WVWC students vote O’Shields, Persinger as 2024 homecoming royalty

West Virginia Wesleyan College President Dr. James Moore crowned the new Homecoming Royalty during halftime of the WVWC football game earlier this month.

Savannah O’Shields, a marketing major from Bethany Beach, Delaware, and Cy Persinger, a business administration and economics major from Hico, West Virginia, were chosen as this year’s royalty by their peers.

Senior attendants were Sarah McCall, a marketing major from Elizabeth, Pennsylvania; Kylie McMillian, a marketing major from Columbus, Ohio; Lydia Phillips, a criminal justice major from Philippi, West Virginia; Remmey Lohr, from Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, a management major with a double minor in marketing and art; Cayley Symons, from Johannesburg, South Africa, an accounting and economics double major; Shelby Genes, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, an exercise science and Master of Athletic Training student; Bree Moll, a biology major from Craigsville, West Virginia; and Caleb Maxon, from Ravenswood, West Virginia, a biology and pre-med major.

Abigail Dilly, a business administration and MBA student from Lewisburg, West Virginia, was announced as the junior attendant.

Sophomore attendant was Meredith Cottrell, from Elizabeth, West Virginia, a philosophy and political science double major with a minor in legal studies. Kenzie Clutter, from Cameron, West Virginia, was announced as a first-year attendant.

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