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The 2026 Kent State Homecoming Court represents what it truly means to be a Golden Flash! ⚡️💙💛

Swipe through to meet the candidates and read what carrying the Flash legacy means to them. 👑✨

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https://www.kent.edu/today/news/kent-state-2026-homecoming-court-service-leadership

Bailey Bowles | Senior
📍Fairview Park, OH
📚 Visual Communication Design Major
⚡“Being a Golden Flash means accepting everybody and being immersed in a community that is truly tight knit.”

Alexa Dunkle | Senior
📍Hartville, OH
📚 Integrated Language Arts Major + English Minor
⚡ “Being a Golden Flash means everything to me. I wouldn’t be who I am today without this place.”

Isha Gupta | Senior
📍New Delhi, India
📚 Computer Science Major + Math and Cyber Security Minor
⚡ “Kent State is a very important place to me as an international student. This is not just a place I chose to go to college, but this was the place I chose to be my first home in a new country.”

Lauren Hand | Senior
📍Fishers, IN
📚 Fashing Merchandising Major + Textiles Minor
⚡ “I’m just so excited to get to represent the university. I feel really fortunate to get to have this role and get to represent the color guard and every other organization that I am in.”

Brenna Johnson| Senior
📍Pittsburgh, PA
📚 Psychology Major + pre-Law Minor
⚡ “I am a tour guide, so being a Golden Flash I feel like I am representing Kent State, making people think Kent State is the home for them, maybe I want to go there.”

Brittany Lucia | Senior
📍Geneva, OH
📚 Advertising Major + Photojournalism Minor
⚡ “Being a Golden Flash means the world to me. I love it here, and it’s about the community service that goes into all of it and showing your school pride and what Kent will give to you even outside of the classroom.”

Hailey Moltz | Senior
📍Cleveland, OH
📚 Human Development and Family Sciences Major
⚡ “Being able to represent first generation students on campus is very important to me. And I want them to know that they can be on homecoming court, they can be involved on campus. And that everybody feels welcome here and represented here.”

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