2024 Chapter Awards
Academic Awards
Each year, Sigma Nu Fraternity recognizes chapters that excel academically. These awards do not require an application and are based on the prior calendar year (i.e., Spring and Fall 2023 grades). In 2023-2024, the Fraternity implemented a change to its slate of annual academic awards. The new Silver Cup award now recognizes the chapter with the second-highest GPA, with the Bronze Cup moving to recognize the third-placed chapter. The Certificate of Commendation Award and Certificate of Merit Award have been renamed and now recognize the chapter with the highest difference over their campus IFC and All Male GPAs, respectively.
Gallaher Cup (Highest GPA)
Gamma Beta (Northwestern) – GPA of 3.81 in Fall 2023
Silver Cup (Second Highest GPA)
Sigma (Vanderbilt) – GPA of 3.78 in Fall 2023
Gamma Omicron (Washington in St. Louis) – GPA of 3.78 in Fall 2023
Bronze Cup (Third Highest GPA)
Delta Gamma (Columbia) – GPA of 3.76 in Fall 2023
Academic Commendation Award (Highest Difference Over Campus IFC GPA)
Zeta Xi (UC Davis) – +0.66 over IFC (3.66 vs. 3.00) in Fall 2023
Academic Merit Award (Highest Difference Over Campus All Male GPA)
Zeta Xi (UC Davis) – +0.77 over All Male (3.66 vs. 2.89) in Fall 2023
Regent's Award for Academic Excellence
Recognizes chapters for having the top IFC GPA in one or more semesters during the 2023 calendar year.
- Beta Iota (Mount Union)
- Delta Gamma (Columbia)
- Delta Theta (Knox)
- Epsilon Alpha (Arizona)
- Epsilon Beta (Drury)
- Epsilon Delta (Wyoming)
- Epsilon Pi (UCLA)
- Epsilon Sigma (Rhodes)
- Eta Omicron (Wofford)
- Gamma Beta (Northwestern)
- Gamma Omicron (Washington in St. Louis)
- Iota Rho (Charleston)
- Lambda Delta (Minnesota State)
- Lambda Upsilon (Cal State Fullerton)
- Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
- Nu Alpha (Arkansas-Fort Smith)
- Sigma (Vanderbilt)
- Zeta Nu (Montana State)
- Zeta Omicron (North Texas)
- Zeta Xi (UC Davis)
Academic Improvement Award
Zeta Gamma (Kent State) – GPA increase from 2.06 to 3.01 (+0.95)
LEAD Awards
The 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, 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
Kyle R. Kohls, Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
LEAD Committee of the Year
Iota Lambda (Jacksonville State)
LEAD Chapter of the Year
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Innovation in LEAD
Iota Lambda (Jacksonville State)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Excellence in LEAD Phase I
Beta Iota (Mount Union)
Epsilon Pi (UCLA)
Iota Lambda (Jacksonville State)
Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
Mu Beta (Alabama in Huntsville)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Theta Eta (Northern Illinois)
Theta Sigma (Missouri State)
Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
Zeta Xi (UC Davis)
Excellence in LEAD Phase II
Eta Beta (East Carolina)
Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Excellence in LEAD Phase III
Epsilon Pi (UCLA)
Eta Beta (East Carolina)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Theta Sigma (Missouri State)
Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
Excellence in LEAD Phase IV
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Mu Pi (Jefferson)
Theta Sigma (Missouri State)
Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
Excellence in All-Chapter LEAD
Beta Iota (Mount Union)
Beta Zeta (Purdue)
Epsilon Pi (UCLA)
Eta Phi (Cal State LA)
Iota Lambda (Jacksonville State)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Theta Eta (Northern Illinois)
Theta Sigma (Missouri State)
Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
Manpower Awards
Each year, Sigma Nu recognizes those chapters that excel in recruitment and manpower. In 2023-2024, the Fraternity implemented a new award in this category, the Regent’s Award for Manpower Excellence. Mirroring the Regent’s Award for Academic Excellence, this award is given to the chapters that rank either 1st or in the top 15% in IFC manpower on their respective campus during the 2023 calendar year.
