In order to provide you with a little extra look into the 2014-2015 VHS homecoming court, the various royals were asked a series of personal questions.

1. What is your favorite part of being a viper/going to VHS?
2. What in-school extra curricular activities are you involved in?
3. What are you interested in doing after High school?
4. What are your hobbies outside of school?
5. Were you excited/surprised to be nominated for homecoming court this year?

Claire Carpenter (Freshman Princess)

1. I think the atmosphere of the school is really cool and how everyone is really excited about being a Viper. Everyone is really into school spirit and that’s kind of cool.

2. I am in the Vision Dance Company and I am in choir.

3. College wise I have a couple in mind. I was thinking about going to New York or something, but wherever I go I want to study musical theater or something like that career, maybe even teaching.

4. In my free time, honestly, I like to take naps. I also play guitar and piano and the ukulele.

5. I’m not exactly what you would consider “popular” so I was like “people actually know who I am? This is insane.” I think it was mainly just my friends who nominated me, but yeah, it was really cool.

Carson Broe (Freshman prince)

1. Probably all the extra things you can do like clubs and the other extra curricular activities.

2. I’m in band and YMSL (Young Men’s Service League).

3. Some kind of engineering, somewhere along the lines of electrical engineering.

4. A lot of band and just being with my family and dogs. I play the french horn.

5. I didn’t even know what happened. I think all the band people just voted. I didn’t even know what homecoming prince was, I still don’t know what I’m supposed to do.

Quinn Apel (Sophomore princess)

1. I love going to varsity games and hearing the student section being so loud and involved.

2. I’m in competition cheer, varsity track (pole vault) and varsity cheer.

3. I want to attend Baylor or UT to cheer on their co-ed squads.

4. I am in national charity league, I play piano, and I love to spend time on the lake hanging out with friends.

5. I was so excited to be a part of the court this year! So many people cheer your name and I get to walk out there with my best friend.

Luke Litzau (Sophomore prince)

1. We’re pretty well known for football so that’s always fun. It’s like if you say you go to Vandegrift you’re like “yeah, our football team’s pretty good” and so are all of our other sports so you kind of get to brag about it.

2. I’m in StuCo, NHS, Spanish NHS, football and track.

3. I want to go to UT probably and I want to be an orthodontist when I get older.

4. I like to wakeboard and just go on the lake in general. I like to hang out with my friends a lot. I have a pool and I like to swim.

5. Yeah, I’m really excited about it, we [Apel and Litzau] kind of knew we wanted to get nominated and we were telling some of our friends, so I wasn’t that surprised and I was really happy because I didn’t know if it was going to be us, but I’m super excited.

Peyton Jones (Junior princess)

1. I love going to football games.

2. I play varsity soccer and am in NHS and YoungLife.

3. My plan for college is to hopefully go to Baylor.

4. I love to play soccer and hang out with my friends in my free time.

5. I was very surprised and did not expect it.

Ethan Bell (Junior prince)

1. I love that I have a lot of friends here, and I love all of the teachers,coaches and people. It’s really convenient for where I live, and I love the pride.

2. I play football.

3. I really haven’t decided but I think it’d be cool to go to oregon to play football. I haven’t decided what I want to major in but I think it would be cool to travel.

4. I hang out with my friends and my girlfriend and my family.

5. I was really surprised. I  wasn’t expecting it at all. When they said me and peyton, I was like, “what?!” I was really surprised.

Maddie Labeouf (Queen)

1. I like the atmosphere of Vandegrift. It’s so different from a lot of other schools and I just feel at home here!

2. I am on the Vision Dance Company and I am super excited to be a co-captain this year! I have been on the team since it’s start. I am in PALS, NHS and I am a C2 Platinum Member.

3. I want to go to TCU and I want to join a sorority. I want to study Human Development and Family Sciences.  I want to major in Special Education and get a certificate in that. I also want to study abroad and major in Spanish. I want to eventually become a child life specialist and hopefully work either in oncology or with specials needs children. And if that doesn’t work out I would love to be an elementary school specials needs teacher.

4. I’ve been doing Miracle League for three years and it is the best thing ever! I am really involved in my church, Austin Christian Fellowship. I am a 7th grade small group leader and I really love those girls. I also love to scrapbook!

5. My friends decided that they wanted to nominate Graham and I and that was at first super weird for me but then I got on board. But I was really excited when I got nominated because I never thought that that would actually happen.

Graham Scott (King)

1.  My favorite part about being a Viper is just the culture of our school. There are so many different things to get involved in and everyone has something that they are a part of. Even though most people are a part of different organizations, at the end of the day we can all come together to support our teams.

2. I am involved in the band, PALS, NHS,  Spanish Honor Society and I am the president of Key Club.

3. After high school I would like to study architecture and become an architect. I am interested in design and I’m really good at math.

4. Outside of school I am involved in my church youth group and I do a lot of activities with them. I also have a really big family so there are typically several family dinners that I go to throughout the week. I also like hanging out with friends and seeing movies.

5. It was not a big surprise to be nominated because people were talking a lot about it before. But it was exciting, and I really enjoyed the parade. It was really cool to represent the senior class.

Kelly Honts (queen nominee)

1. My favorite part about going to Vandegrift is all of the students and teachers. I have a lot of close friends here and I have gotten close to many teachers. It is just a really friendly campus!

2. I am the VP of the school choir, am in the school newspaper, NHS, Student Council and C2.

3. I am hoping to make in to Santa Clara University. I want to get a marketing major so that I can go into Fashion Merchandising.

4. In my free time I like to hang out with my friends, spend time outside, I like to go hikes and I like to just relax.

5. I was both excited and surprised. It was an enormous honor!

Jack Hanna (King nominee)

1. I really like the people. I’ve known most of them all my life, and I have really enjoyed all of the friends I’ve made.

2. PALS, NHS, Captain of VHS swim, FCA captain.

3. I don’t exactly know what I want to do, but I am applying to 10 schools for engineering. Some I could potentially swim at, but as of right now I haven’t fully decided.

4. I like playing guitar, mostly because it gives me time to relax and be creative. I also like going outdoors, specifically hiking, running, hammocking, stand-up-paddle boarding, and playing frisbee golf.

5. I was surprised. It was exciting to be nominated a second time, and I feel very fortunate to have friends that would think of me.

Morgan Threadgill (Queen nominee)

1. My favorite part about going to VHS is seeing all my friends and having opportunities to be a leader.

2. I’m a part of varsity cheer (captain), PALS, DECA, c2, younglife, NHS, and student council.

3. I plan on attending the fashion institute of technology in New York and major in fabric styling.

4. My hobbies outside of school are cheer, baking, reading, and fashion.

5. Yes, I am very excited to be nominated by my peers and it was a total surprise and shock! My little sister in cheer, Quinn Apel, actually told me I got nominated.

Jacob Riedle (King nominee)

1. I love the sports here, the football games and being a part of Vandegrift soccer.

2. I am involved in NHS, PALS and FCA.

3. I want to attend the University of Texas and major in electrical engineering.

4. I do club soccer and fantasy football. I also really enjoy going on vacation.

5. I was surprised to be nominated. I wasn’t too excited until I got into the top three, then I thought it was pretty cool.