GCU Homecoming 2025

By Ralph Freso

Alumni returned for Grand Canyon University Homecoming 2025, which included events such as Breakfast with Thunder, the Alumni Hall of Fame, alumni exclusive tailgate and men's basketball game. Story

  • Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations Cherylann Galdi welcomes inductees and guests to the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the GCU Library on Feb. 22, 2025.
  • GCU President Brian Mueller welcomes honorees and guests to the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the GCU Library on Feb. 22, 2025.
  • GCU President Brian Mueller welcomes inductees and guests to the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the GCU Library on Feb. 22, 2025.
  • Honorees and guests during the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the GCU Library.
  • Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dr. Sherman Elliott introduces Alumni Hall of Fame inductee Lori Horn Bustamante during the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony.
  • Alumni Hall of Fame inductee Lori Horn Bustamante during the cremony.
  • Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dr. Sherman Elliott and Hall of Fame inductee Lori Horn Bustamante during the induction ceremony.
  • Dean of the Colangelo College of Business John Kaites introduces Hall of Fame recipient Brent Cannon during the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
  • Alumni Hall of Fame inductee Brent Cannon during the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the GCU Library.
  • Dean of the Colangelo College of Business John Kaites and Hall of Fame inductee Brent Cannon during the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony.
  • College of Education Dean Dr. Meredith Critchfield introduces Lynette Stant during the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony.
  • Inductee Lynette Stant during the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony at the GCU Library.
  • College of Education Dean Dr. Meredith Critchfield congratulates Lynette Stant during the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony at the GCU Library.
  • College of Education Dean Dr. Meredith Critchfield and Alumni Hall of Fame inductee Lynette Stant during the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony.
  • Hall of Fame inductee Dr. Noelle Trinder during the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony at the GCU Library.
  • College of Nursing and Health Care Professions Dean Dr. Lisa Smith and Alumni Hall of Fame inductee Dr. Noelle Trinder during the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony.
  • Deputy Athletic Director for GCU Athletics Nicholas Ojea introduces the 2012 NCAA Division II Indoor Men’s Track and Field Team as Alumni Hall of Fame inductees during the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony.
  • Coach Tom Flood (center left) and members of the 2012 NCAA Division II Indoor Men’s Track and Field Team during the 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony.
  • 2025 Alumni Hall of Fame honorees included (from left) Tom Flood for the 2012 Men's Track and Field Team, Lori Horn Bustamante, Dr. Noelle Trinder, Lynette Stant and Brent Cannon.
  • Homecoming guests during the alumni tailgate at the Quad.
  • Alumni and their families during the tailgate.
  • Homecoming guests take part in the Raising Cane’s chicken fingers challenge during the tailgate.
  • A young man tries to navigate the Lava Flow inflatable during the tailgate.
  • Junior Osvaldo Gomez plays a pocket trumpet as the Thundering Heard Pep Band performs during the tailgate.
  • GCU cheerleaders perform during the tailgate.
  • Students take part in the homecoming derby race in front of Global Credit Union Arena during the alumni tailgate.
  • Freshman Caitie Chew edges out the competition at the finish line in the championship derby race in front of Global Credit Union Arena.
  • Freshman Caitie Chew and sophomore Sam Webster were the 2025 GCU Homecoming Derby champions during the Alumni Tailgate.
  • Nine year-old Luke Mulis leaps over a spinning obstacle on the Toxic Meltdown inflatable during the tailgate.
  • Brian and Beth Mulis watch their children play on the Toxic Meltdown inflatable.
  • Class of 1992 alum Cathy Poplin Lutz and her husband during the tailgate.
  • A toddler learns a proper Lopes Up during the alumni tailgate at GCU Homecoming.
  • A GCU alumnus flashes a Lopes Up during the alumni tailgate at GCU Homecoming.
  • A young Lopes fan is outfitted in his GCU garb from head to toe during the tailgate.
  • Havocs dash to be the first in the doors of the arena for the men's basketball game during GCU Homecoming weekend.
  • Havocs run to be the first in the doors of the arena during the tailgate.
  • Havocs run to be the first in the doors of the arena for a men's basketball game during the alumni tailgate at homecoming.

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August 2026

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