OBU Crowns Harvest Court during Halftime on Oct. 15

October 15, 2022

OBU announced the 2022 Harvest Court winners during halftime of its Oct. 15 football game against East Central University. The event wrapped up a host of campus activities that took place during The Weekend, OBU’s homecoming celebration Oct. 13-15. OBU President Dr. Heath A. Thomas and First Lady Jill Thomas participated in the ceremony.

Eighteen senior students were nominated by their peers in six different categories: most servant-like man, most servant-like woman, best all-around man, best all-around woman, harvest king and harvest queen. The student body voted for the winners in each category earlier in the week.

Grace Vernon was crowned harvest queen and Micah Compton won harvest king.

The best all-around woman went to Audrey Branham while Hayden Cunningham won best all-around man.

Brittany Freeman was selected as the most servant-like woman and Caleb Griffin won most servant-like man.

Additional finalists for harvest queen included Paige Witt and Emma Brockman. Other finalists for harvest king included Noah Sanders and Doron Williams.

Other finalists for best all-around woman included Reagan Benton and Masey White Additional finalists for best all-around man included Peyton Byrd and Trevor Evans.

Finalists for most servant-like woman included Maddi McDonald and Bailee Brown while most servant-like man nominees included Maurice McMullen and Dillon Dunk.

The crowning of the harvest queen is a longstanding OBU tradition, dating back to 1920.