Nine students at Missouri University of Science and Technology have been nominated by student organizations to compete for the title of 2015 Homecoming King.

The winner will be chosen after interviews and a campuswide election held the week prior to Homecoming. Missouri S&T’s Homecoming will be held Oct. 23-24.

The queen and king, as well as runners-up, will be announced during halftime ceremonies of the Missouri S&T Homecoming football game. The game, which features Missouri S&T and McKendree University, starts at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24.

The king candidates are:

— Joseph Baleta, a senior in mechanical engineering from Grandview, Missouri, representing Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma

— Zach Boswell, a senior in civil engineering from Des Peres, Missouri, representing Sigma Phi Epsilon

— Stanley Brown, a senior in mechanical engineering from Springfield, Illinois, representing Kappa Delta

— Chris Carlton, a senior in engineering management from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, representing Chi Omega

— Nicholas Foster, a senior in mechanical engineering from Ballwin, Missouri, representing Zeta Tau Alpha

— Avery Hohenstein, a sophomore in chemical engineering from St. Louis, representing Beta Sigma Psi

— Corey Jokerst, a sophomore in engineering from Fenton, Missouri, representing Sigma Nu

— LaTrae Lane, a sophomore in mechanical engineering from Hazelwood, Missouri, representing Residence Hall Association

— Nicholas McGraw, a senior in engineering management from Freeburg, Illinois, representing Pi Kappa Alpha.