Texas Tech University

One Married Couple's Journey to Earn Their MBAs Together

The Winns are set to graduate this August and hope to inspire their children to become lifelong learners.

Jacob Gordon | August 14, 2025

The Winns – Amy-Rose King and Russell – consider themselves a dynamic duo. It is not so much a humble brag as it is a distillation of their frame of mind. To the Winns, teamwork is their superpower.  

It is a superpower that helped them raise five kids, currently ranging ages 13 to 21.  

And it is in part because of their superpower that they will cross the stage, one after another, at Texas Tech University’s Summer 2025 Commencement and receive their MBAs through the Graduate School and the Professional MBA (PMBA) Program at the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business.  

“We like to do as much together as possible,” Russell said. “Being able to achieve this together and walk across the stage knowing we did it all in tandem is amazing.” 

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