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Full name? Tate Harden Welling

Year? He done.

Major? BA in Advertising, University of Georgia Masters in Divinity, Asbury Theological Seminary

What are you most excited about for this year? Being me for yet another year, it's truly amazing!

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Water - I'm trying to watch my weight.

What did you want to be growing up? NBA basketball player. Yeah, that didn't really pan out. But I was close, I made the JV team in high school - woot woot.

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? My funniness shatters your measly 1-10 scale. Your ceiling cannot hold me.

What’s your life motto? You're smart enough, you're good enough, and dog-gone-it people like you.

What’s your ideal first date? Make-out session behind the Waffle House.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? 24 hours, procrastination.

Full name? Magdalena Anne Wilson

Year? Second year post-grad!!

Major? Environmental Science with a minor in Geology.

What are you most excited about for this year? I am WAY TOO EXCITED to hang out with the freshmen and to help them throughout the year.

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Peanut butter with Reese's & bananas.

What did you want to be growing up? I wanted to be a professional nail polish painter :)

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? To certain people I am probably a one. And then to other people I'm a strong two.

What’s your life motto? Treat everybody like they're your best friend.

What’s your ideal first date? I'll take anything at this point (but bonus points if we go to a Falcons game).

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? I think I went 24 hours without sleep during finals one time?? Those rocks are hard to study!!

Full name? Ashley Paige Anderson- last name will be Prather come September 10th ;)

Year? 1 year out, living' it up

Major? got me bachelor's in psychology, and got me master's in marriage & family counseling

What are you most excited about for this year? being married, and working for Wesley with no school!!!!!

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? chocolate & caramel but I do also love coke floats

What did you want to be growing up? Shania Twain

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? 7.9 (but when I'm really tired, I'd say it's a solid 9.1)

What’s your life motto? "Cuz I'm a lady, that's why" -Marie from Aristocrats

What’s your ideal first date? sunshine, music, & laughter in no particular order

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? 45 hours- traveling home from Rwanda

Full name? Shelby Erin Hegi

Year? GRADUATED!!!!

Major? Marketing

What are you most excited about for this year? Being in Milly but not in school...and meeting tons of new people woop woop!

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Strawberry peach or chocolate malt with Reese's and Heath Bar

What did you want to be growing up? An orthodontist....yeah.

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? A solid 8 (at least I think so)

What’s your life motto? “Time spent with a cat is never wasted” -me

What’s your ideal first date? Waffle House bc that was actually my first date with Matt or really anything to do with baseball/college football

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? 48 hours because finals 2K14

Full name? Alexandra Katherine Davies

Year? Junior

Major? Mass Communication

What are you most excited about for this year? Leading a dgroup, being able to love on people through hospitality & being full on in my major

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Oreo & M&M milkshake is the BOMB...

What did you want to be growing up? A vet, a teacher, a dog walker....lol little me was ambitious...

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? Solid 7

What’s your life motto? Blessed, well-dressed & Diet Coke obsessed

What’s your ideal first date? Georgia. Football. Game. & then food.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? 4 days...someone told me I couldn't...

Full name? Margaret Elliott Robinson? or Meg Robinson lol

Year? Senior

Major? Spanish major, French minor

What are you most excited about for this year? Working with new people in Wesley and working in the Bone House

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? I don't like milkshakes but I really like Cheerwine, if I had to have one probably caramel.

What did you want to be growing up? I've wanted to be a teacher since first grade.

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? A solid 6, I think I'm funny, maybe not other people so much

What’s your life motto? What's a motto? I don't know what's a motto with you?!......

What’s your ideal first date? Binge-watching the entire Lord of the Rings extended edition, if he's not up for it then he's not the one.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? I overnighted in the library to write a paper on Latin American Literature,... not my best moment. I have casually not been able to sleep and stayed up watching Friends so let's say 36 hours.

