Butler Community College students are enjoying a week of homecoming activities.
Over 30 students were nominated by Butler student organizations for Homecoming Royalty. After paper ballot voting in BOE and BOA on Monday, six finalists were selected for online final voting.
The queen finalists are Sonia Lynn Houser, Shannon Keys and Anna Schmidt Houser, from Wichita, is a freshman. She was nominated by Butler’s Student Government Association.
Houser plans to major in math and engineering and attend WSU or Kansas State after Butler for her bachelor’s degree. Her long-term goals include completing master’s degrees in both math and engineering.
She is a member Phi Theta Kappa, youth groups, Bible studies and is the secretary/treasurer for Butler’s Student Government Association. In her free time, she likes to watch Law and Order, spending time with her dog and family, travel to Florida, and partake in a variety of outdoor activities including rock-climbing, river-rafting and skiing. She is the daughter of Sandy Shipley and Jim Houser.
Keys is sponsored by Butler’s student newspaper, The Lantern. She is from Topeka and is a sophomore at Butler.
She plans to attend the University of Missouri, Kansas City and enter the teacher’s program there.
Keys is a member of the newspaper staff at Butler and in her free time, she enjoys dancing, listening to music, spending time with family and friends, shopping and buying shoes. She is the daughter of Ethel Phillips.
Schmidt is sponsored by Butler’s Vocal Music department. She is from Wichita and is in her second year at Butler.
Schmidt plans to pursue a degree in elementary education at a four-year college after Butler, most likely at WSU.
At Butler, she is a member of Headliners, tap dancing and the Noteables (Butler’s women’s barbershop quartet). She enjoys singing, playing the piano, working with children, going to Bible study and vacationing with family. She is the daughter of Ruth and Vince Schmidt.
King finalists were Adrian Campbell, Kipp Schuler and Brett J. Swafford
Campbell is a sophomore at Butler and is sponsored by Butler’s Football Team. He hails from Dallas.
He has not yet declared a major, but after Butler Schmidt plans to play football at a four-year college and would like to one day own his own business. Currently, he is a red shirt football player. In his free time, he enjoys basketball, movies and hanging out with friends. He is the son of Jesse and Ruby Campbell.
