2022-24 Biennial Award Winners

Congratulations to all the recipients of our 2022-2024 Biennial Awards!

Individual Awards

Founders’ Award

• PGS John Kitch (Purdue ’70)
• Bill McKnight (Auburn ’59)

Young Alumni Volunteer Award

• Anthony Ficcaci (Monmouth ’17)
• Spencer Kuhn (Colorado State ’18)

Young Professional Achievement Award

• Vin Matano (Monmouth ’15)
• Yugi Paul (St. John’s ’15)
• Kenny Garcia (Eastern Illinois ’22)

Michael P. Carey Award

• Danny Nikolic (Michigan State ’22)
• Ali Mashael (Fullerton, CA ’21)

Harold Jacobsen Award

• Ryan Russell (Illinois State ’22)
• Jack Madden (Monmouth ’22)

Cletus A. Broecker Award (Philanthropy) – Logan McCullough (Mississippi ’22)

Cletus A. Broecker Award (Community Service) – Charles Jasso (Alabama ’22)

Lyle Smith Chapter Advisor Award – Bradley Poronsky (Texas ’01)

Justice Curtis Shake Province Archon Award – Todd Griffin (East Carolina ’90)

Dr. Robert L. Burns Faculty Advisor Award – PGS Joseph Palazzolo (Monmouth ’ 00)

Guy “Red” Mackey Award – John Dooley (Monmouth ’23)

Outstanding Campus Employee Award – Denise Vencak-Toner (Friend of Iota-Tau)

Group Awards

Clegg Scholarship Trophy (Byron R. Lewis Award) – Cornell (Mu)

Louis Foley Newsletter Award (Undergraduate) – Iota-Tau, The Hoot

Louis Foley Newsletter Award (Alumni) – River City Alumni Association (RCAA)

William J. Cutbirth Jr. Award (Philanthropy)

• Alabama (Theta-Omicron)
• Mississippi (Beta-Mu)

William J. Cutbirth Jr. Award (Community Service) – Boulder, CO (Zeta-Delta)

Most Outstanding Alumni Club – Orange County Alumni Association (OCAA)

Most Improved Chapter Award

• 2023: William & Mary (Alpha-Eta)
• 2024: West Chester (Zeta-Alpha)

Merino/Tash 100 Man Chapter

• Penn State (Theta)
• Iowa (Xi)
• Auburn (Alpha-Delta)
• Wake Forest (Alpha-Nu)
• Arkansas (Alpha-Sigma)
• Georgia (Alpha-Phi)
• Arizona State (Beta-Kappa)
• Mississippi (Beta-Mu)
• Illinois State (Epsilon-Eta)
• Fullerton, CA (Epsilon-Nu)
• Boulder, CO (Zeta-Delta)
• Santa Clara, CA (Zeta-Eta)
• Michigan State (Zeta-Mu)
• Cal Poly (Eta-Delta)
• Alabama (Theta-Omicron)
• Grand Valley State (Theta-Rho)

Grand Chapter Awards 

• Alabama (Theta-Omicron)
• Arizona State (Beta-Kappa)
• Arkansas (Alpha-Sigma)
• Auburn (Alpha-Delta)
• Bentley (Iota-Theta)
• Cal Poly (Eta-Delta)
• Carson, CA (Eta-Iota)
• Coastal Carolina (Iota-Chi)
• Colorado State (Eta-Sigma)
• Delaware (Iota-Beta)
• Detroit-Mercy (Gamma-Alpha)
• East Carolina (Eta-Kappa)
• East Stroudsburg (Beta-Psi)
• Eastern Kentucky (Epsilon-Lambda)
• Elon (Epsilon-Theta)
• Ferris State (Theta-Theta)
• Fitchburg State (Eta-Tau)
• Fullerton, CA (Epsilon-Nu)
• Georgia (Alpha-Phi)
• Grand Valley State (Theta-Rho)
• Houston (Theta-Nu)
• Illinois State (Epsilon-Eta)
• Iowa (Xi)
• Kansas (Beta-Delta)
• Kentucky (Epsilon-Beta)
• Michigan State (Zeta-Mu)
• Michigan Tech (Zeta-Epsilon)
• Middle Tennessee (Theta-Omega)
• Minnesota (Iota-Zeta)
• Mississippi (Beta-Mu)
• Missouri S&T (Alpha-Iota)
• Missouri State (Alpha-Rho)
• Monmouth (Delta-Beta)
• Montclair State (Iota-Iota)
• Morehead State (Delta-Rho)
• Murray State (Gamma-Upsilon)
• NJIT (Alpha-Mu)
• Norfolk, VA (Theta-Eta)
• Northern Arizona (Beta-Iota)
• Oakland (Zeta-Pi)
• Ohio Northern (Zeta)
• Oregon State (Omega)
• Penn College (Theta-Phi)
• Penn State (Theta)
• Purdue (Eta)
• Raleigh, NC (Rho)
• Rutgers (Gamma-Eta)
• Saginaw Valley State (Theta-Beta)
• Santa Clara, CA (Zeta-Eta)
• Southern Indiana (Theta-Psi)
• St. John’s (Iota-Tau)
• Stockton (Iota-Upsilon)
• UC-Irvine (Eta-Upsilon)
• Valparaiso (Beta-Tau)
• Vincennes, IN (Alpha)
• Virginia (Beta-Pi)
• Wake Forest (Alpha-Nu)
• West Chester (Zeta-Alpha)
• William & Mary (Alpha-Eta)
• William Patterson (Theta-Tau)
• Wisconsin (Tau)
• Wisconsin-Oshkosh (Gamma-Mu)
• Wisconsin-Platteville (Delta-Iota)
• Worcester Polytechnic (Gamma-Iota)

Grand Council Awards

• Alabama (Theta-Omicron)
• Arkansas (Alpha-Sigma)
• Ferris State (Theta-Theta)
• Fullerton, CA (Epsilon-Nu)
• Georgia (Alpha-Phi)
• Mississippi (Beta-Mu)
• Missouri S&T (Alpha-Iota)
• Monmouth (Delta-Beta)
• Montclair State (Iota-Iota)
• Oregon State (Omega)
• Penn State (Theta)
• St. John’s (Iota-Tau)
• UC Irvine (Eta-Upsilon)
• Valparaiso (Beta-Tau)

Grand Sage Award 

Tier 1 – Penn State (Theta)

Tier 2 – Arkansas (Alpha-Sigma)

Tier 3 – Valparaiso (Beta-Tau)

Tier 4 – St. John’s (Iota-Tau)