He has declared to Ali he will be the “last man standing”. And it seems Bachelorette contestant Kasey Kahl has never been lacking in the confidence department.
The advertising account executive was equally as fearless when he was just a fresh-faced teenager growing up in Clovis, California.
“All we have to do is show up and all ready the other team is scared they are going to lose,” he wrote in one of his high school yearbooks.
But back then the sentiment was describing his prowess on the baseball field rather than his ability to charm members of the opposite sex.
Kasey, now 27, attended Clovis High School between 1997 and 2001 – when he graduated at 18-years-old.
With an almost identical cropped blonde hairstyle and cheeky grin, the baby-faced Bachelorette contestant is easily recognizable in his yearbook snaps.
While the 1998 book shows him as a football-playing Freshman – number 18 in the squad – Kasey appears to have dedicated the rest of his school days to baseball instead.
And if his confidence levels on The Bachelorette match his bravado on the Junior Varsity baseball team, Kasey’s fellow contestants had better look out.
Kasey, one of the remaining 17 suitors trying to win the heart of Ali Fedotowsky on The Bachelorette, came across as sweet and sensitive as he made his debut on the ABC reality show.
“I will always be there to protect and guard your heart. All I ask is just give me a chance to show you mine,” he told Ali as he met her for the first time.
But as the cameras continued rolling, the 6’4” blonde grew in confidence – and took the bold step of declaring himself the eventual winner.
“I know that in the end I’ll be there. I’ll be the last man standing. I’ll be Ali’s future husband,” he said.
Ali, 25, kept Kasey waiting until the very last minute, and handed him her final rose on Monday night’s season premiere.
The advertising account executive breathed a sigh of relief as he was sent through to the next round of the competition.
Source: Splash News