100+ Members:
Beta Alpha (Yale) - 116
Beta Eta (Indiana) - 139
Beta Theta (Auburn) - 199
Beta Zeta (Purdue) - 135
Delta (South Carolina) - 163
Delta Epsilon (Oklahoma) - 200
Delta Phi (Maryland) - 120
Delta Rho (Colorado State) - 113
Epsilon Alpha (Arizona) - 132
Epsilon Epsilon (Oklahoma State) - 140
Epsilon Eta (Tennessee) - 180
Epsilon Lambda (Utah) - 115
Epsilon Mu (Butler) - 107
Epsilon Pi (UCLA) - 140
Epsilon Rho (Michigan State) - 109
Epsilon Xi (Mississippi) - 274
Eta Tau (Texas State) - 112
Eta Zeta (Louisiana Tech) - 116
Gamma Iota (Kentucky) - 120
Gamma Kappa (Colorado) - 181
Gamma Mu (Illinois) - 109
Gamma Nu (Michigan) - 108
Gamma Upsilon (Arkansas) - 333
Gamma Zeta (Oregon) - 169
Iota Delta (James Madison) - 125
Iota Theta (Southern Methodist) - 125
Kappa Pi (Cal Poly SLO) - 112
Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian) - 170
Mu (Georgia) - 145
Phi (Louisiana State) - 178
Rho (Missouri) - 148
Theta (Alabama) - 155
Theta Kappa (Georgia Southern) - 103
Theta Rho (Illinois State) - 106
Zeta Pi (Texas Tech) - 116
Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State) - 117
80+ Members:
Beta (Virginia) - 89
Beta Tau (North Carolina State) - 92
Eta Omicron (Wofford) - 83
Kappa Zeta (Villanova) – 96
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State) - 95
Nu (Kansas) - 97
Psi (UNC Chapel Hill) - 84
Theta Zeta (Clemson) – 90
25% Increase in Manpower
Beta Beta (DePauw) - 33%
Beta Chi (Stanford) - 33%
Beta Iota (Mount Union) - 35%
Beta Psi (UC Berkeley) - 62%
Beta Zeta (Purdue) - 30%
Delta Alpha (Case Western Reserve) - 33%
Delta Kappa (Delaware) - 47%
Delta Sigma (Carnegie Mellon) - 63%
Delta Tau (Oregon State) - 32%
Epsilon Alpha (Arizona) - 31%
Epsilon Lambda (Utah) - 31%
Epsilon Omicron (Southern California) - 72%
Eta Beta (East Carolina) - 33%
Eta Nu (Louisiana at Lafayette) - 35%
Eta Rho (Western Kentucky) - 38%
Eta Theta (North Dakota State) - 36%
Gamma (Duke) - 127%
Iota Delta (James Madison) - 29%
Iota Rho (Charleston) - 41%
Kappa Delta (Duquesne) - 30%
Kappa Lambda (Akron) - 44%
Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian) - 34%
Lambda Gamma (Eastern Illinois) - 57%
Mu Beta (Alabama in Huntsville) - 26%
Mu Chi (Lynchburg) - 83%
Mu Iota (Hartford) - 74%
Mu Pi (Jefferson) - 31%
Nu (Kansas) - 37%
Theta Eta (Northern Illinois) - 50%
Regent's Award for Manpower Excellence
Delta Mu (Stetson)
Delta Rho (Colorado State)
Epsilon Eta (Tennessee)
Epsilon Rho (Michigan State)
Eta Beta (East Carolina)
Eta Tau (Texas State)
Eta Zeta (Louisiana Tech)
Gamma Mu (Illinois)
Gamma Zeta (Oregon)
Kappa Epsilon (Appalachian State)
Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
Mu (Georgia)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Nu Alpha (Arkansas-Fort Smith)
Phi (Louisiana State)
Psi (UNC Chapel Hill)
Rho (Missouri)
Theta Pi (West Georgia)
Zeta Omicron (North Texas)
Zeta Theta (Presbyterian)
Zeta Xi (UC Davis)
Pursuit of Excellence Program Awards
Recognizes chapters that have achieved overall ratings of Excellence in the three standard areas of the Pursuit of Excellence Program
