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Meet the Homecoming Queen, Tracy Speilman!

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Khylie Heins Student Contributor, West Virginia University
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Devin Sears Student Contributor, West Virginia University
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at WVU chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

Tracy Speilman is a senior nursing major from Beckley, WV. She is an active member of Alpha Phi sorority. She is also a governor of WVU’s Student Government Association Board of Governors, and she was nominated as a social chair of the College Republicans. Along with those accomplishments, Speilman was crowned the Homecoming Queen this past year.

Name: Tracy Speilman

Age: 22

Major: Senior Nursing Major

What made you want to run for Homecoming Queen?: I’m a small town girl from Beckley, WV, that has big dreams and this was one! Ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to come to WVU and dreamed of being Homecoming Queen!

Did you have any role models or special influences?: This was a dream that never could have happened without everyone. I’m unbelievably blessed. I had an amazing role model that is now an amazing angel in the sky that I give credit to.

Do you plan to run again?: I would love to, and I wish I could, but I am graduating this Spring!

Devin is a sophomore at West Virginia University, class of 2013. She was a direct-admit into the School of Journalism as a freshman, where she is now majoring in Public Relations with two minors in Political Science and Professional Writing & Editing. Devin started her journalism career in Fairmont, WV. In high school, she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 Maple Leaves Yearbook, which went on to receive a Silver Medal in the Columbia Scholastic Program of Achievement. She was a columnist for her local newspaper, The Times West Virginian, for two years. During her senior year in high school, Devin was a columnist for a national magazine, Gladys, where she went on to become the Public Relations Manager. At WVU, Devin is a member of Chi Omega Sorority. In her spare time, Devin enjoys drinking skinny vanilla lattes, watching Saturday Night Live (re-runs, of course, because she is never home on a Saturday night), and buying cocktail dresses. When she grows up, Devin wants to be a lawyer.