Collegiate & Chapter Awards

Each year, Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc. recognizes chapter and individual achievements across a number of categories – merit awards, Alpha Chapter Affiliate recognition, LEAD, Pursuit of Excellence, Rock Chapter (only at Grand Chapters), scholarship, and manpower. Awards are presented at convention – Grand Chapter or College of Chapters – to recognize an individual's or chapter's accomplishments for the previous academic year, or, in some cases an individual's collegiate career.

Individual Awards 

Collegiate Awards Descriptions – Merit and Alpha Affiliate 

Individual collegiate awards include: Alpha Chapter Affiliates, Man of the Year, Scholar of the Year, Talent of the Year and Athlete of the Year. Criteria and application instructions for these awards are provided in this packet. 

Collegiate Awards Application – Merit and Alpha Affiliate 

All applicants for an individual collegiate awards – Alpha Chapter Affiliates, Man of the Year, Scholar of the Year, Talent of the Year or Athlete of the Year – should complete and submit this form by April 30. 

Collegiate Awards Recommendation Form – Merit and Alpha Affiliate 

All applicants for individual collegiate awards – Alpha Chapter Affiliates, Man of the Year, Scholar of the Year, Talent of the Year or Athlete of the Year – require three (3) letters of recommendation. 

Collegiate Awards Chapter Endorsement Form - Merit and Alpha Affiliate

All applicants for individual collegiate awards – Alpha Chapter Affiliates, Man of the Year, Scholar of the Year, Talent of the Year or Athlete of the Year – require completion of the chapter endorsement form by the current Commander of Lt. Commander.

Collegiate Awards Transcript Request 

Official transcripts are required for all Scholar of the Year award applicants.

2018 Award Winners

Alpha Chapter Affiliates

The Fraternity salutes those Knights, who demonstrate a genuine commitment to the ideals of the Legion of Honor and whose pattern of performance is a worthy example for others to follow.

• Alpha #640 – Joseph Barnello, Jr. (Central Arkansas)
• Alpha #641 – Ryan H. Bell (Auburn)
• Alpha #642 – C. Andrew Benjamin (Kennesaw State)
• Alpha #643 – Gage L. M. Calhoon (Oklahoma State)
• Alpha #644 – Connor J. Ganly (Butler)
• Alpha #645 – Drew J. Johnson (Butler)
• Alpha #646 – Alex G. Kirkpatrick (Oklahoma State)
• Alpha #647 – Otha C. "Tre" Nelson (Northwestern State)
• Alpha #648 – Benjamin A. Rice (Louisiana Tech)
• Alpha #649 – Luke J. Wiesboeck (Missouri State)

Talent of the Year

The Fraternity recognizes the individual who has demonstrated excellence in the area of Talent.

• Logan J. Henke (Montana State)

Scholar of the Year

The Fraternity recognizes the individual who has demonstrated excellence in the area of Scholarship.

• Gage L. M. Calhoon (Kennesaw State)

Man of the Year

The Fraternity recognizes the individual who has demonstrated excellence in the area of Leadership

• Connor J. Ganly (Butler)

Chapter Awards

LEAD Awards

LEAD Awards recognize those chapters and individuals that have exhibited excellence in their use of an individual phase of the program; innovation in their adaptation and expansion of parts of the program as it is implemented into their own, 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.

Pursuit of Excellence Awards

Chapters receiving an overall level of excellence for one of the three standard areas – Values-Based Leadership, Personal Development and Membership Value, Operational Excellence – will be recognized for the Pursuit of Excellence in that standard.

Rock Chapter Awards

The Rock Chapter Award is meant to honor collegiate chapters that have achieved excellence in all areas of chapter operations. To be granted the award, a chapter should be expected to attain the ideals or a nearly perfect state across a broad range of areas of fraternity operations. The Rock Chapter award is only presented at Grand Chapters, (i.e. every two years), providing there are chapters that qualify. Rock Chapter award recipients will be those chapters which consistently achieve very good to excellent ratings in the Pursuit of Excellence Program over the course of the biennium.

Scholarship Awards

Each year, Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc. recognizes those chapters that excel academically. These awards do not require an application. Past year's winners are below.

Gallaher Cup

This award is given to the chapter with the 1st place GPA of all Sigma Nu chapters nationwide.

• Gamma (Duke) – GPA of 3.65

Bronze Cup

This award is given to the chapter with the 2nd highest GPA of all Sigma Nu chapters nationwide.

• Gamma Delta (Stevens) – GPA of 3.60

Certificate of Commendation

This award is given to the chapter with the 3rd highest GPA of all Sigma Nu chapters nationwide.

• Gamma Beta (Northwestern) – GPA of 3.59

Certificate of Merit

This is the award given to the chapter with the 4th highest GPA of all Sigma Nu chapters nationwide.

• Sigma (Vanderbilt) – GPA of 3.52

Regent's Award for Academic Excellence

This award is given to the chapters who have achieved the highest GPA among fraternities on their campus during the 2017 calendar year. 

