The University of Georgia crowned seniors Carter Nichols and Jack Hobgood as its 2026 Homecoming king and queen during Saturday\u2019s football game against Vanderbilt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nichols and Hobgood were chosen by the UGA student body after a process of multiple applications and interviews were evaluated by a panel of judges. The judges selected a 10-person court, and students voted to choose the winners, who were announced at halftime of the Homecoming game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nichols is a senior public relations and international affairs major with a minor in Korean language and a certificate in public affairs communication. She represented Shop with a Bulldog.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hobgood is a senior finance major with certificates in legal studies and personal and organizational leadership. He represented the UGA Visitors Center.<\/p>\n
Other members of the 2026 Homecoming Court included:<\/p>\n
Lauren Baker, a senior management information systems major on the Double Dawg pathway to a Master\u2019s in business analytics, representing the National Pan-Hellenic Council.<\/p>\n
Blake Martin, a senior political science and international affairs major with certificates in personal and organizational leadership and applied politics, representing New Student Orientation.<\/p>\n
Myla Brown, a senior advertising major with a minor in fashion merchandising and certificate in personal and organizational leadership, representing the Student Alumni Council.<\/p>\n
Luke Williams, a senior public relations major on the Double Dawg pathway to a Master of public administration, representing the Arch Society.<\/p>\n
Kayla Calloway, a senior political science major with a minor in African American studies, representing the University Judiciary.<\/p>\n
Trey Wilson, a senior finance major with a minor in educational psychology and certificate in personal and organizational leadership, representing the Student Government Association.<\/p>\n
Journee Jordan, a senior public relations major, representing the Student Government Organization.<\/p>\n
Mark Zimmer, a senior political science and international affairs major with minors in Spanish and law, jurisprudence and the state, representing the Model United Nations team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Georgia crowned seniors Carter Nichols and Jack Hobgood as its 2026 Homecoming king and queen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[6080,135047,135048,34951,43024,135049,5854,135050,9,24,63,122,124,123,133648,133639,91646],"class_list":["post-363962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-apple","tag-athens-ga","tag-carter-nichols","tag-control-social-and-political","tag-homecoming","tag-jack-hobgood","tag-leadership","tag-leadership-studies","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-student-events","tag-uga","tag-university-of-georgia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363962","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=363962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}