Scenes from 2016 ASU Homecoming
Parade, block party roll out the welcome mat before the game vs. Washington State
Each autumn, Arizona State University celebrates Homecoming with a series of events, culminating in the football game and the Homecoming Block Party, where more than 100 departments and organizations' displays offer visitors interactive fun and learning. Check out the fun below.
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Eight-year-old Preslie Therkleysen watches the ASU Homecoming Parade with her mother, Michelle Miranda, in Tempe on Saturday, Oct. 22.
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Shake It Up Dance Team's Morgan Clouser sports a Sparky temporary tattoo during the ASU Homecoming Parade. The dance team is based in Ahwatukee.
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Alex York, with the Sun Devil Water Ski Club, gives low-fives to fans at the ASU Homecoming Parade in Tempe. The team recently finished ninth nationally among Division I clubs and varsity teams.
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Eighteen-month-old Alyssa Howard of Chandler is a bit tired and rests on her father, Alex Howard, during the Homecoming Parade fun.
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Representatives from the Thunderbird School of Global Management march in the ASU Homecoming Parade in Tempe.
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Alexander Nie, a junior in mechanical engineering, drive a Formula Gulf 1000 simulator though a British race course at the Formula SAE tent at the ASU Homecoming Block Party on Saturday. More than 100 university departments and organizations welcomed the public into tents and areas on the Old Main lawn and the surrounding area. There were games, discoveries, adventures, prizes and music.
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Michael Saxon (right), a junior in electrical engineering and computational math, explains the Sun Devil Robotics Club's underwater drone at the ASU Homecoming Block Party.
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Sisters Thelmaya, 17 (left), and Tatyana Denton, 13, of Laveen, build a catapult at the Homecoming Block Party exhibit for the Society of Women Engineers.
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Giana Rosario, 7, of Phoenix, studies the "magic potion" she made in the Biodesign Institute tent.
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Alice Yam and her 6-year-old son, Eli, play a game of tic-tac-toe at the Homecoming Block Party.
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Economics junior Aaron Gillman snags the football during an impromptu game of catch at the Homecoming Block Party.
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Devil Trooper, aka Kyle Horn, oversees action on the field at the ASU Homecoming football game between the Sun Devils and Washington State University in Tempe on Saturday, Oct. 22. Horn is a freshman at the Polytechnic campus in aviation.
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The Sun Devils charge through the Tillman Tunnel to take the field for the ASU Homecoming football game against Washington State.
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Sparky tears through the Student Alumni Association banner before the ASU Homecoming game. Though the Sun Devils scored on their first possession, the Cougars spoiled the celebration with a 37-32 victory.
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Members of the 1987 ASU football team laugh as they stand with their trophy for a group photo before the Legends Luncheon at the Arizona Grand Resort on Friday, Oct. 21.
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ASU alumnus and 1948 quarterback Sid Glenn (right) speaks with ASU President Michael Crow and Senior Vice President and Secretary of the University (and President and CEO of the ASU Alumni Association) Christine Wilkinson during the Legends Luncheon.
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Bobby Mulgado, 1957 alumnus, greets former ASU Coach Frank Kush during the Legends Luncheon on Oct. 21.
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ASU alumni and fans whip their towels in the spirit of the next day's Homecoming game during the Legends Luncheon at the Arizona Grand Resort.
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Top photo: Freshmen Liliana Ramirez (right) and Gabrielle Juvera give pitchfork salutes to the parade marchers below as they watch the ASU Homecoming Parade from the University Drive bridge on Saturday. Ramirez studies business law, and Juvera is in business management. Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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