Bridgeport native Robert Ross Jr. was named West Virginia Universitys Homecoming King Saturday, Nov. 4 during halftime ceremonies of the WVU -Syracuse football game.

Ross, a finance major, is president of Delta Sigma Pi professional business fraternity and is a member of Golden Key National Honor Society, Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society and Mountaineer Council. He is the recipient of a John E. Arbuckle Scholarship and serves on several committees within the WVU College of Business&Economics, including the deans Student Advisory Board.

His parents are Robert and Sondra Ross of Bridgeport.

The 2000 Homecoming Queen was Ashley Bainbridge, an elementary education major from Weirton. Bainbridge is a member of Alpha Phi sorority, Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society, Golden Key National Honor Society and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Her awards and honors include a WVU Leadership Scholarship and a Weirton Steel Corporation Scholarship.

Bainbridge is the daughter of William and Pamela Bainbridge of Weirton.

All West Virginia University students can apply to be a member of the Homecoming Court. A panel of judges then selects five men and five women who comprise the Homecoming Court. Once the court is chosen, the king and queen are selected through voting by the student body.