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REMEMBERING KASEY WAYCHOFF
Kasey Wa y c h o f f , member of Gamma Phi Beta, was a special part of our very own Greek community. She will never be forgotten.
TAYLOR FELGENHAUER Gamma Phi Beta
Taylor is a junior studying strategic communications. You may contact her at taylor. felgenhauer@yahoo.com.
Kasey was a sophomore and spent every moment in college to the absolute fullest. She didn’t waste a second. Continuously building the greatest friendships, making memories, and not letting a day go by without showing love toward someone. Kasey is originally from Flower Mound, Tx., and followed her family to Oklahoma State University. Kasey’s parents were both part of Greek life at Oklahoma State. Her brother, Wes Waychoff, is an active member of Sigma Phi Epsilon at Oklahoma State. Kasey was involved and loved Gamma Phi to her fullest. She served as the Financial Vice President and hoped to make a difference for people to pay their billhighways on time. Kasey was also very involved with intramurals. She played on the Football Frenzy team every year, softball, rugby and volleyball. “We always make fun of her for being such a tomboy.” her friends said. Not only did she hold Gamma Phi up on the business side of things, but also affected the chapter with her outrageous, sweet and lively personality, as her friends and pledge class had described her. “Kasey spent her time getting to know so many different people and building so many relationships,” pledge sisters said. “She was seriously such an easy person to be around and had inside jokes with just about anyone.” Throughout Kasey’s moments here in college, she always made sure to know what really mattered. She took time to really get to know people and to show them that she genuinely cared for them. “Every time we would spend time together she was so good at listening, asking questions and would genuinely care about her your life and what was going on,” Morgan Hampton, Kasey’s G Phi Big said. “Not many people are good at that, and she was the greatest to talk to.” Kasey carried many valued qualities that people long to have, such as entertaining, sweet, loving, genuine and loyal. Kasey had also spent much of her time serving OSU. She was an international business major, and was minoring in Chinese. She was involved in Dance Marathon and Cowboy Cousins. Not only was she just a part of those organizations, but also she yet took time to really get to know the people around her. “She cared so much about the foreign exchange students at OSU,” Jordi Hall, her roommate and best friend, said. “She had dinner with them once a week and gave them tours of the house. She truly loved hanging out with them. She hung up all the gifts they gave her for Christmas in her room.” Kasey loved to travel and has just about traveled everywhere. She had lived in Singapore
until her junior year of high school. Kasey had also just been accepted into the Study Abroad program for Spring 2015 to complete her minor. “She LOVED Texas and the world, and could never understand why people wanted to live in Texas the rest of their lives.” Kasey had an amazingly close relationship with her brother, Wes, and they were able to grow up and travel the world together. There was never a dull moment with Kasey. Every moment was a funny one, constantly filled with laughing, her close friends, Jordi Hall, Chandler Case and Dallis Garman, said. Kasey has left so many memories that her friends and pledge sisters will never forget. Kasey lived in Gamma Phi Beta with the rest of her pledge class of 2012. On Sunday nights, when it was more laid back, her and her roommate Jordi Hall would move their beds to the floor and watch movies together. Kasey was also known to lighten up the mood with her snorts while she would laugh. She would always just smile and giggle when she was in awkward situations. “My favorite memory with her was when we held hands running all the way to Gamma Phi on Bid Day 2012,” Hayley Kiefer, her pledge sister, said. “We didn’t know each other and had already bonded so much. I will never forget that day, because that is the day I was blessed to have her enter my life.” Kasey has impacted so many lives during her time as a Gamma Phi Beta at Oklahoma State. She has left so many memories and moments, and portrayed genuine love toward everyone she met. “You will always be remembered by your contagiously beautiful smile and the biggest, cutest dimples ever. We love you so much Kasey, even more than you love pizza and coke.” Love in PKE, PC ‘12