Students recognized by others as spirited and good leaders may find themselves with another honor — becoming royalty.

For the past few weeks, students could nominate their peers for Homecoming King and Queen.

Any student graduating Dec. 12, May 2013 or Aug. 2013 was eligible to be nominated, said Jon Zachrich, Homecoming co-director.

“Some people really get a kick out of being nominated,” he said. “It’s a way to have fun during Homecoming.”

The committee received 29 applications from those who were nominated.

“The people I talked to responded very positively,” said Heather Miller, Homecoming royalty and merchandise chairman.

The application asked questions about the nominee’s University spirit and service experience.

“Every single person who was nominated is very involved with the University,” Miller said. “They’re the type of people you see at every football game or event.”

Miller’s duties included posting the nomination forms, emailing those who were nominated, collecting the applications and distributing them to the judges.

After the applications are processed, three judges will narrow the nominees down to 10 women and 10 men. Each nominee will be interviewed this weekend.

“They’re asked what they think about community service, what they’ve been involved in, what BGSU spirit means to them,” Zachrich said. “The important one is why they love BG.”

After the interview process, the judges will narrow the nominees down to five men and five women.

Starting the Monday of Homecoming week, students can log in and vote on the University website.

The voting system will be similar to that of the past Undergraduate Student Government elections, Zachrich said.

Each member of the court will ride in pairs in convertibles at the Homecoming parade.

“Even if they don’t know them personally, the people on court affect others somehow,” Zachrich said.

These people might include those involved with USG, University Activities Organization and Dance Marathon.

The winners from the court will be announced at the pep rally after the parade Friday of Homecoming week.

“It’s a cool tradition because it honors students who have put in effort at BGSU outside of the classroom,” he said.

Those in the past who aren’t voted into royalty were still happy to be nominated, Miller said.

“We get a lot of gratitude from those who were nominated,” she said.

Senior Megan Major said she thinks Homecoming Court is a fun tradition and it reminds her of high school.

“It’s kind of like having a connection to the University,” she said.

Like some other students, Major said she had a friend she thinks deserves the crown.

“One of my friends would be perfect for it, she’s so bubbly,” she said. “Plus, it might embarrass her, which would be fun.”

Embarrassment might have been a reason why the committee didn’t receive many male applications in the past, but this year is different, Zachrich said.

“We’ve kind of doubled our male applications, which is cool,” he said.