Values-Based Leadership
Representing the Subcategories of Service & Philanthropy, Campus Leadership, and Values Congruent Environments
Beta Zeta (Purdue)
Epsilon Alpha (Arizona)
Epsilon Pi (UCLA)
Eta Epsilon (Kentucky Wesleyan)
Eta Omicron (Wofford)
Eta Phi (Cal State LA)
Gamma Alpha (Georgia Tech)
Gamma Iota (Kentucky)
Gamma Kappa (Colorado)
Kappa (North Georgia)
Mu (Georgia)
Mu Beta (Alabama in Huntsville)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Mu Pi (Jefferson)
Mu Tau (Central Oklahoma)
Nu (Kansas)
Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
Personal Development and Membership Value
Representing the Subcategories of Intellectual Development, Candidate Development, Brother Development, and Alumni Development
Beta Iota (Mount Union)
Beta Theta (Auburn)
Epsilon Epsilon (Oklahoma State)
Eta Omicron (Wofford)
Gamma Iota (Kentucky)
Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
Mu (Georgia)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Mu Pi (Jefferson)
Operational Excellence
Representing the Subcategories of Recruitment and Manpower, Chapter Operations, and Governance and Accountability
- Beta Theta (Auburn)
- Beta Zeta (Purdue)
Delta Epsilon (Oklahoma)
Epsilon Epsilon (Oklahoma State)
Epsilon Eta (Tennessee)
Epsilon Pi (UCLA)
Eta Omicron (Wofford)
Gamma Alpha (Georgia Tech)
Gamma Iota (Kentucky)
Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
Mu (Georgia)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Mu Pi (Jefferson)
Nu (Kansas)
Phi (Louisiana State)
Theta Pi (West Georgia)
Theta Zeta (Clemson)
Zeta Pi (Texas Tech)
Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
Zeta Xi (UC Davis)
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.
Community Service Contribution Award
Iota Beta (Virginia Wesleyan) – 53 hours per man
Philanthropy Contribution Award
Gamma Nu (Michigan) – $2,093 per man
Advisory Excellence
Created in 2024, the Advisory Excellence Award recognizes all Alumni Advisory Boards (AABs) that achieve an overall Excellence rating in the annual AAB Assessment Program.
Beta Omicron (Sewanee)
Beta Theta (Auburn)
Delta Rho (Colorado State)
Epsilon Delta (Wyoming)
Epsilon Epsilon (Oklahoma State)
Eta Beta (East Carolina)
Eta Chi (Old Dominion)
Eta Rho (Western Kentucky)
Gamma Gamma (Albion)
Gamma Tau (Minnesota)
Gamma Xi (Missouri S&T)
Iota Lambda (Jacksonville State)
Mu (Georgia)
Mu Beta (Alabama in Huntsville)
Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
Mu Tau (Central Oklahoma)
Nu Epsilon (UT Chattanooga)
Phi (Louisiana State)
Rho (Missouri)
Theta Eta (Northern Illinois)
Theta Gamma (Southern Mississippi)
Theta Kappa (Georgia Southern)
Theta Nu (Ball State)
Theta Rho (Illinois State)
Zeta Chi (Houston)
Zeta Iota (San Jose State)
Zeta Psi (Lamar)
Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
Alumni Chapter Excellence
Created in 2024, the Alumni Chapter Excellence Award recognizes all Alumni Chapters that achieve the Excellent performance benchmark for operations, as determined through participation in the Alumni Chapter annual report.
Beta Zeta (Purdue)
Gamma Upsilon (Arkansas)