October 28, 2008
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Lauren Mioton, a senior on the women’s basketball team was crowned Purdue University's Homecoming queen on Oct. 24 during a pep rally at Slayter Hill. The women’s basketball team was in attendance and rushed the stage when Mioton’s name was announced. Mioton is the first Purdue women’s basketball player to win the honor and she credits the Purdue athletics family for supporting her.
“When the Purdue athletics administration heard that I was running for homecoming queen, they spread the word to the coaches, who spread it on to their players,” Mioton said. “The teams told their friends to vote for me. I did not know that so many student-athletes would rally around me like that because it’s something outside the athletic realm. It was great to know that the entire department was involved in it and that so many student-athletes would take the time to support me.”
Mioton, a biology major from New Orleans was one of seven candidates for queen and was crowned along with homecoming king, Sam Utley from Haubstadt, Ind.
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