2025 Chapter Awards
Academic Awards
These awards recognize the chapters with the highest GPA over the 2024 calendar year nationwide in ranking order.
Gallaher Cup (Highest GPA)
- Sigma (Vanderbilt) – GPA of 3.81 in Fall 2024
Silver Cup (Second Highest GPA)
- Epsilon Pi (UCLA) - GPA of 3.80 in Spring 2024
Bronze Cup (Third Highest GPA)
- Gamma Omicron (Washington in St. Louis) – GPA of 3.79 in Fall 2024
Academic Commendation
This award is given to the chapter with the highest positive point differential over its respective local IFC GPA.
- Nu Epsilon (Tennessee at Chattanooga) – +0.59 over IFC in Spring 2024
Academic Merit
This is the award given to the chapter with the highest positive point differential over its respective local All-Male GPA.
- Nu Epsilon (Tennessee at Chattanooga) – +0.68 over All-Male in Spring 2024
Regent's Award for Academic Excellence
This award is given to the chapters that have achieved the highest GPA among fraternities on their campus during the 2024 calendar year.
- Epsilon Alpha (Arizona)
- Epsilon Beta (Drury)
- Epsilon Sigma (Rhodes)
- Epsilon Xi (Mississippi)
- Eta Chi (Old Dominion)
- Eta Omicron (Wofford)
- Gamma Eta (Mines)
- Gamma Omicron (Washington in St. Louis)
- Gamma Phi (Montana)
- Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
- Mu Phi (Longwood)
- Nu Epsilon (Tennessee at Chattanooga)
- Theta Lambda (Eastern Washington)
- Theta Pi (West Georgia)
- Zeta Omicron (North Texas)
- Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
- Zeta Xi (UC Davis)
Academic 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.
- Eta Delta (West Texas A&M) – GPA increase of 0.67
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, 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
- Nolan Webb (Missouri State)
LEAD Committee of the Year
- Eta Iota (Northern Arizona)
LEAD Chapter of the Year
- Eta Iota (Northern Arizona)
Innovation in LEAD
- Eta Iota (Northern Arizona)
Excellence in LEAD Phase I
- Epsilon Pi (UCLA)
- Lambda Delta (Minnesota State)
- Mu (Georgia)
- Nu Epsilon (Tennessee at Chattanooga)
- Phi (LSU)
- Theta (Alabama)
- Theta Eta (Northern Illinois)
- Theta Kappa (Georgia Southern)
- Theta Sigma (Missouri State)
- Zeta Phi (Bradley)
- Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
- Zeta Xi (UC Davis)
Excellence in LEAD Phase II
- Gamma Iota (Kentucky)
- Nu Epsilon (Tennessee at Chattanooga)
- Phi (LSU)
- Zeta Phi (Bradley)
Excellence in LEAD Phase III
- Eta Iota (Northern Arizona)
- Gamma Iota (Kentucky)
- Mu (Georgia)
- Nu Epsilon (Tennessee at Chattanooga)
- Phi (LSU)
Excellence in LEAD Phase IV
- Eta Iota (Northern Arizona)
- Gamma Delta (Stevens)
- Gamma Iota (Kentucky)
- Phi (LSU)
- Zeta Phi (Bradley)
- Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
Excellence in All-Chapter LEAD
- Beta Iota (Mount Union)
- Delta Tau (Oregon State)
- Eta Iota (Northern Arizona)
- Kappa Epsilon (Appalachian State)
- Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
- Mu (Georgia)
- Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
- Mu Pi (Jefferson)
- Zeta Phi (Bradley)
- Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
- Zeta Xi (UC Davis)
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Manpower Awards
Each year, Sigma Nu recognizes those chapters that excel in recruitment and manpower.
