Entertainment Sports Atlanta Hawks Basketball Star Trae Young Engaged to Longtime Love Shelby Miller: 'What a Night' Trae Young, who was reportedly entered into the NBA's COVID-19 safety protocols on Sunday, and Shelby Miller have been together since 2017 after meeting at the University of Oklahoma By Nicholas Rice Nicholas Rice Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an Editorial Intern in early 2020, before later transitioning to a freelance role, and then staff positions soon after. Nicholas writes and edits anywhere between 7 to 9 stories per day on average for PEOPLE, spanning across each vertical the brand covers. People Editorial Guidelines Published on December 19, 2021 12:46PM EST Photo: Naveen Thavathiru She said yes! On Thursday, Trae Young announced that he proposed to his longtime love, Shelby Miller, in a sweet Instagram post. Sharing a selection of photographs from the elaborate proposal — which featured white rose petals across the floor, lit candles, and a display of blue balloons — the Atlanta Hawks basketball player, 23, wrote alongside the post, "What a night💫 #FutureMrsYoung💍." In one photograph, Miller can be seen modeling her new engagement ring as the happy couple posed for a loving photograph with each other in another (The photos were all captured by photographer Naveen Thavathiru). The Celebrity Engagements of 2021 On her respective page, Miller also shared a similar set of photographs from the special moment ahead of the weekend. "Forever Young🤍," she captioned the series. Naveen Thavathiru Young and Miller met in college at the University of Oklahoma and have been together since 2017, according to a TMZ report. The pair went Instagram official in October 2017 when Miller shared a photograph of herself posing beside Young in her cheerleading attire. "I guess you could say I'm a pretty big fan...😉," she wrote alongside the shot. Want to get the biggest stories from PEOPLE every weekday? Subscribe to our new podcast, PEOPLE Every Day, to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday. Naveen Thavathiru In the comments section of his engagement announcement post, Young received an outpouring of love from various members of the NBA. "Woahhh congrats my boy!!!! 🔥🔥🔥," wrote Utah Jazz's Donovan Mitchell as Sacramento Kings' Buddy Hield said, "Congrats bro 🙏🏾❤️." The Brooklyn Nets' DeAndre' Bembry added, "Lock it up den brotha!! Congrats." Unfortunately, Young's celebration hit a snag when he seemingly responded to ESPN's report that he was entered into the NBA's COVID-19 safety protocols on Sunday. "Stay safe," he wrote on Twitter.