Full name? Brittney Elizabeth Schwind

Year? Junior

Major? Double Major in Psychology and Creative Writing with a Spanish minor

What are you most excited about for this year? I am most excited about living with my amazing roommates and having a great cross country season with my team.

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Peanut Butter and Oreo, hands down

What did you want to be growing up? I wanted to be a vet, but that was before I realized that I fainted at the sight of blood.

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? I think I'm a solid six, I crack myself up sometimes.

What’s your life motto? My life motto is Philippians 4:6-7

What’s your ideal first date? My ideal first date would be to hammock while enjoying a Cookout milkshake out on a nature trial.. Bonus points for a sunset view.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? The longest I've gone without sleep is 36 hours because I was finishing my writing portfolio, and then I pulled through for Midnight Breakfast and the tshirt.. It was totally worth it

Full name? Anna Thomas Smith

Year? Junior

Major? Mass Communications

What are you most excited about for this year? Christmas & doughnuts.

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Peanut butter- it taste the healthiest

What did you want to be growing up? A ballerina

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? 4

What’s your life motto? “Have you had enough water today?" It is more of a life question

What’s your ideal first date? Going to the fair

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? I have never gone without sleep. It is vital.

Full name? Meredith Leigh Gordon

Year? Senior!

Major? NURSING!!!

What are you most excited about for this year? I’m most excited about seeing God surpass our expectations of who we think He is and what we think he will do in Wesley this year.

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? July-August: Watermelon Milkshake All months: Oreo M&M

What did you want to be growing up? Growing up I wanted to be a dancer or a fireman or a physical therapist. Then came nursing.

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? I think I’m a solid 7. It’s just that the jokes usually only make sense in my head.

What’s your life motto? "Things that are worth having are worth working hard for aka hard work pays off” - Pawpaw

What’s your ideal first date? Wow, first date! Feed me, but not too fancy, chicken is good. I love being outside so a walk or something would be nice. If there’s ICE CREAM, I’m in. My heart would overjoyed if it was a picnic, I may tear up!

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? In 4 days I slept a total of 8 hours… I had 4 Nursing school exams that week.

Full name? Joi Michelle Jones

Year? Senior

Major? Doubling in Philosophy & Liberal Studies with a concentration in Religion

What are you most excited about for this year? Wesley & D-group

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Reese's

What did you want to be growing up? A teacher

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? I guess a 5 or 6 Sometime people laugh at what I say when I'm not even trying to be funny

What’s your life motto? Be at peace, go in peace and be a peace maker everywhere you go!

What’s your ideal first date? My ideal first date is doing something fun, like going put put or something!

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? Maybe 22 hours I can't remember, I like to sleep so I don't stay up to late that often! But I remember one time after Hydrolove I stayed up with some friends and watched Interstellar I think I went to bed at 6am, I was super tired the next day

Full name? Madison Riley Durrance

Year? Junior but technically this is my last year – transferring to GT!!

Major? Pre-engineering Physics

What are you most excited about for this year? Random dance parties with the roommates

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Oreo with peanut butter

What did you want to be growing up? First astronaut then marine biologist then engineer

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? 8

What’s your life motto? Life’s too short for matching socks

What’s your ideal first date? Doing something outdoors and then just hanging out

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? Finals week last semester I got maybe 14 hours all week so there’s that

Full name? Tabatha Marie Bowles

Year? Senior

Major? Music Therapy

What are you most excited about for this year? I'm most excited about all the weddings I'll be playing in this year!

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Chocolate Malt

What did you want to be growing up? I wanted to be a veterinarian when I was younger before I ever touched an instrument!

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? Well I would say 10 because I crack myself up but others would probably say 4 because I have dad jokes.

What’s your life motto? My life motto is don't give up!

What’s your ideal first date? My ideal first date would probably be a nice picnic. I adore picnics!

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? I try not to go without sleep.

