On Friday, Nov. 15, the 2024 Homecoming royalty was announced at the Men’s Homecoming basketball game during halftime in the Rick Case Arena.
There were two winners per class year. The freshman royalty were Caroline Miller and Ariana Davis. The sophomore winners were Ashley Smith and Dajenae Garner. The junior winners were Rakeem Richards and Gianna Saint-Jean. The Senior King and Queen were Jared Scott and Anne Sylvie Jean Louis.
Jean Louis, psychology major, said that winning was not just for the bragging rights, but for all the little girls that grew up being told they weren’t good enough.
“This crown and this victory is for little Annie. I was always either told or made to feel like I wasn’t good enough, beautiful enough, all the different things. So now this crown doesn’t define my worth, and I already knew that, but this is a physical manifestation of my resilience over the years,” Jean Louis said. “So to me, it’s for all the little Annie’s of the world.”
Many of the students running for Homecoming royalty felt happy no matter how the votes went.
“Regardless of the outcome, I knew that all of the other nominees would be happy for whoever won, which made the competition less stressful and more fun,” said Saint- Jean, junior psychology major.
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