South Alabama Homecoming: Aeriel Frazier, Kingsley Aliozor Named 2026 Queen and King

MOBILE, Ala. — Aeriel Frazier and Kingsley Aliozor have been named the 2026 University of South Alabama Homecoming Queen and King, capping a homecoming week that ended with the Jaguars’ win over Louisiana-Monroe at Hancock Whitney Stadium.

The USA Student Government Association presented the 2026 homecoming court at halftime of South Alabama’s game against Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday, Oct. 3. The Jaguars went on to beat the Warhawks 52-35 in their Sun Belt Conference opener.

Meet the 2026 USA Homecoming Queen

Frazier is a computer information systems major from Troy, Alabama, and the daughter of Rhonda Pollard and Angelo Frazier. She is involved in several student organizations at South, including serving as vice president of the Epsilon Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

She was crowned by the 2025 Homecoming Queen, Chelsea Cooper, continuing a tradition in which the outgoing queen passes the title to her successor.

Frazier’s selection carries a bit of a hometown twist. Troy is home to Troy University, one of South Alabama’s Sun Belt Conference rivals, and the two schools meet each year in a matchup known as the Battle for the Belt. This fall, a Troy native wears South Alabama’s homecoming crown.

Meet the 2026 Homecoming King

Aliozor is a nursing major from Mobile and the son of Josephine and Boniface Aliozor. He is active in campus organizations, including the Theta Delta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.

As a nursing student, Aliozor is part of one of South Alabama’s best-known academic programs. The university’s College of Nursing prepares students for careers across the Gulf Coast’s health care system, including at USA Health, the university’s academic health system.

The 2026 homecoming court

Five maids, one from each class plus a graduate student, joined the queen and king on the court. Each was escorted by a member of the Student Government Association:

• Graduate Maid: Jayla Young of Hoover, Alabama, who is pursuing a master’s degree in business administration. She is the daughter of Freita and Christopher Young. Her escort was First-Year Council Director Porter Davis.
• Senior Maid: Kennedy Williams of Pascagoula, Mississippi, a political science major and the daughter of Jason and Nora Williams. Her escort was SGA Student-at-Large Parker Richardson.
• Junior Maid: Natalie Nelson of Mobile, a civil engineering major and the daughter of Lori and Tom Nelson. Her escort was SGA Comptroller Ian McIntosh.
• Sophomore Maid: Abriel Goulding of Jackson, Alabama, a business administration major and the daughter of Angel Bumpers and Brandon Goulding. Her escort was SGA Senate Clerk Charlie Snyder.
• Freshman Maid: Lauren Falls of Cullman, Alabama, a communication major and the daughter of Noel and Ashley Falls. Her escort was First-Year Council Governmental Relations Chair Dylan Bowden.

The court reflects the reach of South Alabama’s student body. Its members come from Mobile and from across the state, including Troy, Hoover, Jackson and Cullman, as well as from Pascagoula on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The list stretches from the Birmingham suburb of Hoover and Cullman in north Alabama to Jackson in Clarke County and Troy in southeast Alabama. Their majors range from computer information systems and nursing to civil engineering, political science, business administration and communication.

A homecoming win on the field

The halftime presentation came during one of the Jaguars’ most productive offensive performances of the season. South Alabama piled up 570 total yards in its 52-35 win over Louisiana-Monroe, scoring three touchdowns in the first quarter and improving to 3-2 overall and 1-0 in Sun Belt play.

Quarterback Jared Hollins threw for a career-high 321 yards and three touchdowns, and senior receiver Anthony Eager, a Mobile native, posted a career-high 168 receiving yards on just four catches, including two long touchdown receptions. Defensive lineman Mase Lewis added a fumble-return touchdown in the opening minutes, giving the homecoming crowd plenty to celebrate before the court ever took the field.

Hancock Whitney Stadium, which opened on South Alabama’s campus in 2020, has given the university’s homecoming a true on-campus home. Before the stadium opened, the Jaguars played their home games at Ladd-Peebles Stadium near downtown Mobile. The on-campus venue is also drawing more statewide attention this season: it will host all of the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s football championship games in December.

A South Alabama tradition

Homecoming is one of the signature events on the University of South Alabama’s fall calendar, bringing together current students, alumni, families and the wider Mobile community around a home football game.

The Student Government Association plays a central role in the tradition, presenting the court and providing the SGA officers and council members who escorted each honoree onto the field this year. Several of this year’s honorees, including Frazier and Aliozor, are active in historically Black Greek-letter organizations, which have long played a prominent role in campus life at South.

Founded in 1963, the University of South Alabama has grown into one of the state’s major public research universities, with a main campus in west Mobile, a growing health system and an athletics program that competes in the Sun Belt Conference.

More information about homecoming and other student traditions is available from the university at southalabama.edu.