Southeastern announces 2023 Homecoming Court
Monday, October 2, 2023
by: Tonya Lowentritt
SOUTHEASTERN ANNOUNCES HOMECOMING COURT - Members of the 2023 Southeastern Louisiana University Homecoming Court are front row, from left, Madeleine Grippi, Kendall Adams, Abby Stogner, Caroline Neumeyer, Halle Boren, Hallie Kent, and Sarah Pennington. Pictured on the back row, from left, are Anthony Garner, Kyle Hidalgo, Peyton Kennedy, Zachary Poche, JD McKinney, Lucien Nasset, and Demille Davis.
HAMMOND – Fourteen Southeastern Louisiana University students have been chosen
as members of the 2023 Homecoming Court. They will reign over festivities during Homecoming
week Oct. 9 – 14.
Chosen as members of the queen court are seniors Kendall Adams, Prairieville;
Madeline Grippi, Baton Rouge; Hallie Kent, Fluker; Sarah Pennington, Madisonville;
Abby Stogner, Bogalusa; and juniors Halle Boren, Covington; and Caroline Neumeyer,
Metairie.
Elected members of the king court are seniors Demille Davis, Covington; Peyton
Kennedy, Baton Rouge; JD McKinney, Ponchatoula; Lucien Nasset, Tickfaw; Zachary Poche,
Prairieville; and sophomores Anthony Garner, Baton Rouge; and Kyle Hidalgo, Sun.
The 2023 queen and king, the top junior or senior vote-getters in the recent
online campus election, will be announced Saturday, Oct. 14.
Adams is an early childhood education major. She is a vice president of the Lambda
Omicron chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and National Pan-Hellenic Council president.
Grippi, a health systems management major, is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority.
She serves as president of the Collegiate Panhellenic Council and is treasurer of
Greek Intervarsity Christian Fellowship.
Kent majors in health sciences and currently serves as president of Phi Mu. She
is a member of the Kinesiology Student Association and is a leader and secretary in
Greek Intervarsity
Pennington, a management major, is a member of Alpha Sigma Tau sorority and is
a College of Business Ambassador.
Stogner is a marketing major. She is a member of Phi Mu fraternity and Pi Sigma
Epsilon.
Boren, a nursing major, is a member of Phi Mu, where she serves as the honor
chairwoman of the executive board. She is also a co-leader of bible study within her
chapter and panhellenic community and a member of Nurses Christian Fellowship.
Neumeyer is a nursing major. She is a member of American Medical Women’s Association,
Delight, Student Nurse Association, and Alpha Omicron Pi.
Davis is a music major. He is a member of Southeastern Campus Tour Guides, SLU
Wind Symphony, Spirit of the Southland Marching Band, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity,
and the Reginald F. Lewis Scholars Program.
Kennedy, is a double major in supply chain management and business administration.
He is the vice president of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, vice president for the Interfraternity
Council, founder and president of Young Economist Society, co-director of Organizational
Outreach for the Student Government Association (SGA), and vice president of education
for Toastmasters Internationals. He is also a member of the College of Business Ambassadors
program, Supply Chain Management Club, and Phi Kappa Phi.
McKinney is a kinesiology major. He is a member of SGA, the Kinesiology Student
Association, and Southeastern Students for Life. He also serves as treasurer of Baptist
Collegiate Ministry and chaplain, operations and logistics manager for Tau Kappa Epsilon,
leader and co-leader for All-Fraternities Bible Study of Greek Intervarsity, and an
ambassador for the Honors and Southeastern’s Media and Marketing programs.
Nasset is a psychology major and serves as treasurer of Lavender Lions and student
life chair of SGA’s Senate.
Poche, a history major, is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon, where he serves as academics
and scholarship chairman. He is also an SGA senator, vice president of events for
Order of Omega, and is a founding member of the Admissions Ambassador Program.
Garner is a criminal justice major. He is a member of SGA, the Pre-Law Association,
Debate Team, Lavender Lions and Theta Chi.
Hidalgo is a political science major. He serves as SGA Senator for the College
of Honors and Excellence, vice president for the Honors Student Association, vice
president for Interfraternity Council, executive of Tau Kappa Epsilon, and secretary
of the Debate Society. He is also an ExCel Scholar, an Honors Ambassador and mentor.
For more information about Southeastern Homecoming events, contact the Alumni
Association at (985) 549-2150 or 1-800-SLU-ALUM or visit www.southeastern.edu/homecoming.
