{"id":473688,"date":"2026-10-22T19:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/473688\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:22:07","slug":"tcu-homecoming-royalty-recognizes-seniors-campus-impact-tcu-360","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/473688\/","title":{"rendered":"TCU Homecoming Royalty recognizes seniors\u2019 campus impact \u2013 TCU 360"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s TCU Homecoming recognition will honor two winners, one king and one queen, under the title <a href=\"https:\/\/what2do.tcu.edu\/event\/homecoming-royalty-nominations-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Homecoming Royalty,<\/a> according to Student Government Association President <a href=\"https:\/\/sga.tcu.edu\/leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Titus Fagan<\/a>. For two of last year\u2019s honorees, the experience meant more than personal achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Regan Albertson, a 2025 \u201cOutstanding Senior\u201d finalist, and Mark Sayegh, the 2025 \u201cOutstanding Senior\u201d winner, said the recognition reflected their involvement in campus life and the people who supported them.<\/p>\n<p>The process begins with student organizations nominating seniors who are involved on campus. Albertson was nominated by <a href=\"https:\/\/neeley.tcu.edu\/degrees-programs\/undergraduate\/student-experience\/bnsf-neeley-leadership-program\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Neeley Leadership Program<\/a>, while Sayegh\u2019s nomination came from <a href=\"https:\/\/oneshadegreener.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">One Shade Greener<\/a>, an organization he founded during his freshman year.<\/p>\n<p>Applications include an essay and r\u00e9sum\u00e9. Those materials, combined with a student-body vote, are used to select 10 finalists who then interview with faculty and staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was the most nervous I\u2019ve ever been for an interview ever,\u201d Albertson said.<\/p>\n<p>For Albertson, the experience highlighted the value of involvement, mentorship and community impact. \u201cI think it represents going above and beyond for your community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Sayegh said, \u201cI really do think it\u2019s a reflection of the community, the friends and the culture that helped me get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He described being selected as Outstanding Senior as the biggest honor he believed he could receive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to leave TCU better than I found it and embody those TCU values,\u201d Sayegh said.<\/p>\n<p>Their homecoming experiences included spending time with university leaders and fellow finalists and participating in the parade. For Sayegh, receiving the award from TCU\u2019s chancellor\u00a0brought feelings of gratitude, pride and joy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was one of the best days of my life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Homecoming Royalty winners will be announced at the Oct. 24 <a href=\"https:\/\/studentactivities.tcu.edu\/homecoming-agenda\/#tab-dzminpql-october-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">homecoming football game<\/a>, which begins at 11 a.m., continuing TCU\u2019s tradition of recognizing seniors and celebrating the campus community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This year\u2019s TCU Homecoming recognition will honor two winners, one king and one queen, under the title Homecoming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-473688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}