Utah Jazz player Walker Kessler had the sweetest reaction when his girlfriend Abbie Stockard won the Miss America pageant on Sunday, Dec. 5.

Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler has celebrated some big wins and remarkable individual accomplishments in his career, but on Sunday, he basked in the glory of a very special someone: Kessler's girlfriend,

Two straight wins from the Utah Jazz wasn't the only thing Walker Kessler had to celebrate this weekend. Kessler watched with Jazz coach Will Hardy on

The Utah Jazz added a new fan this week: Miss America. Abbie Stockard, the Auburn student who won America’s top beauty pageant, is dating Jazz center Walker Kessler. The third-year big man watched the competition with his head coach Will Hardy. And when Stockard won, his stunned reaction went viral.

No one was more excited about Abbie Stockard’s Miss America 2025 win than her boyfriend, star Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler. Taking to Instagram on Monday, the 7-foot NBA star posted a heartfelt tribute to the Alabama nursing student,

He dropped the phone and shot up from his chair in excitement. His girlfriend, Abbie Stockard, had just won Miss America. The Jazz center stood there speechless before getting a celebratory hug from head coach Will Hardy. "You should have seen the aftermath, too," Kessler said. "I was freaking out. I couldn't even talk to the waiter. It was wild."

Abbie Stockard, a nursing student from Alabama, took home the Miss America 2025 title on Sunday night in Orlando, Florida. Walker Kessler, center for the Utah Jazz, couldn’t hold back his excitement following Stockard’s victory,

Abbie Stockard, an Alabama cheerleader and girlfriend of rising NBA star Walker Kessler, was crowned Miss America 2025 on Sunday, January 7. Stockard's victory came on the same ni

Utah Jazz big man Walker Kessler had a pleasant surprise while watching the Miss America pageant on Monday evening. His girlfriend, Abbie Stockard, was in the pageant as Miss Alabama. At the end of the night,

Alabama nursing student Abbie Stockard, whose boyfriend is Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler, was crowned the 97th Miss America after competing against 51 other hopefuls Jan. 5.

Alabama nursing student Abbie Stockard, whose boyfriend is Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler, was crowned the 97th Miss America after competing against 51 other hopefuls Jan. 5.