Melissa Rycroft is engaged to someone she already knows. Rycroft became engaged to her long time friend, Tye Strickland, also from her Texas native state. Strickland proposed to Rycroft last Friday, June 26.

Melissa Rycroft will be seen on TV as a special correspondent on “Good Morning America” this summer. Rycroft impressed viewers with her 3rd place finish in Dancing with the Stars this year.

Melissa Rycroft and Tye Strickland.