100+ Members:
- Beta Alpha (Yale) – 115 men
- Beta Eta (Indiana) – 145 men
- Beta Theta (Auburn) – 206 men
- Beta Zeta (Purdue) – 153 men
- Delta (South Carolina) – 183 men
- Delta Epsilon (Oklahoma) – 215 men
- Delta Phi (Maryland) – 102 men
- Delta Rho (Colorado State) – 130 men
- Epsilon Alpha (Arizona) – 112 men
- Epsilon Epsilon (Oklahoma State) – 147 men
- Epsilon Eta (Tennessee) – 203 men
- Epsilon Kappa (North Dakota) – 114 men
- Epsilon Mu (Butler) – 100 men
- Epsilon Pi (UCLA) – 141 men
- Epsilon Xi (Mississippi) – 287 men
- Eta Zeta (Louisiana Tech) – 128 men
- Gamma Iota (Kentucky) – 119 men
- Gamma Kappa (Colorado) – 176 men
- Gamma Mu (Illinois) – 111 men
- Gamma Nu (Michigan) – 104 men
- Gamma Upsilon (Arkansas) – 244 men
- Gamma Zeta (Oregon) – 178 men
- Iota Delta (James Madison) – 132 men
- Iota Theta (Southern Methodist) – 186 men
- Kappa Pi (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) – 136 men
- Kappa Zeta (Villanova) – 100 men
- Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian) – 173 men
- Mu (Georgia) – 151 men
- Nu (Kansas) – 106 men
- Phi (LSU) – 196 men
- Rho (Missouri) – 152 men
- Theta (Alabama) – 162 men
- Theta Kappa (Georgia Southern) – 107 men
- Theta Rho (Illinois State) – 108 men
- Zeta Pi (Texas Tech) – 101 men
- Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State) – 108 men
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80+ Members:
- Beta (Virginia) – 82 men
- Beta Tau (North Carolina State) – 88 men
- Epsilon Omicron (Southern California) – 80 men
- Eta Omicron (Wofford) – 84 men
- Eta Tau (Texas State) – 89 men
- Gamma Alpha (Georgia Tech) – 90 men
- Kappa Epsilon (Appalachian State) – 90 men
- Kappa Rho (UC San Diego) – 86 men
- Psi (UNC Chapel Hill) – 88 men
- Zeta Xi (UC Davis) – 83 men
25% Increase in Manpower
- Delta Alpha (Case Western Reserve) – 42% increase
- Epsilon Kappa (North Dakota) – 54% increase
- Epsilon Omicron (USC) – 86% increase
- Epsilon Sigma (Rhodes) – 51% increase
- Eta Chi (Old Dominion) – 108% increase
- Eta Mu (A) (Kettering) – 29% increase
- Gamma Alpha (Georgia Tech) – 29% increase
- Gamma Delta (Stevens) – 35% increase
- Gamma Pi (West Virginia) – 44% increase
- Iota (Samford) – 33% increase
- Iota Theta (Southern Methodist) – 49% increase
- Kappa Chi (Furman) – 36% increase
- Kappa Rho (UC San Diego) – 32% increase
- Mu Eta (UNC Asheville) – 33% increase
- Mu Xi (Columbus State) – 27% increase
- Theta Gamma (Southern Mississippi) – 50% increase
- Theta Lambda (Eastern Washington) – 52% increase
- Theta Nu (Ball State) – 55% increase
- Theta Pi (West Georgia) – 25% increase
- Theta Theta (Eastern Kentucky) – 26% increase
- Zeta Chi (Houston) – 26% increase
- Zeta Sigma (Gettysburg) – 50% increase
Regent's Award for Manpower 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 2024 calendar year.
