( CNN ) -- It 's typical for high school students to encourage their classmates in competition with `` you guys are going to win . '' What makes it different in the case of Carmel , New York , High School seniors Dylan Meehan and Bradley Taylor is what they won : the superlative of `` Cutest Couple , '' as highlighted in the school yearbook . And until the news went viral , the decision , says Carmel Principal Kevin Carroll , `` has n't really been a big deal in the school . '' `` I thought at this stage as we are now , it should n't be a news event . All the reactions are coming from outside . The yearbooks were distributed Wednesday , and we did n't get any calls until someone posted it online , '' Carroll , whose school is about 65 miles north of New York City , told CNN Tuesday . Taylor , 17 , said he sees the honor as a great achievement and a turning point for their school . `` At first we were n't able to run because for the title , they were only allowed to pick a boy and a girl , '' he told CNN . `` But a bunch of our friends made an uproar , and they changed it . So now you vote 'student one ' and 'student two . ' And I guess a lot of people voted for us and we won . So many people came up to us saying , 'You guys are going to win . ' '' A mutual friend introduced the two last year during a Brown University visit . Later on , they started dating . `` I came out to my family a week or two after I started dating Brad , '' said Meehan , 18 . `` He was the one encouraging me to come out to them . '' `` I feel like both of our families always knew but I told my parents a month before we started dating , '' said Taylor . Taylor 's father , Robert Taylor , agreed with Carroll in saying that in this day , it should be no surprise that a gay couple won the `` Cutest Couple '' title . `` I think of it as any other normal day . He won . OK. Lots of people win 'Cutest Couple , ' '' said the elder Taylor . `` Back in the day it was different races being together , so for me it should n't be anything , '' Robert Taylor said . `` He 's very excited that he won . '' Bradley Taylor , who has participated in plays at his school , and at a community theater , received a full scholarship to the New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study . Meehan also will enroll at NYU 's Gallatin in the fall . Chelsea Blaney , another of their friends , posted their yearbook photo together on Tumblr and said she got resoundingly positive reactions . `` Two of my best friends won 'Cutest Couple ' of our senior class , '' Blaney said on her Tumblr account . `` First time in my school history a same-sex couple has even been able to run for this category , not to mention winning it . So proud of them , and my school . ''
Voted ` ` Cutest , '' at Carmel High School : Dylan Taylor and Bradley Taylor . For the school it ` ` has n't really been a big deal , '' says the principal . ` ` We did n't get any calls until someone posted it online , '' the principal adds . A posting on Tumblr brought positive feedback , from a friend of the school .