Each year Pi Kapp College for Chapter Officers is held in early January at five regional locations — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Charlotte, North Carolina; Kansas City, Missouri; Birmingham, Alabama; and Los Angeles, California.
On the weekend of January 12-14, 2018, brothers gathered in Kansas City, Missouri, and Birmingham, Alabama. On Saturday evening, the awards banquet was held. Below are the award winners who were recognized.
David D. Morgan “Extra Mile” National Scholars Awards
AJ Covington, Gamma Tau (North Texas)
Theo Economics, Alpha Phi (Illinois Inst. of Tech.)
Drew Geer, Theta Lambda (Missouri State)
Drew Lahey, Iota Rho (Western Illinois)
Patrick Lucitt, Delta Delta (Truman State)
Brady Smith, Iota Rho (Western Illinois)
Steven Stone, Iota Mu (Arkansas – Fort Smith)
Zack Bartel, Gamma Phi (South Alabama)
Scott Maggio, Theta Phi (Louisiana Tech)
Sam McDougal, Iota Nu (Mississippi State)
Sean Mulligan, Iota Phi (Loyola New Orleans)
Nikolas Merten, Upsilon (Illinois)
The following awards recognize chapters that have excelled or seen the greatest improvement in Pi Kappa Phi’s Seven Objectives of Chapter Excellence:
Most Improved in Governance
Iota Rho (Western Illinois)
Iota (Georgia Tech)
Most Outstanding Governance
Theta Lambda (Missouri State)
Iota Phi (Loyola New Orleans)
Outstanding Archon
Nick Long, Eta Gamma (Colorado)
Drew Gonzalez, Eta Rho (Texas State)
Logan Timmis, Iota Nu (Mississippi State)
Most Improved in Growth
Iota Zeta (Stephen F. Austin)
Outstanding Growth Award
Gamma Tau (North Texas)
Alpha Eta (Samford)
Outstanding Recruitment
Delta Chi (Kansas State)
Beta Kappa (Georgia State)
Executive Award
Recognizes the chapter with the most students initiated in the past year
Zeta Phi (Colorado State)
Alpha Epsilon (Florida)
Most Improved Member Experience
Beta Kappa (Georgia State)
Most Outstanding Member Experience
Delta Chi (Kansas State)
Alpha Epsilon (Florida)
Most Improved in Branding & Communications
Beta Kappa (Georgia State)
Outstanding Branding & Communications
Epsilon Mu (Bradley)
Iota Phi (Loyola New Orleans)
Chapter Website of the Year
Eta Gamma (Colorado)
Most Improved in Scholarship
Gamma Tau (North Texas)
Zeta Eta (South Florida)
Oustanding Scholarship
Alpha Gamma (Oklahoma)
Theta Alpha (Southern Mississippi)
Most Improved GPA
Eta Rho (Texas State)
Zeta Eta (South Florida)
Most Improved Campus Involvement
Delta Chi (Kansas State)
Iota (Georgia Tech)
Outstanding Campus Involvement
Alpha Gamma (Oklahoma)
Theta Alpha (Southern Mississippi)
Most Improved in Service & Philanthropy
Alpha Omicron (Iowa State)
Theta Phi (Louisiana Tech)
Outstanding Service & Philanthropy
Zeta Phi (Colorado State)
Theta Alpha (Southern Mississippi)
Silver Society
The Ability Experience 2017 total fundraising between $100 & $149.99 per man
Alpha Iota (Auburn)
Theta Alpha (Southern Mississippi)
Gold Society
The Ability Experience 2017 total fundraising between $150 & $249.99 per man
Kappa Lambda (Wisconsin – Madison)
Kappa Xi (DePaul)
Gamma Phi (South Alabama)
Epsilon Phi (UAB)
Iota Zeta (Stephen F. Austin)
Platinum Society
The Ability Experience 2017 total fundraising over $250 per man
Eta Chi (Texas Christian)
Most Outstanding Ability Experience Event
Alpha Gamma (Oklahoma)
Alpha Chi (Miami)
Theta Alpha (Southern Mississippi)
Most Outstanding Volunteer Relationship
Alpha Gamma (Oklahoma)
Kappa Delta (Florida Atlantic)
Oustanding Philanthropy Chairman
Eric Baze, Kappa Xi (DePaul)
Cameron Kenney, Theta Alpha (Southern Mississippi)
Outstanding Fraternity/Sorority Life Advisor
Ashley Dye, University of Illinois
Viancca Williams, University of South Florida
Council of Advisors Member of the Year
Connor Burke, Iota Phi (Loyola New Orleans)
Wade G. Birch Chapter Advisor of the Year
Andrae Turner, Eta Rho (Texas State), Chapter Advisor for Beta Nu (Houston)
Pi Kapp College Facilitator of the Year
AJ Friedhoff, Beta Epsilon (Missouri)
Outstanding Volunteer of the Year
Wes Breeden, Beta Omicron (Northwestern State)
Champion Master Chapters
Chapters who achieve a composite score of Three Stars on the Seven Objectives of Chapter Excellence report indicating top performance in each area of chapter operations
Alpha Gamma (Oklahoma)
Delta Chi (Kansas State)
Epsilon Mu (Bradley)
Zeta Phi (Colorado State)
Theta Lambda (Missouri State)
Iota Xi (Texas – Dallas)
Iota (Georgia Tech)
Beta Kappa (Georgia State)
Gamma Phi (South Alabama)
Iota Phi (Loyola New Orleans)
Kappa Delta (Florida Atlantic)
Founders’ Awards
Highest honor which can be bestowed upon a student chapter
Zeta Phi (Colorado State)
Theta Lambda (Missouri State)
Congratulations to all of the winners. Photos will be posted to the Pi Kappa Phi Flickr account later this month.