Student Government at High Point University originated as a Men’s and Women’s Council in 1924. Over the years, the students decided to merge the two groups and establish in 1934 what is now the Student Government Association (SGA) of High Point University.
There have been some changes to HPU SGA over the last 85+ years, but the purpose has been the same: to lead and be the role models and advocates for the students on campus. This can be seen through all the years of hard work and change that each year’s SGA has brought to campus through student engagement activities, volunteer and service projects, and much more.
Our history is important because it teaches us valuable lessons from our actions and reminds us where we came from. Below you will find a list of all the documented past High Point University Student Government Association Presidents and Vice Presidents for each school year.
Student Government in 1927
Student Government Association in 1967
Student Government Association in 1997
| Fall - Spring | President | Vice President | Chief Justice | Legislative VP | Social VP | Notes |
| 2022-2023 | Lizzy Eisenhardt | Mia Clemons* | Hannah Parson | *Executive Vice President, Executive Treasurer, and Executive Secretary renamed to Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary | ||
| 2021-2022 | Katy Parisi | Emmy Beck-Aden | Bri Rivera | Established the Student Leaders Council | ||
| 2020-2021 | Samuel Carr | Emmy Beck-Aden | Lindsay Enright & AJ Frezza | Changed chair positions to Vice President positions, Vice President renamed to Executive Vice President worked with Administration to guide the student body through COVID-19 | ||
| 2019-2020 | Alex Bush | Alexis Ogren | Megan Shea | Created a Graduate Student Government Association. | ||
| 2018-2019 | Lyndsey Clos | Kirby Hutcheson | Michael Dreher | |||
| 2017-2018 | Alexandra Archuleta | Lyndsey Clos | Michael Dreher | |||
| 2016-2017 | Rachel Callaway | Alex Archuleta/Jordan Bydume* | Jordan Bydume/Lyndsey Clos | *Alex Archuleta Studied Abroad 2017 Instituted Chartered V. Recognized |
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| 2015 - 2016 | Joshua Gilstrap | Lydia Prior | Jordan Bydume | Executive Vice President renamed to Vice President and Judicial Vice President renamed to Chief Justice | ||
| 2014 - 2015 | Greyson Whitaker | Nicole Karlesky | Zachary Hall / Steven Edwards * | *Zachary Hall graduates in December 2014 | ||
| 2013 - 2014 | Tyler Steelman | Elizabeth Taheri | Ashley Prindle | |||
| 2012 - 2013 | Tyler Steelman | Christiana Brock | Dana Linblad | |||
| 2011 - 2012 | Nicholas Lincoln | Taylor Zickefoose | Amelia Morgan | |||
| 2010 - 2011 | Eric Skinkle | Hannah Heron | Nicholas Lincoln | (Position dissolved) | ||
| 2009 - 2010 | Andrew Realon | Skylar Mabe | Michael Knuckles | Alysha Christian | (Position dissolved) | |
| 2008 - 2009 | W. Daniel Costello | Victoria Baxter | Joshua Fox | Michael Knuckles | Jenn Hastings | |
| 2007 - 2008 | W. Daniel Costello | Julia Johnston | Nina Licketto | Robert Reed Godson | Krista Wagoner | |
| 2006 - 2007 | Josh Faucette | Megan Pastor | Shannon Stevenson | Paul Hannam | Katie Clain-Steffanelli | |
| 2005 - 2006 | William Tarrant | Hillary Cole | David Hiatt | Zachary Jones | Carrie Shank | |
| 2004 - 2005 | Christopher Michener | Nicole Armer | Jen Morgan | unknown | unknown | |
| 2003 - 2004 | Samuel Closic | Nicole Armer | Dana Yates | unknown | Nicole Armer | |
| 2002 - 2003 | Samantha Routh | Jennifer Roddy | Dana Yates | Carolyn Hassett | LaShawn Elam | |
| 2001 - 2002 | David Gouge | Joelle Davis | Christy Everhart | unknown | Joelle Davis | |
| 2000 - 2001 | Jeanette May | Timothy Hassett | Megan Cramer | David Gouge | Joelle Davis | |
| 1999 - 2000 | Matt McLendon | Kat Hoffman | (Judicial VP established in 2000) | (Legislative VP established in 2000) | (Social VP established in 2000) | |
| 1998 - 1999 | Matt McLendon | Emmalyn Yamrick | ||||
| 1997 - 1998 | Seth Carter | Eugene Liauvv | ||||
| 1996 - 1997 | Will Thompson | Seth Carter | ||||
| 1995 - 1996 | Keith Anderson | James Eisenbrey* | *Position renamed to "Executive Vice President" | |||
| 1994 - 1995 | Clint Barkdoll | Heather Coyle (VP)* | *Position this year and previous years is "Vice President" | |||
| 1993 - 1994 | Wade Anderson | Todd Hickman (VP) | ||||
| 1992 - 1993 | Samantha Dillon | Bryon Garrett (VP) | ||||