Full name? Madeline Marie Harrison

Year? Junior

Major? Community Health

What are you most excited about for this year? Lots of things like being back in Milledgeville and getting to live with some of my best friends, but honestly I am super excited for women’s ministry and all God has in store. I am very expectant for what the Lord is going to do this year.

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Oreo Mint

What did you want to be growing up? Teacher or doctor

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? I’m trying to be funny now and come up with something clever for this answer, but I can’t think of anything, so although I would like to go with a 10, I may have to go with a 1.

What’s your life motto? I’m not sure that I have one, but I would love to live by this quote by Katie Davis that says, “And if one person sees the love of Christ in me, it is worth every minute”.

What’s your ideal first date? But I know people are on the edge of their seats for this question taking notes and stuff, so I know I need to think of something. If anything the date should be spontaneous and fun, where we can get to know each other but have something to do when it gets awkward you know? And some sort of food is always nice.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? My roommates will tell you, I make sleep a priority.

Full name? David Michael Hunt Jr.

Year? Junior

Major? Information Systems

What are you most excited about for this year? Meeting freshmen and getting them plugged into Wesley

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Cappucino

What did you want to be growing up? Garbage man because I would get paid to crush things

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? My level of funny-ness cannot be quantified by earthly numbers

What’s your life motto? Make fetch happen

What’s your ideal first date? Snag some coffee and then head out to the kaolin mines, "legally" hike around the area and then watch the sunset at the 212 fields

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? 24 hours. I started a coding project the day before it was due. Wouldn't recommend it.

Full name? Logan Brantley Creekmur

Year? Senior

Major? Economics

What are you most excited about for this year? Ending my college career with my good friends

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Chocolate (I'm lame)

What did you want to be growing up? Cowboy

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? 8.2

What’s your life motto? Taxation is theft

What’s your ideal first date? Amici and float the river

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? 36 hours pressure of being cool at the middle school church lock-in

Full name? Jonathan Taylor Payne

Year? Senior

Major? History but my minor in Outdoor Ed. is cooler.

What are you most excited about for this year? Eating Freshmeat. Dang autocorrect… I meant Meeting Freshman.

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Sweet Tea, until they freakin’ discontinued it

What did you want to be growing up? Something with music.

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? About 60% of the time I am a 10. The other 40% is about a 7

What’s your life motto? The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

What’s your ideal first date? Something simple yet memorable. Nothing too flashy. Dinner at a medium priced restruant because your boy is broke. Ill pick her up in my grandmom mobile. Go back to my place, pop in a movie from the MCU and talk about fan theories of where the MCU is going next.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? Roughly 1.5 days. I believe I was playing Nazi Zombies from Call of Duty Black Ops all night and then went to a Magic the Gathering prerelease afterwards in the morning. It goes without saying that I did not do too well in the pre release event.

Full name? William Christopher Balkcom (Will)

Year? 5th Year Senior

Major? Mass Communications

What are you most excited about for this year? I am excited to graduate. I am also excited to watch Hawks basketball games and make new friends.

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Chocolate with Oreo

What did you want to be growing up? When I was really little, I wanted to be the best baseball player ever. When I was a little bit older I had no idea and that holds true today.

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? If Robin Williams was a 10 then I am a 0, but on a regular scale, I would say that my humor cannot be contained in the confines of some arbitrary numerical scale.

What’s your life motto? My life motto is: Proverbs 3:5-8 Secular life motto is: "Bob Saget!"

What’s your ideal first date? Ideal first date is one that I had and we (Nolan and I) went to an Atlanta Braves game. Atlanta Hawks game works as well. (Did that with her too)

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? The longest I have gone without sleep is roughly 22 years and 42 days. Gonna try again tonight!

