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Maroon and White royalty: ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥ unveils 2022 Homecoming Court

Maroon and White royalty: ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥ unveils 2022 Homecoming Court

Contact: Carl Smith

2022 ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥ Homecoming Court
ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥ State University’s 2022 Homecoming Court includes (left to right) freshman Maid Natalie Robertson of Hamilton, Alabama; sophomore Maid Sydiah Ervin of Pinson, Alabama; junior Maid Allie Grace Bell of Madison; senior Maid Olivia Sinclair Russell of Southaven; Mr. ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥ Davis Helton of Amory; Homecoming Queen Raegan Rushing of Biloxi; Homecoming King Hayden Foil of Gautier; Miss ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥ Avery Braddock of Loveland, Ohio; senior Maid Sara Matheson of Collierville, Tennessee; junior Maid Lucie LeBlanc of Brookhaven; sophomore Maid Khaoula Kamal of Tupelo; and freshman Maid Nya Nobles of Shubuta. (Photo by Grace Cockrell)

STARKVILLE, Miss.—ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥ State students have chosen a new group of Bulldogs to represent the school in its 2022 Homecoming Court.

Hayden Foil of Gautier and Raegan Rushing of Biloxi are king and queen of this year’s homecoming, an event-filled week Oct. 2-8 culminating with ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥â€™s football game against the University of Arkansas at 11 a.m. Saturday [Oct. 8]. Foil is a senior animal and dairy science/ pre-veterinary major, and Rushing is a senior industrial engineering major.

2022 ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥ Homecoming King and Queen
Homecoming King Hayden Foil (left) of Gautier and Homecoming Queen Raegan Rushing of Biloxi. (Photo by Grace Cockrell)

This year’s Miss ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥ is Avery Braddock of Loveland, Ohio, and Mr. ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥ is Davis Helton of Amory. Braddock is a senior communication/public relations major, and Helton is a senior biochemistry/pre-dental major.

2022 Mr. and Miss. ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥
Miss ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥ Avery Braddock (left) of Loveland, Ohio, and Mr. ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥ is Davis Helton of Amory. (Photo by Grace Cockrell)

The homecoming court, including eight class maids, will be presented formally during next Saturday’s halftime at Davis Wade Stadium. For more information on ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥ gameday activities, visit HailState.com/gameday.

Each undergraduate class is represented by two maids:

SENIOR—Sara Matheson, a biochemistry/pre-medicine major from Collierville, Tennessee, and Olivia Sinclair Russell, a mechanical engineering major from Southaven.

JUNIOR—Allie Grace Bell, an accounting major from Madison, and Lucie LeBlanc, a chemical engineering major from Brookhaven.

SOPHOMORE—Sydiah Ervin, a biomedical engineering major from Pinson, Alabama, and Khaoula Kamal, a biomedical engineering major from Tupelo.

FRESHMAN—Nya Nobles, a biochemistry/pre-dental major from Shubuta, and Natalie Robertson, a communication/broadcast and digital journalism major from Hamilton, Alabama.

For more on 2022 homecoming week activities, follow the ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥ Student Association on Facebook @ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥StudentAssociation, as well as @ÌÒ»¨Ö±²¥_SA on Twitter and Instagram.

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