While some athletes have a reputation for not committing to one partner, Bryce met his match in Kayla Varner, 29, as a teenager. The pair met at the same high school in the late 2000s and were reportedly still together during their college years. As Bryce’s baseball career began, Kayla shined as a soccer player for Brigham Young University and Ohio State University.

Throughout their early 20s, Bryce and Kayla were in a long-distance relationship but determined to make it work. In 2014, the athlete proposed to his longtime girlfriend, and they planned on having a January 2015 wedding. However, they called off their engagement in early 2015. According to The Washington Post, the couple then unfollowed each other on Twitter and removed each other’s names from their bios.

Fortunately, Bryce and Kayla reunited just months after ending their engagement. By late 2015, Kayla was back in Bryce’s life in time for him to win his first MVP title with Washington. Then, in July 2016, Kayla announced she and Bryce got re-engaged and jokingly called their upcoming nuptials “the sequel.”