'Pig-posal' steals show at rodeo

Couple gets engaged where they met

SAN ANTONIO – In a room full of swines, it was Kate Jimerson and Will Hussey that hogged the spotlight Sunday morning at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.

After years as contestants at the Stock Show, Jimerson and Hussey finally crossed paths four years ago at the Swine Barn as interns.

"I remember we got here at midnight or one in the morning. We had to work on moving in all night (with) my roommates from Blinn (College). She was here with Texas A&M University," said Hussey.

Jimerson thought her entire family was at the Stock Show to support her younger sister competing in the Barrow Show, but the main attraction today was Jimerson and Hussey's love story.

"He got down on one knee and said, 'This is where I met you four years ago. I knew then I wanted to marry you.' So then he asked me and I started crying," recalled Jimerson.

The pig-posal of the year was caught on video.

"The Stock Show already holds a special place for both of us, so why not make it something we can tell our kids about someday," said Hussey.

Both have a history here. They were both San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo scholars, and Jimerson won in her lightweight Hampshire class in 2013. She says it was her happiest moment at the rodeo until today, adding, "The rodeo keeps getting better and better. I don't know how you can top this one, though." 

The newly engaged couple hasn't thought of a wedding date, but already on their calendar for 2020 is the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.


About the Authors:

Alicia Barrera is a KSAT 12 News reporter and anchor. She is also a co-host of the streaming show KSAT News Now. Alicia is a first-generation Mexican-American, fluent in both Spanish and English with a bachelor's degree from Our Lady of the Lake University. She enjoys reading books, traveling solo across Mexico and spending time with family.

Before starting at KSAT in August 2011, Ken was a news photographer at KENS. Before that he was a news photographer at KVDA TV in San Antonio. Ken graduated from San Antonio College with an associate's degree in Radio, TV and Film. Ken has won a Sun Coast Emmy and four Lone Star Emmys. Ken has been in the TV industry since 1994.