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)

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