| 1991 - 1992 | Amy Marshall | unknown | High Point College becomes High Point University. | |||
| 1990 - 1991 | Rich Davis | Stephen Hughes (VP) | ||||
| 1989 - 1990 | Beth Edwards | Amanda Huff (VP) | ||||
| 1988 - 1989 | JP Lunn | Wendy Glass (VP) | ||||
| 1987 - 1988 | Keith Hambrick | Margaret Phillips (VP) | ||||
| 1986 - 1987 | Jeanne Davis | Rich Mullins (VP) | ||||
| 1985 - 1986 | Ted Coryell | Ray Hotz | ||||
| 1984 - 1985 | Bill Frampton | Art Payne | ||||
| 1983 - 1984 | Tom Leech | Judy Jones | ||||
| 1982 - 1983 | Mark Mashburn | Denise Watts | ||||
| 1981 - 1982 | Karen Magil | Debbie Hunter | ||||
| 1980 - 1981 | Jackie Hendrix | Karen Magil | ||||
| 1979 - 1980 | Jackie Hendrix | unknown | ||||
| 1978 - 1979 | Caryn Reinhart | Jorge Lagueruela | ||||
| 1977 - 1978 | Allen Carter | Jim VanHorn | ||||
| 1976 - 1977 | Sid Baker | Carol Spaulding | ||||
| 1975 - 1976 | Steve Locke | unknown | ||||
| 1974 - 1975 | Steve Lawson | unknown | ||||
| 1973 - 1974 | Gart Evans | Teresa Moran | ||||
| 1972 - 1973 | Joe Yacyshyn | Gart Evans | ||||
| 1971 - 1972 | Nate Cagle | Linda Bagby | ||||
| 1970 - 1971 | John Young | Alan Prather | ||||
| 1969 - 1970 | Mike Carle* | Larry Johnson | *First rising junior elected as President | |||
| 1968 - 1969 | Robbie Myers | Jack Driscoll | ||||
| 1967 - 1968 | Forrest Dover | Jim Allison | ||||
| 1966 - 1967 | Tom Dignan | Ralph Hoar | ||||
| 1965 - 1966 | Art Warren | Tom Dignan | ||||
| 1964 - 1965 | Tracy McCarthy | Don Bryant | ||||
| 1963 - 1964 | Charles Nesbitt | Betty Treece | ||||
| 1962 - 1963 | Bob Clark | Harry Lilly | ||||
| 1961 - 1962 | Len Lewin | Bob Clark | ||||
| 1960 - 1961 | Vance Davis | Jimmy Edwards | ||||
| 1959 - 1960 | Ray Sheppard | Don Drapeau | ||||
| 1958 - 1959 | Fred Barber | Charles Johnson | ||||
| 1957 - 1958 | C.W. Faulkner | Jim Rose | ||||
| 1956 - 1957 | Ernest Ball | C.W. Faulkner | ||||
| 1955 - 1956 | Hardy Tew | Ernest Ball | ||||
| 1954 - 1955 | David Abernathy | Bob Stepp | ||||
| 1953 - 1954 | LC Ellis | Louie Eargle | ||||
| 1952 - 1953 | David Auman | Kent Brendle | ||||
| 1951 - 1952 | Doug Holbrook | Nancy Tysinger | ||||
| 1950 - 1951 | Edwin Auman | Curtis Bovender | ||||
| 1949 - 1950 | Henry Maddux | Ruby Workman | ||||
| 1948 - 1949 | JC McAllister | Bob Marley | ||||
| 1947 - 1948 | Thurman Horney | unknown | ||||
| 1946 - 1947 | D.C. Freeman | unknown | ||||
| 1945 - 1946 | Jack Eller Foster | D.C.Freeman | ||||
| 1944 - 1945 | Lawrence Walker | Majorie Payne | ||||
| 1943 - 1944 | John Perry and Willis Gupton  | Willis Gupton and unknown | John Perry graduated in December and Willis Gupton replaced as President in January | |||
| 1942 - 1943 | Billy Henderson | Sue Woodruff | ||||
| 1941 - 1942 | Frank Fernandez | Dick Rozzelle | ||||
| 1940 - 1941 | C.A. Watts | Jerry Counihan | Name changed to Student Government | |||
| 1939 - 1940 | Robert Johnson | Morton Samet | ||||
| 1938 - 1939 | Dwight Morgan | Robert Johnson | ||||
| 1937 - 1938 | James R Mattocks | Dwight Morgan | ||||
| 1936 - 1937 | James Allen Austin | unknown | ||||
| 1935 - 1936 | Edith Crowder | A. Lincoln Folk | ||||
| 1934 - 1935 | W. Wilbur Hutchins | D. Kermit Cloniger | Official Student Government body established in 1934. Called Student Council. | |||
| 1933 - 1934 | Sally Mae Bivine (Women's SG) | Edith Guthire (Women's SG) | ||||
| 1932 - 1933 | Margaret Pickett (Women's SG) | unknown | ||||
| 1931 - 1932 | Juanita Scarboro Andrews (Women's SG) | Truth Isley (Women's SG) | ||||
| 1930 - 1931 | Margaret Thompson (Women's SG) | Flora Mitchell (Women's SG) | ||||
| 1929 - 1930 | Huldah Dixon (Women's SG) | Grace Keck (Women's SG) | Mens SG disolved while plans for an official body are made. | |||
| 1928 - 1929 | Pauline Whitaker (Women's SG) | Blanche Ingram (Women's SG) | ||||
| 1927 - 1928 | Laura Thompson (Women's SG) TG Madison (Men's SG)  | Lillie Mae Davis (Women's SG) Grover Angel (Men's SG) | No Official Student Government Existed; Men and Women had separate Student Government Councils that governed their gender/dorm affairs. | |||
| 1926 - 1927 | Pomona Johnson (Women's SG) Fred Hauser (Men's SG)  | Effie Keck (Women's SG) Albert Walker (Men's SG) | ||||
| 1925 - 1926 | unknown | unknown | ||||
| 1924 - 1925 | unknown | unknown | High Point College established in 1924. SG stands for Student Government |