Dansby Swanson takes grounders at the Braves Spring Training Camp in 2016. | Arturo Pardavila III from Hoboken, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Dansby Swanson takes grounders at the Braves Spring Training Camp in 2016. | Arturo Pardavila III from Hoboken, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Former Atlanta Braves’ All-Star shortstop Dansby Swanson and U.S. women's national soccer team star Mallory Pugh were married earlier this month in a special ceremony at Georgia's Lake Oconee.
According to a recent report by FOX 5 Atlanta, their engagement came only one month after Swanson and the Braves took home the 2021 World Series championship.
"It means that we are becoming one and get to impact God's kingdom together," the couple told PEOPLE, FOX 5 reports.
The ceremony took place at the Ritz Carolton Reynolds Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Georgia, with a background featuring a white dance floor and a custom floral installation with greenery and white wisteria, the report states.
Swanson, who recently signed a free agent contract with the Chicago Cubs, and the Chicago Red Stars soccer star first began dating in 2017 after being introduced by former Braves player Jace Peterson, who is married to Pugh's sister.
In a 2019 Sporting News’ article Swanson said he was happy to be traded to the Braves because it allowed him to meet his future fiancé.
Soon after the ceremony, Swanson took to social media to post photos to Instagram that he captioned "For the very first time… Mr. and Mrs. Swanson," while Pugh simply responded in all all capital letters, "MY HUSBAND."
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