Sprabary is upfront about his approach to 717 Supply’s giveaways, “I enter because I think the merch is cool. I like the shirts. I get a lot of compliments…a lot of questions asking…where’d you get this?” He added, “I never imagined I’d win. Never, never even crossed my mind.” The result of Sprabary’s participation? “Probably close to half my closet is 717 clothing,” he commented with pride.
When Hyssong called with the life-changing news, the conversation started with an unexpected twist. “I saw it was a 717 number, but I didn’t know that the winner was being called that day,” Sprabary recalled. “Mike started in with his French accent, and I thought, oh no, it's a spam call. Then he broke character, and I heard his real voice. I recognized it immediately and thought, this can't be real.”