STARKVILLE, Miss. (Queen City Newsfeed) – Mississippi State University has named its 2026 MSU Homecoming Court. The 12 students will be honored at halftime of the Bulldogs’ home game against Vanderbilt on Saturday, Nov. 7.
The game is at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville. A kickoff time has not been set yet.
Eight of the 12 students are from Mississippi. Their hometowns include Madison, Brandon, Magee, New Albany, Nesbit and Starkville.
Meet the king and queen
This year’s Homecoming King is J.J. Latham of Madison. Latham is a senior. He is studying social work.
The Homecoming Queen is Annie Long of Nesbit. Long is also a senior. She is an interdisciplinary studies major.
Mr. and Miss MSU
Jacob Moore of New Albany is Mr. MSU. Moore is a senior accounting major.
Madelyn Berry of Brandon is Miss MSU. Berry is a senior studying aerospace engineering. Her focus is aeronautics, which is the science of flight.
Meet the class maids
In addition, each class has two maids on the court.
The senior maids are Gabrielle Boulay of Franklin, Tennessee, and Hannah Pearce of Bossier City, Louisiana. Both are accounting majors.
The junior maids are Jill Kubat of Omaha, Nebraska, and Madeline Montgomery of Starkville. Kubat studies chemistry and plans to go to medical school. Montgomery studies biochemistry and plans to go to dental school.
The sophomore maids are Katherine Kennedy of Magee and Anna Bowen Webster of Starkville. Kennedy studies biochemistry and plans to go to medical school. She also studies foreign language, with a focus on Spanish. Webster studies chemistry and biochemistry. She plans to go to vet school.
The freshman maids are Lily Blevins of Flat Rock, Alabama, and Crosby Taylor of Starkville. Blevins studies animal and dairy science and plans to go to vet school. Taylor is a mechanical engineering major.
Homecoming week and how to take part
This year’s Homecoming theme is “There’s No Place Like State.”
Homecoming events run from Sunday, Nov. 1, through Sunday, Nov. 8. The week builds up to game day on Nov. 7, when the court will walk onto the field at halftime.
You can find the full list of events on the MSU Homecoming page. Game day details are on the MSU Gameday page.
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(Photo by Grace Cockrell / Mississippi State University)
