An OTS Wedding

In mid-June 2024, Annie Preston ’08 and Alec Hyde were married at Spruce Mountain Ranch in Larkspur, Colorado.

The beautiful mountainside wedding was officiated by Annie’s sister, Haley ’05, with her other sister, Tether ’14, serving as Maid of Honor. Alec’s brother, Sam Hyde ’09, stood by his side as Best Man, while Allison Forhan ’08 joined the bridal party as one of the bridesmaids.

Annie and Alec were childhood acquaintances growing up around Akron, and by chance, both attended Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. While at Colgate, Annie (Colgate ’16) and Alec (Colgate ’14) were members of the Colgate University Outdoor Education program, which fostered a friendship and a shared love of the outdoors. In the spring of 2018, a catch-up at a brewery and a hike in Cuyahoga Valley National Park led to the start of their adventurous lives together. The two now live in Boulder, Colorado, where Annie works in environmental compliance, and Alec is a software engineer attending CU Boulder Leeds School of Business.

The wedding was a joyful reunion for a small group of OTS alumni, board members, alumni parents and grandparents. Joining the parents of the bride, Laura and Chip Preston, and the bridal party were Julie and Brit Hyde, Lisa Preston Bertles, Page Preston Growney, Amy and Brad Bowers, Elizabeth and Mark Hamlin, Maggie Deveny, Blake Gross, Paula and Scott Gross, Grant Ederer, Tatiana Pavloff, Jon Pavloff, Kim and Mark Bernlohr, Teresa and Mark Davey, Barbie and John Dietrich, Denise and Tim Merryweather, and Sue and John McKenzie.