Austin Ashford, a freshman from Oakland, Calif., stood on the stairs of his friend’s house, playfully teasing the camera as the flash illuminated the porch.

“I could do this all day,” he said. “Hopefully, I’ll get used to doing it more.”

Ashford, a boastful, gregarious young man, is no stranger to fame.

As a child, Louisville junior Roseline Twagiramariya was calm and constantly smiling.

A group of men in white button-down shirts, jeans and black suspenders were scattered around the stage in Diddle Arena Sunday evening. For more than three weeks, the men of Phi Delta Theta practiced their routine for Spring Sing.

A phone call changed her life.

In December 2008, Louisville junior Bryttnee Price got a call from her old friend about an audition for a gospel group.

“Everyone I know always tells me to audition for things and become a singer,” Price said. “That was never what I wanted to do.