• Delta Theta (Knox)
• Epsilon Omicron (Southern California)
• Epsilon Sigma (Rhodes)
• Eta Beta (East Carolina)
• Eta Delta (West Texas A&M)
• Eta Epsilon (Kentucky Wesleyan)
• Eta Zeta (Louisiana Tech)
• Gamma Delta (Stevens)
• Iota Beta (Virginia Wesleyan)
• Iota Lambda (Jacksonville State)
• Lambda Chi (Cal State San Bernardino)
• Mu Beta (Alabama in Huntsville)
• Mu Chi (Lynchburg)
• Mu Pi (Thomas Jefferson)
• Mu Tau (Central Oklahoma)
• Nu Alpha (Arkansas-Fort Smith)
• Nu Beta (Huntingdon)
• Zeta Theta (Presbyterian)

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.

• Lambda Phi (Central Arkansas) – GPA increase from 2.59 to 3.07 (+0.48)

Manpower Awards

Each year, Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc. recognizes those chapters that excel in the areas of recruitment and manpower. These awards do not require an application. 

This award is given to the chapters who have achieved a manpower of above 100 men.

• Beta Mu (Iowa) – 119 men
• Beta Tau (North Carolina State) – 118 men
• Beta Theta (Auburn) – 176 men
• Delta (South Carolina) – 108 men
• Delta Iota (Washington State) – 101 men
• Epsilon Epsilon (Oklahoma State) – 121 men
• Epsilon Eta (Tennessee) - 113 men
• Epsilon Mu (Butler) – 110 men
• Epsilon Omicron (Southern California) – 165 men
• Epsilon Pi (UCLA) – 133 men
• Epsilon Rho (Michigan State) – 148 men
• Epsilon Xi (Mississippi) – 287 men
• Gamma Iota (Kentucky) – 110 men
• Gamma Kappa (Colorado) – 157 men
• Gamma Upsilon (Arkansas) – 232 men
• Gamma Zeta (Oregon) – 130 men
• Iota Delta (James Madison) – 112 men
• Kappa Pi (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) – 131 men
• Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian) – 164 men
• Mu (Georgia) – 127 men
• Phi (Louisiana State) – 107 men
• Rho (Missouri) – 112 men
• Theta (Alabama) – 158 men
• Theta Kappa (Georgia Southern) – 131 men
• Theta Rho (Illinois State) – 105 men
• Zeta Pi (Texas Tech) – 153 men

This award is given to the chapters who have achieved a manpower of above 80 men.

• Delta Epsilon (Oklahoma) – 92 men
• Delta Kappa (Delaware) – 91 men
• Delta Rho (Colorado State) – 89 men
• Eta Beta (East Carolina) – 86 men
• Eta Rho (Western Kentucky) – 84 men
• Eta Zeta (Louisiana Tech) – 82 men
• Gamma (Duke) – 85 men
• Gamma Alpha (Georgia Tech) – 80 men
• Gamma Beta (Northwestern) – 84 men
• Gamma Mu (Illinois) – 83 men
• Gamma Tau (Minnesota) – 87 men
• Nu (Kansas) – 95 men
• Nu Delta (High Point) – 90 men
• Psi (North Carolina) – 86 men
• Sigma (Vanderbilt) – 86 men
• Theta Sigma (Missouri State) – 98 men
• Theta Zeta (Clemson) – 97 men
• Zeta Iota (San Jose State) – 92 men
• Zeta Xi (UC Davis) – 86 men

25% Increase In Manpower Award

This award is given to the chapters who have achieved at least a 25% increase in manpower from the previous year.

• Beta Alpha (Yale)
• Beta Iota (Mount Union)
• Delta Rho (Colorado State)
• Epsilon Delta (Wyoming)
• Epsilon Kappa (North Dakota)
• Epsilon Lambda (Utah)
• Epsilon Omicron (Southern California)
• Eta Beta (East Carolina)
• Eta Epsilon (Kentucky Wesleyan)
• Eta Nu (Louisiana at Lafayette)
• Eta Phi (Cal State Los Angeles)
• Gamma Iota (Kentucky)
• Gamma Zeta (Oregon)
• Kappa Chi (Furman)
• Kappa Delta (Duquesne)
• Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
• Mu Chi (Lynchburg)
• Mu Eta (UNC Asheville)
• Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
• Mu Xi (Columbus State)
• Psi (North Carolina)
• Theta (Alabama)
• Theta Gamma (Southern Mississippi)
• Theta Kappa (Georgia Southern)
• Theta Lambda (Eastern Washington)
• Theta Rho (Illinois State)
• Theta Sigma (Missouri State)
• Theta Xi (Virginia Tech)

Service and Philanthropy Awards

Each year, Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc. recognizes those chapters that excel in the areas of service and philanthropy. These awards do not require an application. Selections are made based on Pursuit of Excellence submissions, including chapter reports of verifiable service and philanthropic contributions.

Community Service Contribution Award

This award is recognizes the chapter with the highest per man average of verifiable community service hours throughout the course of the previous academic year.

• Mu Chi (Lynchburg) – 39 hours per man 

Philanthropy Contribution Award

This award is recognizes the chapter with the highest per man average of verifiable philanthropic dollars donated throughout the course of the previous academic year.

• Mu Xi (Columbus State) – $827 per man