Published on November 11, 2016 by Philip Poole  
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Samford University seniors Margaret Hehir and Micah Green-Holloway were crowned Homecoming Queen and King Nov. 11 during a special ball celebrating the university’s 175th anniversary. They were chosen in a campus-wide vote by the student body.

They also were presented at other homecoming events throughout the weekend, including at halftime of the Samford vs. Mercer football game.

Hehir is a nursing major from Atlanta, Georgia, and Green-Holloway is a management major from Birmingham.

Other senior class representatives on the homecoming court were Elizabeth Poulos, a science and religion major from Fayetteville, North Carolina; Mary Catherine Sansom, a nursing major from Acworth, Georgia; Trip Adams, a physics/engineering major from Nashville, Tennessee; and Jhamall Wright, an exercise science major from Nashville.

Junior class court members, both from Birmingham, were Caroline Carlisle, a mathematics major, and Nelson Park, a public administration major.

Sophomore representatives were Gracie Groves, a nursing major from Charlotte, North Carolina, and Preston Little, a marketing and entrepreneurship major from Suwanee, Georgia.

Freshman class court members were Julianne Jorgenson, an English and classics major from Memphis, Tennessee; and Lane Linton Mitchell, a marketing major from Johns Creek, Georgia.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, 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 6,324 students from 44 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 is widely recognized as having one of the most beautiful campuses in America, featuring rolling hills, meticulously maintained grounds and Georgian-Colonial architecture. 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.