The top five king and queen candidates were named today.
The 2023 Texas Tech University homecoming court was announced today (Oct. 13) at the Rowdy Raider Rally before the football game against Kansas State on Saturday (Oct. 14).
The 2023 homecoming king nominees are:
- Jake Simmerman, a financemajor from McKinney, Texas, representing President’s Select
- Austin Ticknor, an architecturemajor from Keller, Texas, representing Beta Upsilon Chi
- Preston Schmid, a business managementmajor from Lubbock, Texas, representing Phi Delta Theta
- Kade Miller, an animal sciencemajor from Panhandle, Texas, representing Davis College Ag Council
- Toby Szustak, aneconomics/global studies major from Gatesville, Texas, representing Tech Model United Nations
The 2023 homecoming queen nominees are:
- Kendall Toelle, a chemistrymajor from Lubbock, Texas, representing Chi Omega
- Jolea Jacob, an apparel design and manufacturingmajor from Cypress, Texas, representing the Black Student Association
- Erica Martinez, a psychologymajor from Lubbock, Texas, representing High Riders
- Miriam Mechref, a biochemistrymajor from Lubbock, Texas, representing Texas Tech Mortar Board
- Lauryl Stegall, a human development and family sciencesmajor from Hico, Texas, representing Kappa Alpha Theta
Votes for this year’s king and queen can be placed here. Voting begins today at noon and ends at midnight. The winners will be announced during halftime on Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.
For more information about Texas Tech’s homecoming events, visit the homecoming website.



