Larry Irving, president of the Northwestern Alumni Association, announced the Homecoming Wildcats in an April 30 video. “The Homecoming court is a cherished Northwestern tradition.” Irving said. “And given the challenging year that we’ve all had, it’s great to reclaim and re-engage in our traditions.” Students nominated nine seniors for the Homecoming cohort, then the Homecoming committee, a student group in charge of coordinating and executing all Homecoming events, interviewed and selected the two students. Golden, a former Daily staffer, is from Reisterstown, Maryland and is double majoring in journalism and African American Studies. The former sports editor wrote 160 articles during his three years at The Daily. Golden was also on the New Student Affairs Board of Directors as the director for the Medill of Journalism.