2022 Chapter Award Winners
Scholarship Awards
These awards recognize the chapters with the highest GPA over the 2021 calendar year nationwide in ranking order.
Gallaher Cup:
Beta Rho (Pennsylvania) (3.78)
Bronze Cup:
Epsilon Pi (UCLA) (3.73)
Epsilon Theta (MIT) (3.73)*
*Converted from a 5.0 to a 4.0 GPA scale
Certificate of Commendation:
Gamma Omicron (Washington in St. Louis) (3.72)
Certificate of Merit:
Delta Beta (Dartmouth) (3.68)
Regents Award for Academic Excellence recognizes chapters for having the top IFC GPA in one or more semesters during the 2021 calendar year.
Delta Theta (Knox)
Epsilon Xi (Mississippi)
Eta Upsilon (Midwestern State)
Gamma Upsilon (Arkansas)
Gamma Zeta (Oregon)
Iota Lambda (Jacksonville State)
Kappa (North Georgia)
Lambda Delta (Minnesota State, Mankato)
Lambda Upsilon (Cal State Fullerton)
Mu Chi (Lynchburg)
Mu Iota (Hartford)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Nu Alpha (Arkansas-Fort Smith)
Nu Beta (Huntingdon)
Nu Delta (High Point)
Nu Epsilon (Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Zeta Nu (Montana State)
Scholarship Improvement Award
This award is given to the chapter that has shown the greatest improvement in its GPA among other fraternities on its campus and among all Sigma Nu chapters.
Theta Pi (West Georgia) (+0.30 from 1.79 to 2.09)
LEAD Awards
LEAD Awards recognize the chapters and individuals that have exhibited excellence in their utilization of an individual phase of the program, innovation in their adaptation and expansion of parts of the program as it is implemented into their unique circumstance, individual alumnus and collegiate facilitators who have demonstrated an extraordinary contribution to the brotherhood through their facilitation of the program, LEAD Chairmen and committees that have implemented an outstanding program for their local membership, and the chapter(s) that best represents an ideal application of the program at the collegiate level.
LEAD Chairman of the Year
Kevin C. Egan – Rho (Missouri)
LEAD Committee of the Year
Iota Lambda (Jacksonville State)
LEAD Chapter of the Year
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Innovation in LEAD
Eta Phi (Cal State LA)
Iota Lambda (Jacksonville State)
Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Excellence in LEAD Phase 1
Beta Beta (DePauw)
Epsilon Beta (Drury)
Epsilon Chi (Bowling Green State)
Epsilon Epsilon (Oklahoma State)
Epsilon Theta (MIT)
Epsilon Xi (MIssissippi)
Gamma Eta (Colorado School of Mines)
Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
Mu (Georgia)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Mu Pi (Jefferson)
Mu Upsilon (Stephen F. Austin)
Nu Alpha (Arkansas-Fort Smith)
Theta (Alabama)
Theta Sigma (Missouri State)
Zeta Nu (Montana State)
Zeta Psi (Lamar)
Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
Zeta Xi (UC Davis)
Excellence in LEAD Phase II
Beta Beta (DePauw)
Epsilon Chi (Bowling Green State)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Theta (Alabama)
Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
Excellence in LEAD Phase III
Beta Beta (DePauw)
Mu (Georgia)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Excellence in LEAD Phase IV
Beta Beta (DePauw)
Epsilon Chi (Bowling Green State)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Theta (Alabama)
Excellence in All Chapter LEAD
Beta (Virginia)
Epsilon Epsilon (Oklahoma State)
Gamma Delta (Stevens)
Iota Beta (Virginia Wesleyan)
Lambda Gamma (Eastern Illinois)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Theta (Alabama)
Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
Manpower Awards
These awards recognize those chapters that demonstrate strength in numbers, proving that quality and quantity can increase together when recruitment is done the right way.
100+ Members:
Beta Tau (North Carolina State) - 116 men
Beta Theta (Auburn) – 203 men
Delta (South Carolina) – 152 men
Delta Epsilon (Oklahoma) – 150 men
Delta Rho (Colorado State) – 121 men
Epsilon Epsilon (Oklahoma State) – 130 men
Epsilon Eta (Tennessee) – 178 men
Epsilon Lambda (Utah) – 102 men
Epsilon Mu (Butler) – 109 men
Epsilon Pi (UCLA) – 127 men
Epsilon Xi (Mississippi) – 258 men
Gamma Iota (Kentucky) – 127 men
Gamma Kappa (Colorado) – 168 men
Gamma Upsilon (Arkansas) – 268 men
Gamma Zeta (Oregon) – 129 men
Iota Delta (James Madison) – 127 men
Iota Theta (Southern Methodist) – 125 men
Kappa Pi (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) – 107 men
Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian) – 145 men
Mu (Georgia) – 124 men
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State) – 104 men
Phi (Louisiana State) – 151 men
Rho (Missouri) – 176 men
Theta (Alabama) – 134 men
Zeta Pi (Texas Tech) – 112 men
Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State) – 122 men
80+ Members:
Beta Zeta (Purdue) – 82 men
Delta Beta (Dartmouth) – 88 men
Eta Beta (East Carolina) – 84 men
Eta Tau (Texas State) – 90 men
Gamma Tau (Minnesota) – 92 men
Kappa Epsilon (Appalachian State) – 82 men
Kappa Zeta (Villanova) – 80 men
Nu (Kansas) – 99 men
Nu Delta (High Point) – 84 men
Psi (North Carolina) – 80 men
Theta Rho (Illinois State) – 90 men
Theta Zeta (Clemson) – 92 men
Zeta Xi (UC Davis) – 87 men
25% Increase in Manpower – This award recognizes chapters that have increased manpower by 25% or more. The percentage of manpower increase is noted after the chapter.
