Lily Claire Hutchison will reign over the 2026 Mardi Gras festivities in Lafayette. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Larcade Hutchison, Evangeline the LXXXVII, Queen of Carnival, has three siblings: Kate Barry Hutchison, John Hayes Hutchison and Hayden Scott Hutchison.
Hutchinson is a native of Lafayette. She attended Cathedral-Carmel School and St. Thomas More Catholic High School, where she graduated with scholar honors in 2025. Her activities at St. Thomas More include four years as a cheerleade and was a member of the Cougar Competition team. She served as spirit coordinator for the competition team her senior year, and was awarded the distinction of UCA All- American Cheerleader at UCA cheer camp at the University of Alabama. She was a UCA National Finalist in Orlando for three years. She was also an avid tumbler throughout school, participating in both competitive tumbling and recreational tumbling for a combined 14 years.
Hutchinson participated in campus ministry, serving on both the Light and Quest retreat teams, and as a senior mentor to freshmen as a bible study leader…