Elkins native a WVU Homecoming Court candidate
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MORGANTOWN -- An Elkins native is among the Homecoming Court candidates at West Virginia University this week.
Ruby Jackson, a senior industrial engineering major from Elkins, is one of 10 candidates to be chosen "Homecoming Royalty."
WVU will name two students "Homecoming Royalty" during a halftime ceremony at the Stripe the Stadium football game against Cincinnati Saturday at Milan Puskar Stadium. Kickoff is set for noon.
"Homecoming captures the spirit of what makes WVU feel like home," said Kevin Berry, vice president of Alumni Relations and CEO of the WVU Alumni Association. "It brings Mountaineers from every generation together to reconnect with one another and celebrate the traditions that unite us."
Students can vote for Homecoming Royalty on WVUENGAGE from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and Wednesday.
The other Homecoming Court candidates, all WVU seniors, include Nicholas Albright, a business administration major with a focus on organizational leadership from Martinsburg; Emma Bates, a forensic biology major from Lexington, Virginia; Zoe Burleson, an accounting major from Martinsburg; Lakyn Campbell, a journalism and political science major from Parkersburg; Gabrielle Custer, a marketing major from Charleston; Ariana Davidson, a journalism major with an emphasis in broadcast from Sharon, Pennsylvania; Izayah Everett, an exercise physiology major from Morgantown; Reagan Frazier, an agribusiness management and applied economics major from Frederick, Maryland; and Alison Stone, a marketing and entrepreneurship major from Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
The annual Homecoming Parade, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Friday on High Street in Morgantow, will feature Jordan Harrison, WVU women's basketball standout and May 2026 graduate from the WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics, as the grand marshal, along with the other recipients of the 2026 Homecoming and Alumni Service Awards.
Other key Homecoming events include the men's and women's basketball teams tipping off the 2026-27 season with "Ballin' at Woodburn" at 7 p.m. Thursday in Woodburn Circle on the Downtown area of campus.
A special Homecoming edition of Mountaineer Friday will be offered from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday outside the Mountainlair with the WVU Alumni Association truck on hand with giveaways, and a Homecoming open house will be held in Elizabeth Moore Hall from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday.