By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS | Adapted from Alabama A&M University
HUNTSVILLE — Alabama A&M University Normalite and longtime supporter Boyte A. Presnell will serve as grand marshal of the 2026 Homecoming Parade on Saturday, Oct. 17.
The parade begins at 8 a.m., followed by the Bulldogs’ 2 p.m. football game against Grambling State University at Louis Crews Stadium. Homecoming’s theme is “A Different World, Same Bulldog Legacy.”
Presnell, of Theodore, Alabama, is a lifetime member of AAMU’s National Alumni Association and a former President’s Advisory Council member. Through the alumni association’s Mobile Chapter, she helped raise $50,000 for the university.
She also served on the Arts and Culture Committee for AAMU’s 150th Anniversary celebration and pursued postgraduate studies at the university.
Her late husband, Alvin Presnell, graduated from AAMU in 1969 and was a standout football player drafted by the Oakland Raiders.
Their son, Alvin Jr., daughter-in-law Melissa, granddaughter Alexis, and Alexis’ husband, Kelvin Lule, also graduated from AAMU.
Presnell continues supporting the university through philanthropy and alumni involvement, sustaining a family connection shaped by education, service and generations of Bulldog pride.