Despite the darkness of another Shippensburg football loss, the light shone on senior Annie Linker and senior Tymere Harris, who were crowned SU’s 2024 Homecoming Royalty at Seth Grove Stadium Saturday afternoon.
Linker and Harris earned their crowns by being the most successful in four areas of the homecoming campaign — social media engagement by their sponsoring organization, votes from the student body, answers in a personal interview and money raised for a local charitable organization.
The candidates raised more than $6,000 for Hound Packs, an organization that fights food insecurity in the Shippensburg School District and community.
Harris is a senior mechanical engineering major who is heavily involved in various pockets of campus life.
He is a member of the Kappa Omega chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, the Public Relations director for SU’s African American Student Organization and a member of the Activities Programming Board, among other titles. Harris was sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, which he called his “home away from home” in an Instagram post promoting his campaign.
Linker is a senior sociology major with minors in psychology and international development. She is involved with the Admissions and Orientation programs at SU and was sponsored by Student Ambassadors.
“In high school I ran [Homecoming] and I had to crown the winner, so I could not run. I was like, ‘Let’s try it now and see what happens,’” Linker said. “I am very happy.”
Harris and Linker will continue to be valuable members of the SU community in their time on campus and will return to Seth Grove Stadium next fall to crown SU’s 2025 Homecoming royalty.
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