2023 Election Candidates



Garen Ingle Mullen

Junior
Integrated Studies
Springville, AL
Pi Kappa Phi Alumni

Tierra Thatch

Junior
Nursing
Athens, AL
Current SGA Vice President of Student Activities; Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated; Vice President of Finance for NPHC; Vice President of NAACP; Director of Marketing and Communications for BSU



De'Onta Bush

Junior
Communications, Broadcasting
Pell City, AL
Vice President of Student Activities Council; NAACP Membership Chair; SGA Senator; YMCA Collegiate Legislator; SSC 101 Mentor; Gamecock Guide; Freshman Forum Mentor; JSU Ambassadors

Jaheim Hankins

Junior
Criminal Justice
Sheffield, AL
Black Student Union; NAACP 



Matthew Hood

Junior
History and Political Science
Helena, AL
Freshman Forum; Former Marching Southerner; SGA Senate Committee Chairman; President of College Republicans; Collegiate Legislature; Army ROTC; Honors Program; Pre-Law 

Kaitlyn Letson

Junior
Criminal Justice
Moulton, AL
Student Senate; Collegiate Legislature; Delta Zeta; Political Science Debate Team; Public Safety Department Leadership Development Program; Sociology Club; Lambda Sigma; Freshman Forum Mentor; Collective Peer Mentor



Christina DeSherlia

Junior
Criminal Justice and Sociology
Las Vegas, NV
Former JSU Dual Enrollment Representative; Freshmen Forum; International House Resident; International Student Organization (ISO); Student Activities Council (SAC), Gamecock Spirit Committee Head; Collegiate Legislature; JSU Ambassador; Lambda Sigma

Tanaya Fairbanks

Sophomore
Elementary Education
Birmingham, AL
SGA Student Senator; SSC101 Mentor; NAACP, Social Activities Chair; BSU Freshmen Committee; JSU Collegiate Legislature Delegate

Jayde Garretson

Sophomore
Psychology
Mobile, AL
JSU Ambassador; Freshman Forum; Future Member of ASSP 

Laura Grayce Stargell

Senior
Forensic Investigation
Rainbow City, AL
SGA Student Senate, OC Committee Chair; Alpha Omicron Pi; Order of Omega; Alpha Phi Sigma; Lambda Alpha Epsilon; The National Society of Collegiate Scholars; Tau Sigma National Honor Society; Student Assistant, Dean of Students Office; Community Service Efforts



Keyonna Lovett

Senior
Exercise Science
Anniston, AL
Current SGA Vice President of Public Relations; Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated; Former AKA Ivy Leaf Chair (Social Media); Hardcorp Pep Band Gogo Dancer; National Honors Society



Nathan Bean

Junior
Economics
Ashville, AL
JSU FCA President; JSU BCM, Social Media Manager; Engage; RUF; FMA; SGA Student Senator; Organizational Council; JSU Ambassador; Pickleball Club; Student Activities Council (SAC)

Jaden Mcgee

Junior
Sports Management, Minor in Marketing
Hoover, AL
SGA; RUF

Caitlyn Darnell

Junior
Elementary Education
Albertville, AL
The Marching Ballerinas; Alpha Omicron Pi



Callie Leary

Junior
Child Development
Madison, AL
Sigma Alpha Omega (SAO) Sorority

Caroline Phillips

Junior
Marketing
Southside, AL
GO! Leader; Zeta Tau Alpha; Rho Gamma

Ava Trainor

Sophomore
Nursing
Madison, AL
Delta Zeta; JSU Ambassador



Hayden Coker

Sophomore
Communications
Ashville, AL
Correspondent for the Chanticleer; Society of Professional Journalists (SJP)

Jacob Gibbons

Sophomore
Ecology
Gulf Shores, AL
Freshman Forum Mentor; GO! Leader; PIKE



McKenzie Fuller

Freshman
Chemistry
Ohatchee, AL
Zeta Tau Alpha; Student Activities Council; American Chemical Society; Gamecock Guide

Mandy Olivier

Senior
Dietetics
Dallas, GA
GO! Leader; Alpha Omicron Pi; Pi Chi (Panhellenic Officer); Rho Gamma (Recruitment Guide); Lambda Sigma Honors Society Officer; Freshman Forum

Caroline Rogers

Freshman
Exercise Science and Wellness
Oxford, AL
Delta Zeta; JSU Encore Show Choir 

Davalyn Walker

Junior
Elementary Education
Pell City, AL
Student Alabama Education Association (SAEA), State Officer; National Honor Society for Leadership and Success; Phi Eta Sigma; The Smith Scholarship Foundation for JSU, Teamlead