Contact: Carl Smith
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Bulldog royalty will be featured next weekend as Mississippi State presents the 2026 Homecoming Court during halftime of the Nov. 7 football game against Vanderbilt University.
This year’s Homecoming King and Queen are seniors J.J. Latham of Madison and Annie Long of Nesbit. Latham is studying social work, and Long is an interdisciplinary studies major.
Mr. MSU is Jacob Moore, a senior accounting major from New Albany, and Miss MSU is Madelyn Berry, a senior aerospace engineering major with a concentration in aeronautics from Brandon.
Additionally, each undergraduate class is represented by two maids:
SENIOR—Gabrielle Boulay, accounting, Franklin, Tennessee; and Hannah Pearce, accounting, Bossier City, Louisiana.
JUNIOR—Jill Kubat, chemistry with a pre-med concentration, Omaha, Nebraska; and Madeline Montgomery, biochemistry with a pre-dental concentration, Starkville.
SOPHOMORE—Katherine Kennedy, biochemistry with a pre-medicine concentration and foreign language with a Spanish concentration, Magee; and Anna Bowen Webster, chemistry and biochemistry with a pre-veterinary concentration, Starkville.
FRESHMAN— Lily Blevins, animal and dairy science with a pre-vet concentration, Flat Rock, Alabama; and Crosby Taylor, mechanical engineering, Starkville.
This year’s Homecoming theme is “There’s No Place Like State,” with activities planned Nov. 1-8, culminating with MSU Gameday.
Mississippi State University is taking care of what matters.