In the midst of colorful floats, a football rout, it was Evie Mendoza of the Student Veterans Club who shined the brightest at the end of the 2009 Homecoming activities.
Mendoza was crowned Homecoming Queen during the halftime show at the Homecoming game Saturday night.
Homecoming festivities began Sept. 21 when the Homecoming applications were available and proceeded to Oct. 7 and 8 to the Homecoming Court elections.
Along with six other candidates, clubs were doing all they can to support their princess.
“The Student Veterans Club put a lot of work into it and I’m just happy that it paid off,” Mendoza said, “For the last three weeks, we were planning the campaign, we actually went out there and campaigned the entire time the polls were open ’til closing time, even the day before.”
Representatives from Student Veterans Club were seen every day promoting their princess and their club.
Not only were students participating in the campaigning process; children from club members were partaking as well.
Christina Leyva, secretary of Student Veterans Club explains the dedication within their club, “We all worked together as not only a team, but we incorporated family members to make it a family gathering, that’s why we won, because we never gave up and we were all there for her ’til the last minute.”
Leyva went on to say, “We are making history.”
Mendoza joins Student Trustee Felipe Grimaldo in making a name for Student Veterans Club.
Mendoza believes that being queen will help promote her club,
“Basically it means you’re representing your school in a positive way. The only reason we were doing this was to create more awareness for the club and I think we’ve accomplished that.”
Aside from the winning party, Lara Castaneda sponsored by International Student Association and Suzette Vega sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa enjoyed the Homecoming events.
“It was really fun and exciting, something very memorable that I’ll never forget,” Castaneda said.
“Running for Homecoming Queen was a great experience to join together and unite,” Vega expressed.
