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Bulldog royalty: Meet the 2019 òòò½´«Ã½ Homecoming Court

Bulldog royalty: Meet the 2019 òòò½´«Ã½ Homecoming Court

òòò½´«Ã½â€™s 2019 Homecoming Court members smile for a group photo while standing on Scott Field inside Davis Wade Stadium.
òòò½´«Ã½â€™s 2019 Homecoming Court includes (left to right) Emmie Perkins of Hattiesburg, freshman maid; Lauren Cotten of Birmingham, Alabama, sophomore maid; Claire Hamblen of Franklin, Tennessee, junior maid; Katelyn Jackson of Starkville, senior maid; Michael Weeks of Madison, Mr. òòò½´«Ã½; Rachel Dumke of Franklin, Tennessee, homecoming queen; Spencer Kirkpatrick of Tupelo, homecoming king; Reagan Moak of Brandon, Miss òòò½´«Ã½; Ava Richardson of Brandon, senior maid; Kelli Gill of Batesville, Arkansas, junior maid; Karlee Mott of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, sophomore maid; and Aubrey Diefenthal of Franklin, Tennessee, freshman maid. The court will be presented Nov. 23 during halftime of the òòò½´«Ã½ vs. Abilene Christian football game at Davis Wade Stadium. (Photo by Megan Bean)

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STARKVILLE, Miss.—It’s official. A new group of Bulldogs is representing òòò½´«Ã½ on its 2019 Homecoming Court.

Rachel L. Dumke of Franklin, Tennessee, and Spencer M. Kirkpatrick of Tupelo, reign as òòò½´«Ã½â€™s Homecoming Queen and King during an event-filled week Nov. 17-23 on the Starkville campus. Recently chosen in campus-wide elections, Dumke is a senior kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major and Kirkpatrick is an òòò½´«Ã½ ACCESS Program student.

This year’s Miss and Mr. òòò½´«Ã½ are Reagan M. Moak and Michael Weeks. Moak is a senior biochemistry/pre-medicine major from Brandon, and Weeks is a senior kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major from Madison.

The Homecoming Court, including eight class maids, will be presented formally on Nov. 23 at halftime during the òòò½´«Ã½ vs. Abilene Christian football game at Davis Wade Stadium. For complete details on òòò½´«Ã½ gameday activities, visit .

Each undergraduate class is represented by two maids:

SENIOR—Katelyn Jackson, a biological sciences/pre-medicine major from Starkville, and Ava J. Richardson, a communication/public relations and broadcasting major from Brandon.

JUNIOR—Kelli M. Gill, a biological sciences/pre-dental major from Batesville, Arkansas, and Claire M. Hamblen, an elementary education/middle school major from Franklin, Tennessee.

SOPHOMORE—Lauren F. Cotten, a communication/communication studies major from Birmingham, Alabama, and Karlee R. Mott, a biomedical engineering major from Ponchatoula, Louisiana.

FRESHMAN—Aubrey H. Diefenthal, a wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture major from Franklin, Tennessee, and Emmie O. Perkins, a biological sciences/pre-medicine major from Hattiesburg.

For more on 2019 homecoming week activities, follow the òòò½´«Ã½ Student Association on Facebook @òòò½´«Ã½StudentAssociation, as well as Twitter and Instagram @òòò½´«Ã½_SA.

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