Published on November 8, 2005 at 6 p.m. by Mary Wimberley  

Emily Morris of Memphis, Tenn., was crowned Homecoming Queen at Â鶹¹û¶³ Saturday, Oct. 29.

Morris, a senior sports medicine and pre-medicine major, was elected by vote of the student body.  She was crowned during halftime ceremonies at Â鶹¹û¶³'s Homecoming football game against Tennessee State University.

Morris is the goalkeeper for the Â鶹¹û¶³ women's soccer team, which recently won its third consecutive regular season Ohio Valley Conference championship. She is a Â鶹¹û¶³ Ambassador and a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority.

The daughter of Cindy and Mark Morris, she is a graduate of Briarcrest Christian High School, Cordova, Tenn.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.