Full name? Katharine Emily Flom

Year? Junior

Major? Mass Communications, Music Media and Digital Media minors

What are you most excited about for this year? leading worship with some of my favorite people and meeting and hanging out with all the new freshman

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Oreo

What did you want to be growing up? an artist

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? 4

What’s your life motto? Romans 8:38

What’s your ideal first date? pizza.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? 52 hours, I think it started as an all nighter to finish an essay and then I just wanted to see how long I'd last

Full name? Jeffrey Patrick Skinner

Year? Junior

Major? Business Management & Marketing

What are you most excited about for this year? Playing wall ball before Wesley and stealing Max swipes from freshmen

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Vanilla, the basics are the best

What did you want to be growing up? Troy from highschool musical

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? 1, it's not funny to lie about how funny you are

What’s your life motto? Will there be free food?

What’s your ideal first date? Going to a heavy metal band concert. If the girl likes you enough to sit through 2 hours of screaming, they are either a definite keeper or just like heavy metal music.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? 32 hours because I got really addicted to Breaking Bad and had no friends

Full name? Walker Banks Bradley

Year? Junior

Major? Rhetoric w/ minor in Music Media Production

What are you most excited about for this year? I'm most excited about getting to meet tons of new bobcats and growing our GC Wesley family! I'm also excited to work with Jeff, Katie, our worship and Freshley interns and leaders, and of course our awesome directors! It's going to be lit.

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? When I go to Cookout I get Cheerwine. Every time. Why would you get something else?

What did you want to be growing up? Either a firefighter or a jedi

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? 1, all my friends think I'm funny but I'm usually just being serious or mean

What’s your life motto? "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.- Wayne Gretzky" -Michael Scott

What’s your ideal first date? One where the girls doesn't get up and leave after 5 seconds.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? I don't sleep, I just lay in bed with my eyes closed and get really excited about Christmas

Full name? Devin Paul Bachman

Year? 1946

Major? Marketing

What are you most excited about for this year? Being on an amazing intern team, finishing my Undergrad, learning with my D-Group, and understanding the Gospel more and more.

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Peanut Butter Oreo Mocha

What did you want to be growing up? Simba

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? Duh

What’s your life motto? "No." -Abraham Lincoln

What’s your ideal first date? Not tripping or stuttering.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? 32 hours because life threw me lemons and I made lime-juice

Full name? Amy Madison Bullock

Year? Junior!

Major? Management & Information Systems

What are you most excited about for this year? The opportunity to serve and disciple!

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Chocolate Oreo

What did you want to be growing up? "A famous singer!" Haha.

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? 7? I like to laugh at myself a lot.

What’s your life motto? Be a little kinder than you have to!

What’s your ideal first date? Anything that involves cheese

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? Go without sleep? Yeah right.

Full name? Zachary Mell

Year? This is my fourth year???

Major? Marketing

What are you most excited about for this year? The faces people make when they see me do something awkward or rip a fart.

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Eggnog

What did you want to be growing up? A carpenter/cowboy

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? I’m not sure a number can quantify it.

What’s your life motto? “Never take a sleeping pill and a laxative in the same night” -Eleanor Roosevelt

What’s your ideal first date? The one where she doesn’t pull out her hair and go into hiding for the rest for her life.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? 52 or 54 hours, I don’t really remember. I think I just forgot how to sleep or something.

Full name? Ryan Todd Anderson

Year? Junior

Major? Rhetoric with a history minor

What are you most excited about for this year? I'm pretty excited about just getting to know lots of people and have good conversations and praising Jesus. I'm also taking a class called Southern Food Traditions, so what's not to love about that one.

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? I'm partial to good ole Hershey's chocolate.

What did you want to be growing up? I wanted to be a veterinarian so bad until I realized I'd have to be there for the not fun death part. Then I moved on with my goals.

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? Solid 2.

What’s your life motto? "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - Wayne Gretzky" -Michael Scott

What’s your ideal first date? Probably going to a BBQ place or Italian restaurant. No one feels more vulnerable than when you're eating spaghetti or ribs in front of a relative stranger.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? I think about 48 hours. It would be more but I had a 2 hour nap in between. Finals freshman year really did a number on my well-being.

