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BYU homecoming opening ceremonies

Published: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 | Read story
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BYU President Cecil Samuelson and his wife, Sharon, introduce the homecoming theme, Reach For the Summit, inspired by BYU's first athletic director Eugene Roberts, pictured behind them of the screen at BYU's Homecoming Devotional in the Marriott Center. (Stuart Johnson, Deseret News)
Stuart Johnson, Deseret News
BYU President Cecil Samuelson and his wife, Sharon, introduce the homecoming theme, Reach For the Summit, inspired by BYU's first athletic director Eugene Roberts, pictured behind them of the screen at BYU's Homecoming Devotional in the Marriott Center.
Students and alumni sang along to the BYU fight song during the annual homecoming opening ceremonies held in the Marriott Center on Oct. 20. This year's theme, "Reach for the Summit," is named after the 2009 honored founder Eugene Lusk Roberts, who served as BYU's first athletic director and was an avid hiker.