2017 Awards Winners
Scholarship Awards
These awards recognize the chapters with the highest GPA over the course of the 2016 calendar year nationwide in ranking order.
Gallaher Cup
Duke (3.64)
Bronze Cup
Washington and Lee (3.52)
Certificate of Commendation
Stevens (3.50)
Certificate of Merit
Pennsylvania (3.49)
Regents Award for Academic Excellence – which recognizes chapters for having the top IFC GPA in one or more semesters during the 2016 calendar year.
Appalachian State
Arkansas – Fort Smith
Butler
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cal State San Bernardino
Colorado
Columbus State
Duquesne
East Carolina
Hartford
High Point
Huntingdon
James Madison
Kentucky Wesleyan
Lamar
Lynchburg
Presbyterian
Rhodes
South Florida
Thomas Jefferson
UC Davis
Villanova
Wofford
Scholarship Improvement Award
Kentucky Wesleyan (+0.44 from 2.15 to 2.59)
LEAD Awards
LEAD Chairman of the Year
Andy Navarro (Cal State Los Angeles)
Zachary Temple (Illinois State)
LEAD Chapter of the Year
Minnesota
LEAD Committee of the Year
Minnesota
Innovation in LEAD
Minnesota
Excellence in LEAD Phase I
Alabama in Huntsville
Appalachian State
Butler
Cal State Los Angeles
Cal State San Bernardino
Case Western Reserve
Eastern Kentucky
Eastern Michigan
Florida
Georgia Tech
Kennesaw State
Minnesota
New Hampshire
North Carolina State
North Dakota State
Oklahoma State
Oregon State
RIT
Excellence in LEAD Phase II
Appalachian State
Butler
Cal State Los Angeles
Duquesne
Georgia Tech
Minnesota
Oregon State
Washington State
Excellence in LEAD Phase III
Appalachian State
Butler
Cal State Los Angeles
Georgia Tech
Minnesota
North Dakota State
Texas Christian
UC Davis
Washington State
Excellence in LEAD Phase IV
Appalachian State
Butler
Cal State Los Angeles
Case Western Reserve
Kansas
Minnesota
North Dakota State
UC Davis
Virginia Wesleyan
Excellence in All Chapter LEAD
Akron
Alabama
Alabama in Huntsville
Appalachian State
Arkansas - Fort Smith
Butler
Cal State Fullerton
Cal State Los Angeles
Cal State San Bernardino
Georgia Tech
Kennesaw State
Minnesota
Missouri State
Montana
North Dakota State
Northwestern
Oregon State
RIT
UC Davis
UNC Ashville
Washington State
Manpower Awards
100+ Members
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Colorado Boulder
Georgia
Georgia Southern
Indiana
James Madison
Michigan State
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina State
Oklahoma State
Oregon
Southern California
Texas Christian
Texas Tech
UCLA
80+ Members
Butler
Cal State San Bernardino
Clemson
Colorado State
Delaware
Duke
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana State
Louisiana Tech
Missouri State
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Northwestern
Oklahoma
San Jose State
South Florida
UC Davis
Vanderbilt
25% Increase in Manpower
Cal State Los Angeles
Columbus State
East Carolina
Eastern Washington
Fresno State
Illinois State
Kentucky Wesleyan
Lynchburg
Missouri State
North Carolina
North Dakota
Southern Mississippi
Tennessee at Chattanooga
West Georgia
Pursuit of Excellence Program Awards - recognize chapters who have achieved excellence in the following operational areas.
Values-Based Leadership (Service & Philanthropy, Campus Leadership, and Values Congruent Environments)
Auburn
Butler
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Georgia
Kennesaw State
Lamar
Mississippi
RIT
Stevens
UC Davis
Personal Development and Membership Value (Intellectual, Candidate, Brother, and Alumni Development)
Alabama
Arkansas - Fort Smith
Butler
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Colorado
Columbia
Georgia
Kansas
Louisiana Tech
Northwestern State
RIT
Rochester
Stevens
Texas Christian
UC Davis
Operational Excellence (Recruitment and Manpower, Chapter Operations, and Governance & Accountability)
Alabama
Appalachian State
Auburn
Butler
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cal State San Bernardino
Colorado
Columbia
Duke
Fresno State
Georgia
Georgia Southern
Georgia Tech
Huntingdon
Lamar
Louisiana Tech
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Mount Union
Oklahoma State
Oregon
Stevens
Texas Christian
UC Davis
Washington State
Community Service & Philanthropic Achievement
The Community Service and Philanthropy Awards recognize chapters for their significant contributions to community service and philanthropic organizations and for having the highest per member average contributions in either service hours or philanthropic dollars.
2017 Community Service Contribution Award
Zeta Xi Chapter (UC Davis) received the Community Service Contribution Award with a per member average of over 85 hours of service contributed over the course of the academic year. The chapter helped coordinate numerous efforts within the Davis, Calif. community including outreach to the city’s homeless population through the chapter’s Random Acts of Kindness event, or RAK, and a partnership with the Caltrans Adopt-A-Highway Program. Chapter Brothers also volunteered with several organizations such as the Hillel at Davis and Sacramento, the Yolo County Food Bank, Solano Land Trust, T.R.O.T.R, the Atria Covell Gardens retirement home, Grace Garden, and the Davis Waldorf School.
2017 Philanthropy Contribution Award
Iota Pi Chapter (Kennesaw State) was recognized with the Philanthropy Contribution Award as the chapter with the highest per member philanthropic contribution at an average of $1,117 per member. Iota Pi Chapter raised and donated nearly $57,000 this year, with $52,000 going to the support of the Ovarian Cancer Institute. The chapter’s largest philanthropy event, the Teal Cup Golf Tournament, was hosted in partnership with the Ovarian Cancer Institute and honored the life and story of the wife of a chapter brother who was lost to ovarian cancer. In addition to the chapter’s work with the Ovarian Cancer Institute, the chapter raised funds for several other organizations including St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Boys and Girls Club.