Full name? Sandra Marie Schodowski

Year? Senior

Major? Management & Marketing

What are you most excited about for this year? Hanging out with my main girl Nala (aka a Kitten)

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Strawberry

What did you want to be growing up? Operate a boiled peanut stand on the side of the road. True story.

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? 1,345,678,765,434,567,899,876,543,456 /10 - so funny, I'm off the charts

What’s your life motto? "Hot Sauce is good on everything." -me

What’s your ideal first date? Skydiving. jk a day trip, hmm I'm thinking Jamaica if you really want to wow me

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? ummm not sure. they call me granny Sandi so I have to live up to that and go to bed by 10:30pm

Full name? Spenser Frank Ford

Year? Junior

Major? Logistics Major

What are you most excited about for this year? I have know idea just ready to see what the Lord has in store for this year

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Oreo

What did you want to be growing up? Baseball Player

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? 9.9

What’s your life motto? "No pressure only opportunity" - Tate Welling

What’s your ideal first date? You always have to go out for a nice dinner, grab ice cream, and then go to watch the sunset.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? over 24 hours in Alaska. Because my friends and I went exploring throughout Alaska

Full name? Matthew Lane Lattanzi

Year? Senior

Major? Marketing

What are you most excited about for this year? Meeting all of the Freshman and growing with the Wesley community

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Mocha Oreo

What did you want to be growing up? I wanted to be on the PGA Tour

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? Is there a bigger scale?

What’s your life motto? "I'm just here so I don't get fined"-Marshawn Lynch

What’s your ideal first date? Probably at a sports event

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? Close to 48 hours because of finals week

Full name? Mariza Van Zyl

Year? Junior

Major? Psychology major with minor in Photography and Creative Art Therapy

What are you most excited about for this year? Meeting and building relationships with all the Freshman

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Strawberry cheesecake

What did you want to be growing up? As a kid I wanted to be a marine biologist now I want to be a child life specialist (wasnt sure what the question was asking haha)

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? 8 but I laugh at my own jokes a lot more than other people do

What’s your life motto? Comparison is the thief of joy -Theodore Roosevelt

What’s your ideal first date? Going on a picnic and then getting ice cream after.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? 38 hours, I stayed up studying and doing assignments for finals and then had to pack the next day to go home. It was the worst experience, don't put yourself through it kids.

Full name? Abigail Elizabeth Norman IV (jk I'm an original)

Year? SEEENYAH

Major? Special Education (yeet)

What are you most excited about for this year? Turnt fellowship events with @kianawheeler, Judah & the lion gracing milledgeville with their presence, having the best major, & livin it up in my fav lil town one last time heyo

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? chocolate coffee Oreo aka all the best things

What did you want to be growing up? A famous singer duh (s/o to Britney Spears & the Dixie chicks for inspiring me) I was really tryna avoid copying my mom and being a teacher but here we are \_()_/

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? 8.8ish give or take

What’s your life motto? literally anything that comes out of Kid President's mouth

What’s your ideal first date? Anything tbh

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? 18 hours bc of a youth group all nighter ~classic~

Full name? Kiana Marie Wheeler

Year? Señor

Major? Special Education

What are you most excited about for this year? Hype fellowship events with ma girl Abs, meeting new peeps, and stress baking a lot (the stress part is a bummer, but the outcome is nice)

What’s your favorite Cookout milkshake? Chocolate with triple Oreo... More specifically, "All the Oreos you can possibly put in there."

What did you want to be growing up? Anything but a teacher lol, but here I am \_()_/

On a scale of 1-10 how funny do you think you are? infinity

What’s your life motto? A's before baes

What’s your ideal first date? Honestly anything with cookies preferably (bc I'm eating one at the Wesley house right now and this is very nice and could be romantic with the right ~person~)

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep and why? 1 year... Junior year of the cohort life was a blur