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Tony and Stephanie Meier are a married couple that met while both playing basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  Stephanie (maiden name Stephanie Schell) played there from 2007-2011 and was a 4 year captain, while Tony played there from 2008-2012 and then spent 8 years playing professionally overseas.  They talk about both being from basketball families, their childhoods, the different high school basketball careers they had, and their separate recruiting processes that led them to Milwaukee.  They then discuss how they met, what dating was like as Division I athletes, their career highlights at Milwaukee which includes both being one win away from the NCAA Tournament after getting to the Horizon League Conference Tournament Finals, Stephanie being a leader, and Tony scoring over 1,000 points and grabbing over 500 rebounds. They explain their lives right after graduating from Milwaukee (Stephanie joining the coaching staff at Hillsdale College and Tony playing volleyball for Quincy University), Tony having the opportunity to play overseas, the proposal story, when Stephanie joined Tony overseas, adventures they've had around the world, having two beautiful children, why Tony decided to retire from basketball after 8 seasons, and their lives in Missouri.