Finally getting married, Ronald Acuna Jr. and Maria Laborde dated for over three years. Ronald Acuña Jr. tied the knot with Maria, his lifelong sweetheart, in a low-key, private ceremony on August 31, 2023.
Shortly after the festivities on New Year’s Day in 2023, he had proposed to her, and the two became engaged. On social media, Maria posted the video of the marriage proposal herself. In a charming video, Acuna Jr. proposed to his then-girlfriend by putting on a ring and getting down on one knee during a family dinner.
On December 18, 1997, in La Guaira, Venezuela, Ronald Acuna Jr. was born. After signing with the Atlanta Braves as an international free agent in 2014, he made his Major League Baseball debut on April 25, 2018. 2018 saw him earn the National League Rookie of the Year title. In 2019, he led the league in stolen bases. In 2020 and 2019, he won the Silver Slugger Award twice. In 2021 and 2022, he was named an All-Star three times. He is scheduled to appear in four All-Star games in 2023. He is renowned for his strong hitting approach and quickness on the bases.
The 25-year-old star of the Atlanta Braves tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend Maria in the morning before setting an MLB record with a grand slam that night to help his side defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-7.
After the game, teammate Michael Harris II made a joke, saying, “That’s a pretty wild day,” according to The Associated Press.
The athlete claimed that he had been organizing their covert wedding for several weeks since his wife, Maria, 23, was about to be taken back to Venezuela for three months due to a visa limitation.
According to ESPN, the pair got engaged in January after meeting four years prior. Together, they have two sons: Ronald Daniel, age 2, and Jamall, age 11 months. The star received cheers from the family in the stands following the nuptials earlier in the day.