Homecoming Court Announced At UA

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The 2000 University of Alabama homecoming court was selected Tuesday, Oct. 24, in a general student election on the UA campus.

Members of the homecoming court and their hometowns are: Jessica Carmichael of Oakman, LaDonna M. Carpenter of Huntsville, Joni Crenshaw of Meridian, Miss., Amanda Ellis of Gulf Shores, and Holley Johnson of Birmingham (zip code 35243).

The homecoming queen will be announced Friday, Oct. 27, at the UA pep rally beginning at 7 p.m. UA President Andrew Sorensen is scheduled to crown the queen during halftime of the homecoming football game between Alabama and Central Florida on Saturday, Oct. 28, at 2 p.m.

UA students voted on the queen and her court from a selection of 24 candidates. Some 3,000 students voted in the election — a record turnout. Election officials attribute the increase in voting to the availability of electronic voting kiosks located across campus.

Carmichael, a senior majoring in accounting, is a member of the Order of Omega, UA Executive Leader’s Council, and Golden Key National Honor Society. She serves as a senator from the College of Commerce and Business Administration in the UA Student Government Association. Carmichael is also the recipient of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy Patron Scholarship.

Carpenter, a senior majoring in environmental science with a minor in English, is a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Gamma Sigma Sigma. She is a National Achievement Scholar, a Ronald E. McNair Scholar and a Presidential Scholar.

Crenshaw, a senior majoring in secondary education, is the captain of the UA women’s basketball team. She serves as vice president of the Student Athlete Advisory Board and is a member of the Capstone Student Business League. She has been selected to the SEC Good Works Team, as well as the SEC Honor Roll.

Ellis, a senior majoring in civil engineering, is a member of XXXI and the Anderson Society. She serves as president of Pi Beta Phi sorority, president pro-tempore of the SGA Senate and Cardinal Key president.

Johnson, a senior majoring in food and nutrition, is president of the College of Human Environmental Sciences student organization and president of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She is the vice president of XXXI, treasurer of the Anderson Society and serves as a national officer in the Lambda Sigma Society.