The Missouri S&T St. Pat\u2019s Board has announced the 2026 candidates for Queen of Love and Beauty as part of the preparations for the 118th \u201cBest Ever\u201d celebration of St. Pat\u2019s at S&T. The candidates are nominated by Missouri S&T student organizations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The queen and her court will be crowned during a coronation ceremony, which will be held at 9 p.m. Friday, March 13, at Leach Theatre in Castleman Hall. Honorary Knights will also be honored during the coronation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Queen of Love and Beauty and her court will have places of honor on the queen\u2019s float during the 2026 St. Pat\u2019s Parade, which begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 14, in downtown Rolla, Missouri.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 2026 candidates for St. Pat\u2019s Queen of Love and Beauty are as follows:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abbey Bancroft,\u00a0a senior in computer engineering and electrical engineering from Wentzville, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Order of Omega\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dylan Bell,\u00a0a graduate student in mechanical engineering from St. Louis,\u00a0representing\u00a0Triangle\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jordan Braunschweig,\u00a0a graduate student in aerospace engineering from Eureka, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Miner Key A\u00a0Capella\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeline Buckles,\u00a0a senior in biological sciences from Troy, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Zeta Tau Alpha\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sydney DuBois,\u00a0a senior in engineering management from Sycamore, Illinois,\u00a0representing\u00a0Student Union Board\u00a0<\/p>\n
Catherine Duong,\u00a0a senior in chemical engineering from Olathe, Kansas,\u00a0representing\u00a0Kappa Delta\u00a0<\/p>\n
Isabella Ferrante,\u00a0a senior in civil engineering and architectural engineering from Kansas City, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Panhellenic Council\u00a0<\/p>\n
Molly Herbig,\u00a0a senior in nuclear engineering from Plano, Illinois,\u00a0representing\u00a0Chi Omega\u00a0<\/p>\n
Liam Howey,\u00a0a senior in metallurgical engineering from Roeland Park, Kansas,\u00a0representing\u00a0Miner Theater Guild\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abigail Jones,\u00a0a senior in mechanical engineering from Bolingbrook, Illinois,\u00a0representing\u00a0Phi Sigma Rho\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alexandria Juilfs,\u00a0a senior in environmental engineering from Rolla, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Sigma Pi\u00a0<\/p>\n
Layla Marks,\u00a0a junior in environmental science from Wentzville, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Sigma Nu\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bridget Matteson,\u00a0a senior in aerospace engineering from St. Louis,\u00a0representing\u00a0Delta Sigma Phi\u00a0<\/p>\n
Andy Merkel,\u00a0a senior in mechanical engineering from O\u2019Fallon, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Sigma Tau Gamma\u00a0<\/p>\n
Riley McBride,\u00a0a senior in engineering management from Saint Charles, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Fraternal Order of Leaders\u00a0<\/p>\n
Andrew Pommer,\u00a0a senior in environmental engineering from St. Louis,\u00a0representing\u00a0Tau Kappa Epsilon\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jordan Ropp,\u00a0a senior in engineering management from Wentzville, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Associated Students of the University of Missouri\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maddy Rosner,\u00a0a junior in aerospace engineering from Saint Charles, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Delta Omicron Lambda\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kielee Schreiber,\u00a0a junior in engineering\u00a0management\u00a0from Maryville, Illinois,\u00a0representing\u00a0Resident Hall Association\u00a0<\/p>\n
Elijah Spencer,\u00a0a senior in computer science from Caulfield, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Theta Xi\u00a0<\/p>\n
Christian Todd,\u00a0a senior in engineering management from Poplar Bluff, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0KMNR\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hannah Wooldridge,\u00a0a sophomore in physics from Warsaw, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a04 North\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Grace Williams,\u00a0a senior in civil engineering from St. Louis,\u00a0representing\u00a0Beta Sigma Psi\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lillie Zimmerman,\u00a0a junior in mechanical engineering from Leslie, Missouri,\u00a0representing\u00a0Student Council.\u00a0<\/p>\n
About Missouri University of Science and Technology\u00a0<\/p>\n
Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is a STEM-focused research university of over 7,000 students\u00a0located\u00a0in Rolla, Missouri. Part of the four-campus University of Missouri System, Missouri S&T offers over 100 degrees in 40 areas of study and is among the nation\u2019s top public universities for salary impact, according to the\u00a0Wall Street Journal. For more information about Missouri S&T,\u00a0visit\u00a0www.mst.edu<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Missouri S&T St. Pat\u2019s Board has announced the 2026 candidates for Queen of Love and Beauty as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-163121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}