or something. If something’s on your knees it’s bad. Or if you can cut your Achilles tendon and it goes all the way up into your back.”

Rachel Martin, MSU chemical engineering junior

Fact: Martin hopes to one day be a successful chemical engineer in pharmaceuticals.

“(My biggest fear is) failing. There is no plan B. This is it. ... And spiders. That’s why I have him, he kills my spiders.”