Homecoming Royalty
Homecoming 2010: September 26 - October 2
Homecoming Royalty Applications Closed
The Homecoming King and Queen will each receive a monetary scholarship!
Although attendance to the events throughout the week isn't mandatory (besides the Pep Fest, Parade, Coronation, Homecoming Game Day Activities, and the community clean-up project), you earn 4 points per event (out of five) for each one that you attend.
Homecoming 2009 Royalty
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Lauren Stoneberg
Homecoming Queen
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Major: Marketing
Favorite Homecoming experience: Being stopped by University of Minnesota alumni who were proud to be back on campus and wanted to share with me stories from past Homecomings.
Celebration meal: My perfect celebration meal is with my family on my parents’ deck. And it includes dessert!
Looking forward to this year, as U of M Homecoming Queen: In the next year, I look forward to the unique opportunity to be an ambassador for the University of Minnesota. I am eager to share my enthusiasm for the ‘U’ with boys and girls who dream of one day becoming Golden Gophers.
Post-collegiate plans: I recently accepted a position within the marketing department of Ameriprise Financial. I am looking forward to joining the organization and am thrilled that my Minneapolis location will keep me close enough to my hometown, Hastings, so I can watch the high school football and baseball games played by my brother, Aaron.
Did this experience change the way you think about anything? This Ultimate Homecoming has only intensified the pride I feel for the University of Minnesota. I am grateful to know that while many things will change upon my May, 2010 graduation, I never have to give up my maroon and gold.
Favorite college event/moment: As a lifelong Gopher football fan, one of my favorite collegiate memories is the groundbreaking ceremony for TCF Bank Stadium in September, 2006. In the place where the Gophers’ new on-campus home would stand three short years later, I was surrounded by alumni and Minnesota families that displayed a remarkable bond with this institution. I wanted to be a part of that community and seek out ways to feel connected to our university, and responsible for its betterment.
Last remarks…
No matter when it happens or where I am, when the Gophers play in the Rose Bowl again, I’ll be there.
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Matt Pryor
Homecoming King
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Favorite Homecoming experience: My favorite part of the homecoming experience was getting to know so many people on the University of Minnesota Campus. Being a homecoming ambassador was a lot of work, but meeting the entire court, homecoming coordinators, university officials and students made it all well worth it!
Celebration meal: The best celebration would be hand rolled Sushi, in one of the primer L.A. Sushi spots, with family and friends, all enjoying a great view of the ocean.
Looking forward to this year, as U of M Homecoming King: Working with Lauren to be the best representatives for the University of Minnesota as we possibly can.
Post-collegiate plans: I plan on working at a Corporate Office in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Region in the field of Human Resources.
Did this experience change the way you think about anything? Being a representative for the University is a great honor. With 26,000 undergraduate students on this campus, I know that I have a duty to serve their needs as best as I can. I hope to form this collaboration between the students and the University Officials. By the students, faculty and administrators working together, I am confident that the University of Minnesota can continue to climb in its efforts of being one of the best places to receive an education.
Favorite college event/moment: I think my favorite College moment hands down was this homecoming experience! It was the first year that football has been back on campus in a long time, and it was an amazing feeling being recognized as homecoming king, in front of 50,000 fans on the third largest jumbo tron in the world!