As Michael Roboski waited for the Homecoming king results, he didn’t think he would get it. He was prepared for a loss.

A week later, he stood beside Adrian LeJeune, a crown adorning both of their heads. The crowd applauded the homecoming king and queen of 2014.

“My dad always encouraged me to be involved in high school and my mom was an alumni. It’s great to be able to make them proud,” Roboski said.

Believe it or not, Roboski wasn’t always a ULM fan. He was reluctant to come here, but his mother encouraged him and opened him up to an abundance of opportunities. His mother was a member of the Sound of Today in the ‘80s.

As she escorted her son at the pep rally Saturday, was the first time she walked on the field since then.

But she wasn’t the only mother escorting her crowned child. LeJeune, a senior toxicology major, stood tall beside her own mother.

“It’s kind of untraditional,” said LeJeune. “My mom is like the biggest supporter of me. She does everything for me.  She’s my rock. I think she’s the one that deserves to walk me out of all people.”

LeJeune was excited to have a lot of her family come up to see her. She is from Crowley, which is three hours south, and it’s been difficult for her grandparents to see her.

The Campaign

LeJeune said it was an amazing honor to be nominated by the SGA and selected as queen. She doesn’t always like the campaigning side because she feels awkward asking people to vote for her, but she didn’t stress about it.

“Whatever is gonna happen will happen. I know there are so many great people involved here and no matter which way it went it’s going to be okay. I still love my ULM,” LeJeune said.

Roboski, a senior marketing major, decided to avoid flyers and go all-digital with his campaign.

“I just trusted that I had people who would share my photo and talk about it,” Roboski said.

Roboski believes the best part about serving as king during homecoming week was the time he got to spend with LeJeune. They are PREP partners. They were the “PREP mom and dad this year so that was a blessing to get a chance to be king and queen together,” Roboski said.

The Royals

LeJeune hit a few bumps in the royal road. At the luncheon last Monday, she dropped her crown.

“Which is kind of funny because of all people, I would automatically drop the crown that was placed on my head. I hope that’s not like bad luck,” LeJeune said.

Roboski said anything is good luck.

Besides being sick all week, LeJeune also had trouble finding a car for the homecoming parade.

“I was gonna ride a bike. Seth Hall offered me his motorcycle. Then someone found me a car,” LeJeune said.

But LeJeune was really excited for everything.

“This is something that obviously not a lot of people get the opportunity to do. It’s definitely the coolest thing I’ve been blessed with,” LeJeune said.

If LeJeune could issue any royal decree, it would be the stoning of any ULM student who wears any item from another university on campus.

“Is stoning too harsh? Not to death, enough to shame, I don’t want to kill anyone. Just enough to impact them,” said LeJeune. “Oh and free mini corndogs.”

Roboski would sacrifice the offenders to the turtles.

“We’re feeding the turtles. We would be feeding the turtles people. We’re doing bad things,” LeJeune said.

Words to the People

LeJeune believes that college experience is only as good as students allow it to be.

“People who aren’t as happy with ULM as they could be haven’t gotten to experience something,” LeJeune said.

While organizations like SGA and PREP aren’t for everyone, LeJeune loves her involvement with it and said there is something at ULM for everyone.

“ULM has amazing diversity. We’re not a specific type of school. We have so much. That’s what I love about ULM,” LeJeune said.

Roboski encourages students to get involved.

“You can have a 4.0 GPA but if you don’t also have a 4.0 life experience you’re not going to get far in life,” Roboski said.