Posted by Mary Wimberly on 2011-10-29

 

Elizabeth Gettys and Jeremy Towns were named 2011 Homecoming queen and king at Samford University Saturday, Oct. 29.

The honorees were announced during halftime of the Samford homecoming game against Western Carolina.

Gettys, a senior economics major from Alexander City, Ala., is the daughter of Sarah Beth and Charles Gettys.

Towns, a senior sports medicine major from Dolomite, Ala., is the son of Janice Towns.

They were chosen by vote of the student body.

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.