- Beta Omicron (Sewanee)
- Beta Zeta (Purdue)
- Delta Mu (Stetson)
- Delta Phi (Maryland)
- Delta Rho (Colorado State)
- Espilon Pi (UCLA)
- Epsilon Xi (Mississippi)
- Eta Beta (East Carolina)
- Eta Tau (Texas State)
- Gamma Beta (Northwestern)
- Gamma Omicron (Washington in St. Louis)
- Gamma Zeta (Oregon)
- Kappa Pi (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)
- Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
- Lambda Gamma (Eastern Illinois)
- Mu (Georgia)
- Mu Kappa (Southeast Missouri State)
- Phi (LSU)
- Psi (UNC Chapel Hill)
- Theta Rho (Illinois State)
- Theta Sigma (Missouri State)
- Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
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
Principles-Based Leadership
-Service & Philanthropy, Campus Leadership, and Principles Congruent Environments
- Beta (Virginia)
- Beta Iota (Mount Union)
- Epsilon Delta (Wyoming)
- Epsilon Xi (Mississippi)
- Eta Phi (Cal State LA)
- Iota Theta (Southern Methodist)
- Kappa Epsilon (Appalachian State)
- Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
- Mu (Georgia)
- Mu Pi (Jefferson)
- Nu (Kansas)
- Phi (LSU)
- Theta Kappa (Georgia Southern)
- Zeta Omicron (North Texas)
- Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
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Personal Development and Membership Value
-Intellectual, Candidate, Brother, and Alumni Development
- Beta (Virginia)
- Epsilon Alpha (Arizona)
- Epsilon Pi (UCLA)
- Epsilon Xi (Mississippi)
- Eta Zeta (Louisiana Tech)
- Gamma Iota (Kentucky)
- Iota Theta (Southern Methodist)
- Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
- Mu (Georgia)
- Phi (LSU)
- Zeta Omicron (North Texas)
- Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
- Zeta Xi (UC Davis)
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Operational Excellence
-Recruitment and Manpower, Chapter Operations, and Governance & Accountability
- Beta Theta (Auburn)
- Delta Tau (Oregon State)
- Epsilon Alpha (Arizona)
- Epsilon Pi (UCLA)
- Epsilon Xi (Mississippi)
- Gamma Xi (Missouri S&T)
- Lambda Delta (Minnesota State)
- Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
- Mu (Georgia)
- Nu (Kansas)
- Nu Alpha (Arkansas-Fort Smith)
- Phi (LSU)
- Theta Eta (Northern Illinois)
- Theta Kappa (Georgia Southern)
- Theta Sigma (Missouri State)
- Zeta Omicron (North Texas)
- Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
- Zeta Xi (UC Davis)
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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
- Beta Iota (Mount Union) – 43 hours per man
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Philanthropy Contribution Award
- Mu (Georgia) – $1,869 per man
Rock Chapters
The Rock Chapter Award honors collegiate chapters that have achieved excellence in all areas of chapter operations. Rock Chapter award recipients will be those chapters that consistently achieve Very Good to Excellent ratings in the Pursuit of Excellence Program throughout the biennium.
- Beta Iota (Mount Union)
- Beta Theta (Auburn)
- Epsilon Alpha (Arizona)
- Epsilon Pi (UCLA)
- Epsilon Xi (Mississippi)
- Eta Omicron (Wofford)
- Gamma Alpha (Georgia Tech)
- Gamma Iota (Kentucky)
- Iota Theta (Southern Methodist)
- Lambda Epsilon (Texas Christian)
- Mu (Georgia)
- Mu Pi (Jefferson)
- Mu Tau (Central Oklahoma)
- Nu (Kansas)
- Phi (LSu)
- Theta Kappa (Georgia Southern)
- Zeta Omicron (North Texas)
- Zeta Phi (Bradley)
- Zeta Upsilon (Arizona State)
- Zeta Xi (UC Davis)
Most Improved Chapter Awards
This award honors collegiate chapters that have achieved the greatest operational progress over the biennium. Recipients have demonstrated significant gains in their Pursuit of Excellence Program ratings from the first to the second year. If these chapters sustain their current momentum, they are well-positioned to reach Rock Chapter status in the following biennium.
- Beta (Virginia)
- Kappa Epsilon (Appalachian State)