Panhellenic Council nominee David Vicknair and Student Government Association nominee Dasha Maize were crowned king and queen Saturday evening during halftime of the Colonels’ football game against the Texas State Bobcats.University president Stephen Hulbert crowned Maize. Perry Rodrigue, president of the Nicholls Alumni Federation, and Deborah Raziano, director of Alumni Affairs and Homecoming Committee chair, also acknowledged the new king and queen.

Maize, government senior from Morgan City, serves as the vice president for the National Pan-Hellenic Council, is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and is a Supreme Court justice for the SGA.

She is also involved in Pi Sigma Alpha honor fraternity for government majors, the Law Club and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and is a community leader at La Maison du Bayou. Maize will be graduating in May and plans to attend law school in Houston at Thurgood Marshall College.

“Houston has a lot of good opportunities for me, and I love the city,” Maize said.

Maize said that she was shocked to hear her name announced as queen and is ecstatic to hold the title.

“I thought Kristen was going to win,” Maize said. “Everybody on the court wants to win, but you have that feeling of who is going to win. I thought she was going to win because she’s well-known on campus.”

The best part of the week for Maize was the parade.

“The parade was fun,” Maize said. “I rode in a 2005 or 2006 Mustang. It was a nice car.”

The game was very exciting for Maize. She said that was the most school spirit she has ever seen.

“Being crowned was very exciting, too,” Maize said. “It was a good ending to a really busy week.”

Vicknair, business administration junior from Thibodaux, serves as president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and represents the College of Business Administration as a SGA senator and an orientation leader.

He is also involved in College Republicans, Interfraternity Council, Student Programming Association and works in admissions.

Vicknair said that he was surprised and excited to hear that he was chosen to be king.

“I really didn’t know what to think,” he said. “I didn’t expect to win.”

Three of Vicknair’s fraternity brothers were on the court with him, but he said that there was absolutely no conflict between them about who should be king.

“I guess it’s not as big a thing with guys (as) it is with girls,” Vicknair said. “They were all happy for me, and I would have been happy for them.”

All fourteen people on the court deserved to win, according to Vicknair, and he said that it was an honor to be on the court with them.

“All fourteen people do so much for the University,” Vicknair said. “Whoever would have won would have deserved it.”

At first Vicknair said that he was not sure that being on homecoming court was “his thing.” As the week unfolded, Vicknair realized that he would like to win.

“It all builds up to the game,” Vicknair said. “What an awesome game. I’m not going to forget that night anytime soon.