The 2018 Homecoming Court discuss what homecoming means to them

Nicholls announced its 2018 Homecoming Court, from which a king and queen will be crowned on Oct. 27.

Over the next month, seven men and seven women will be given the chance to represent Nicholls State University.

The nominees for king are Cameron Belding, Beau Bourgeois, Jae’Veric Bradley, Jules Fanguy, Chandler Gregory, Tyler Legnon and Wayne Yelling. The nominees for queen are Emma Bourgeois, Ken’Nadi Broussard, Chloe Collins, Elisea Falgout, Juliana Giacomino, Emily Ledet and Danielle Tardo.

These fourteen students survived an almost three week extensive application and selection process.

Any students of junior or senior standing can be nominated for court. Nominations can come through another student, organization or by self-nomination, as long as the application is completely submitted before the due date. Additionally, all nominees must have a cumulative GPA of 2.7 or higher and can only be selected for court once in their Nicholls career.

Once all applications are in, a committee of four students, two faculty, two staff and two alumni spend a few days reviewing each application and interviewing nominees. The nominees are scored based on a point system. The students with the fourteen highest scores out of 100 are selected to represent Nicholls as part of the Homecoming Court.

“I actually think the current selection process works well,” said nominee Emily Ledet, a communicative disorders junior from Thibodaux. She said that the process gives credit to those who are involved on campus, along with keeping a high GPA.

Although a committee is responsible for appointing the court, the king and queen are chosen by the student body. Through an online voting system, students select one nominee for king and one for queen based on who they believe would best represent Nicholls.

“As King, I would be able to represent different aspects on campus, the small and the big,” said Beau Bourgeois, a nursing junior from Des Allemands.

Bourgeois is an active member in several groups on campus, including Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the nursing department.

“I would like to think that I represent the typical college student in that I work hard to obtain grades with which I would be satisfied,” Bourgeois said. “At the same time, I want to experience my college years to their fullest.”

Ledet, an active member of Delta Zeta sorority and student government, said she hopes representation on court shows students how much of an impact being involved in groups, such as SGA, can have on the Nicholls community.

“As a result, it is important to be involved and give back,” Ledet said.