Homecoming Executive Board announces totals, contest winners

Homecoming Executive Board announces philanthropy totals, contest winners

Northwest Missouri State University capped its 2026 Homecoming by handing out some awards on Wednesday to the winners of competitions throughout the annual celebration.

Northwest hosted its Homecoming week Oct. 25-31 with a theme of "Now Showing ... A Bearcat Homecoming." The week included traditions such as the Variety Show, International Flag-Raising Ceremony and the Homecoming parade and football game. The University also welcomed the class of 1976 for its annual 50-year reunion activities.

During the Variety Show, Phillip Motazedi was crowned Homecoming king, and Lilly Owen was crowned Homecoming queen. Motazedi is a senior digital media major with a content strategy emphasis and hails from Joplin, Missouri; Olsen is a senior social studies major from Persia, Iowa.

As a result of Northwest's annual Donation Creation contest, during which students build Homecoming-themed scenes with canned and boxed food items, student organizations donated 1,162 pounds pounds of food to the Maryville Ministry Center and 711 pounds to the Bearcat Food Pantry.

Additionally, Northwest collected 59 units during a blood drive in partnership with the Community Blood Center.

Northwest's 2026 Homecoming Executive Board consists of Anna Clark, a junior biology and psychology major from Liberty, Missouri; Sam Young, a mass media and broadcast production major from Platte City, Missouri; Kelsey Tallman, a senior public relations major from Glenwood, Missouri; and Caroline Utz, a junior elementary education major from Gower, Missouri.  

All 2026 Homecoming competition categories and winners are listed below.

View a photo gallery of 2026 Homecoming Week images

Philanthropy

1. Alpha Delta Pi
2. Phi Mu
3. Sigma Sigma Sigma

Banner

1. Sigma Kappa
2. Tau Kappa Epsilon
3. Phi Mu

Sidewalk Chalk

1. Pi Kappa Alpha
2. Sigma Alpha
3. Alpha Sigma Alpha

Donation Creation

1. Alpha Sigma Alpha
2. Sigma Sigma Sigma
3. Alpha Delta Pi

Donation Creation: People's choice

1. Sigma Sigma Sigma
2. Alpha Sigma Alpha
3. Sigma Alpha

Variety Show

Skits

1. Alpha Sigma Alpha and Tau Kappa Epsilon
2. Sigma Sigma Sigma and Pi Kappa Alpha
3. Phi Mu and Sigma Tau Gamma

Olio Acts

1. Lizze Clark
2. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc
3. Ryder Brewster

People's Choice Awards

• Best Skit Actress: Ella Hogan
• Best Skit Actor: Jazpher Ulleburg
• Best Skit: Alpha Sigma Alpha and Tau kappa Epsilon
• Best Olio Act: Lizzie Clark

Parade

Paper Mache Heads

1. Alpha Sigma Alpha
2. Sigma Sigma Sigma
3. Tau Kappa Epsilon

Dancing Clowns

1. Phi Sigma Kappa
2. Sigma Sigma Sigma
3. Alpha Sigma Alpha

Jalopy

1. Phi Mu and Alpha Gamma Rho
2. Sigma Sigma Sigma and Pi Kappa Alpha
3. Alpha Sigma Alpha and Sigma Tau Gamma

Float

1. Sigma Kappa, Sigma Tau Gamma, and Alpha Kappa Lambda
2. Phi Mu and Alpha Gamma Rho
3. Sigma Sigma Sigma, Alpha Delta Pi, and Pi Kappa Alpha

Overall Parade Winner

Sigma Tau Gamma

Overall Homecoming Supremacy Winner

Phi Mu