Beta (Virginia) – 49% increase
Beta Chi (Stanford) – 41% increase
Beta Zeta (Purdue) – 41% increase
Delta Gamma (Columbia) – 52% increase
Delta Rho (Colorado State) – 32% increase
Delta Theta (Knox) – 38% increase
Epsilon Chi (Bowling Green State) – 73% increase
Epsilon Kappa (North Dakota) – 63% increase
Epsilon Lambda (Utah) – 50% increase
Epsilon Theta (MIT) – 43% increase
Epsilon Xi (Mississippi) – 37% increase
Eta Iota (Northern Arizona) – 30% increase
Eta Omicron (Wofford) – 54% increase
Eta Phi (Cal State LA) – 25% increase
Eta Pi (Hampden-Sydney) – 26% increase
Eta Tau (Texas State) – 34% increase
Gamma Beta (Northwestern) – 105% increase
Gamma Delta (Stevens) – 40% increase
Gamma Gamma (Albion) – 70% increase
Gamma Nu (Michigan) – 97% increase
Gamma Phi (Montana) – 33% increase
Iota Theta (Southern Methodist) – 44% increase
Mu Rho (Northwestern State) – 54% increase
Mu Tau (Central Oklahoma) – 30% increase
Nu Alpha (Arkansas-Fort Smith) – 39% increase
Phi (Louisiana State) – 36% increase
Theta Rho (Illinois State) – 25% increase
Theta Theta (Eastern Kentucky) – 63% increase
Zeta Chi (Houston) – 38% increase
Zeta Lambda (Tulsa) – 100% increase
Zeta Nu (Montana State) – 62% increase
Pursuit of Excellence Program Awards
Recognizes chapters that have achieved excellence in the following operational areas.
Values-Based Leadership (Service & Philanthropy, Campus Leadership, and Values Congruent Environments)
Beta Beta (DePauw)
Beta Theta (Auburn)
Delta Epsilon (Oklahoma)
Epsilon Xi (Mississippi)
Eta Omicron (Wofford)
Eta Phi (Cal State LA)
Gamma Delta (Stevens)
Gamma Nu (Michigan)
Gamma Upsilon (Arkansas)
Iota Lambda (Jacksonville State)
Kappa Theta (Jacksonville)
Mu (Georgia)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Mu Pi (Jefferson)
Nu Alpha (Arkansas-Fort Smith)
Nu Delta (High Point)
Zeta Xi (UC Davis)
Personal Development and Membership Value (Intellectual, Candidate, Brother, and Alumni Development)
Beta Beta (DePauw)
Beta Zeta (Purdue)
Delta Sigma (Carnegie Mellon)
Epsilon Beta (Drury)
Epsilon Mu (Butler)
Epsilon Pi (UCLA)
Eta Omicron (Wofford)
Eta Phi (Cal State LA)
Gamma Delta (Stevens)
Gamma Mu (Illinois)
Gamma Tau (Minnesota)
Mu (Georgia)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Mu Pi (Jefferson)
Nu (Kansas)
Nu Delta (High Point)
Phi (Louisiana State)
Psi (North Carolina)
Theta (Alabama)
Theta Eta (Northern Illinois)
Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
Operational Excellence (Recruitment and Manpower, Chapter Operations, and Governance & Accountability)
Beta Theta (Auburn)
Delta Beta (Dartmouth)
Delta Epsilon (Oklahoma)
Epsilon Epsilon (Oklahoma State)
Epsilon Mu (Butler)
Epsilon Pi (UCLA)
Epsilon Theta (MIT)
Epsilon Xi (Mississippi)
Eta Beta (East Carolina)
Eta Mu (A) (Kettering)
Eta Omicron (Wofford)
Eta Phi (Cal State LA)
Eta Tau (Texas State)
Gamma Alpha (Georgia Tech)
Gamma Delta (Stevens)
Gamma Kappa (Colorado)
Gamma Nu (Michigan)
Gamma Tau (Minnesota)
Gamma Upsilon (Arkansas)
Iota Pi (Kennesaw)
Kappa (North Georgia)
Kappa Pi (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)
Lambda Delta (Minnesota State, Mankato)
Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
Mu (Georgia)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Mu Pi (Jefferson)
Nu (Kansas)
Nu Delta (High Point)
Theta (Alabama)
Theta Zeta (Clemson)
Zeta Theta (Presbyterian)
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.
2022 Community Service Contribution Award
Lambda Gamma (Eastern Illinois) – 44 hours per man
2022 Philanthropy Contribution Award
Gamma Nu (Michigan) – $3,635 per man