Two UCF students have declared their candidacy to run for the next UCF Student Government Association President, KnightNews.com has learned.
Cait Zona, the current UCF SGA Speaker of the Senate, and Brian Zagrocki, currently a Senator in seat 2 of the College of Education, will be campaigning over the next few weeks to become SGA President and earn a seat on the UCF Board of Trustees.
Zona will be running alongside Jarell Jones, the current Director of Communications for SGA, and Zagrocki will be running with Alex Bennett.
Both platforms have unleashed their slogans, Zagrocki/Bennett being “A new day. A new Knight.” and Zona/Jones being “Unleash Your Legacy”.
In an e-mail, Zona said that the current SGA President and Vice President, Weston Bayes and Sydney Altfield, are fully endorsing her candidacy.
We also spoke to Zona and Zagrocki to find out a little background on each candidate.
Cait Zona, UCF SGA President candidate :
- Current SGA Speaker of the Senate for the 47th session, served on 46th Senate as Legislative Assistant and on 45th Senate as Vice Chair for the Legislative, Judicial, Rules Committee over the summer.
- Member of President’s Leadership Council
- Chair of the University Fee Committee for this current year, as well as A&SF Vice Chair
- Served on Board of Directors for Volunteer UCF
- Sister of Delta Delta Delta sorority
Jarell Jones, UCF SGA Vice President candidate:
- Current Director of Communications for SGA
- Involved with Student Body President’s Advisory Council and Knight Camp
- Brother of Sigma Pi fraternity
Brian Zagrocki, UCF SGA President Candidate:
- Junior majoring in Social Science Education, hopes to go into politics to reform educational policy
- Currently Governmental Affairs Committee Chair in SGA Senate
- President of the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity
- Serves on executive board of the President’s Leadership Council
- Previously served on executive board of Greek Week and member of Best Buddies
It is still not too late to run for SGA President, after receiving 500 petition votes, potential candidates still have until March 5 to declare that they are running.
The campaign kicks into high gear after spring break is over, the official SGA Presidential Debate will be held on March 26 at 7 p.m. in the Pegasus Ballroom. The election ranges from March 30 to April 2.
We’ve reached out to the Zagrocki/Bennett ticket and will update this story when we hear back.
