Undergraduate Awards
Thomas Sayre Philanthropist of the Year Award
This award is named in honor of Thomas Sayre, Kappa (UNC-Chapel Hill), who helped establish PUSH America, the predecessor to The Ability Experience, as Pi Kappa Phi’s national philanthropy. This award recognizes a student member of Pi Kappa Phi who has demonstrated the most outstanding passion and dedication to The Ability Experience through service, raising awareness and fundraising.
2024 Recipient
Chase DuMond, Alpha Iota (Auburn)
DuMond represents the spirit of this award in all that he does. He has attended and helped facilitate Ability Camp ASSCA, engaged in and helped involve his chapter brothers in Friendship Visits with the Miracle League of East Alabama, participated in Gear Up Florida and will participate in Journey of Hope this summer. When he became a Pi Alpha, he knew his work within The Ability Experience and his chapter was not complete, and he wanted to start a tradition of commitment and vowed that he would not be Alpha Iota’s last Pi Alpha. His work has paid off, as five others have followed in his footsteps so far. By sharing his journey and his experience with the Ability Experience, DuMond had impacted others and set an example of what it means to be a chapter leader.
