Homecoming Queen Shelley Molt of Sigma Kappa is still shocked about her victory. When her name was announced Monday night, it caught her off guard.

“I didn’t know what to think. I have never won anything like this before,” Molt said.

Molt said she feels honored to have been crowned Homecoming Queen.

“This is a huge honor…I was chosen to represent Eastern,” Molt said.

In her last year at Eastern, Molt wants to have fun with her friends.

“I want to be with my friends and enjoy my last year here,” Molt said.

Molt, a senior elementary education major, came to Eastern in the fall of 1999 knowing what career she wanted. She will student teach science classes next fall in a junior high school.

“I have always loved teaching, and I’ve always had an interest in science,” Molt said.

Molt wants to teach junior high students because they are old enough to have fun with and, at their ages, they are influenced by their teachers. She doesn’t know where she will student teach, but Molt wishes to teach either in her hometown of Mahomet or in the Chicago suburbs.

During her years at Eastern, Molt has been in the Order of Omega, Phi Alpha Eta and Gamma Sigma Alpha. Molt is also the president of Sigma Kappa, the sorority she represents as Homecoming Queen.

Order of Omega and Phi Alpha Eta are honors organizations, Molt said. The organizations are for students who have a 3.5 GPA and strong leadership throughout the Greek community.

Gamma Sigma Alpha is a honors fraternity and begins in the spring.

As president of Sigma Kappa, Molt is in charge of running Sigma Kappa’s meetings and works with the Sigma Kappa national council.

In her spare time, Molt enjoys swimming, dancing and going to the movies. Molt also likes to hang out with her friends and family.