2025 Homecoming Court
Applications for West Virginia University’s 2025 Homecoming Court open on August 25, 2025.
The selection process for Homecoming Royalty is based upon leadership activities and campus involvement. An essay must be provided as part of the application process. All applications must be submitted via WVUENGAGE by Friday, September 26, 2025 by 12:00 PM (Noon). No exceptions will be made.
The application essay should be one (1) to two (2), pages addressing the following prompt:
Essay: Explain what qualifies you to represent WVU as Homecoming Royalty.
All Applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Minimum cummulative GPA of 2.5 and be enrolled as a full-time student at West Virginia University, Morgantown campus.
- Completed at least 89 credit-hours prior to the start of the Fall 2025 semester.
- Must not have been a mamber of Homecoming Court in the past.
- Completed the Application:
- Information Form
- Involvement Summary
- Bio Sheet
- Application Essay
The application essay should be one (1) to two (2), pages addressing the following prompt: "Explain what qualifies you to represent WVU as Homecoming Royalty."
Upon evaluation of your application by our Homecoming Court judges, the top candidates will be invited to the interview phase of the selection process. If selected, a five (5) to eight (8) person panel will conduct interviews on Monday, October 6th in the Mountainlair starting at 5:00 PM.
The entire court will participate in the Homecoming Parade, which takes place on High Street Friday, October 24th; the parade is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m.
The Homecoming Royalty will be crowned during a halftime ceremony at the WVU football game against TCU on Saturday, October 25th, at Milan Puskar Stadium.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at sel@mail.wvu.ed.
Find the 2024 Homecoming Timeline here!