2005 Homecoming Court Announced at UA

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The 2005 University of Alabama homecoming court was selected in a general student election on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

The UA Homecoming Queen will be announced Friday, Oct. 28, at the UA pep rally beginning at 7 p.m. on the UA Quad. The queen will be crowned during halftime of the homecoming football game between Alabama and Utah State on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 2 p.m. in Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Some 4,637 UA students voted in this year’s election.

The following students were chosen to be members of the homecoming court:

Marverly K. Nettles, a senior criminal justice major from Birmingham (zip code 35215), who is a member of the UA Women’s Basketball Varsity Team, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society.

Divya Patel, a senior accounting major from Enterprise, who is a member of XXXI, Gamma Phi Beta Sorority, president of the International Student Association and vice president of recruitment for the Alabama Panhellenic Association.

Mabry Poellnitz, a senior finance major from Tuscaloosa, who is a member of Order of Omega, president of Kappa Delta Sorority, a volunteer for Crossing Points, and recipient of the Marion Day Mullins Scholarship.

Jessica Joyce Thomas, a senior broadcast news and political science major from Birmingham (zip code 35214), who is an officer of XXXI, a member of the Capstone Men and Women, and an ASSCA Ambassador.

Sara-Catherine Thomason, a senior theater major from Cullman, who is past president of Alpha Psi Omega, a scholarship student in the department of theater and dance and an APO scholarship recipient.

In other homecoming events, winners of the Roll Tide Run, held Sunday, Oct. 23, include:

WOMEN: Linda Ward (49:21), Adelaide O’Neal (49:42), Frances O’Neal (50:16)

MEN: Brian McCarthy (33:16), Ed Freeman (40:42), Owen Bradley (40:53).