PSU names Homecoming king & queen

Pittsburg State University students today selected Jodi Smardo and Nick Dellasega as Homecoming Queen and King. Smardo is a senior elementary education major from Frontenac and Dellasega is a senior accounting and finance major from Pittsburg. Smardo is the daughter of Steve Smardo and Kathy Oppliger. She was sponsored by the Omicron Delta Kappa honor society. Dellasega is the son of Joe and Janice Dellasega. He was sponsored by the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority.

First runners up were Elizabeth Perrey, a junior accounting major from Joplin, Mo., and Brett Shamblin, a junior accounting and Spanish major from Blue Springs, Mo. Perrey is the daughter of Roger and Christine Perrey. She was sponsored by the Honors College Association. Shamblin is the son of Rick and Pam Shamblin. He was sponsored by the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority.

Second runners up were Nina Walker, a senior psychology major from Fort Scott, Kan., and Doug Wright, a senior wood technology major from Chicago, Ill. Walker is the daughter of Victoria Walker and Jessie Ward. She was sponsored by MVP/Sart/Save. Wright is the son of Rick Wright. He was sponsored by the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.

PSU students selected the 2006 Homecoming royalty at an all-university convocation at noon today. Homecoming activities continue through the week, concluding with the Homecoming football game against Southwest Baptist University at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

---Pitt State---