Aggie Greeks Recognized For Outstanding Academic Achievements, Embodying Core Values

The Texas A&M University Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life announced this year’s recipients of the 10th Annual Aggie Greek Awards at the Rudder Forum.

Back in person for the first time since 2019, the Aggie Greek Awards recognized chapters, their student leaders, advisors, and former students for their accomplishments throughout 2021.

The awards included:

Twelve chapter awards
Eight individual awards
One President’s Award for Outstanding Greek Ambassador, which includes a $1,000 scholarship
Eight Academic Achievement Awards sponsored by Order of Omega Greek honors society to recognize chapters from each of the four governing councils in achieving the highest-grade point ratios (GPR) from the previous spring and fall semesters.

The 2022 award recipients are as follows:

Chapter Awards

Integrity Award
The Integrity Award honors a chapter who did not stray, even if the path they chose instead was more difficult—this group of Aggies could have taken the easy path but instead upheld the Aggie Code of Honor with respect. This chapter is honored as a role model for upholding the high ethical standard which Texas A&M expects of all its students.

Sigma Chi

Leadership Award
The Leadership Award recognizes a chapter whose leadership has impacted, transformed and improved fraternity and sorority life at Texas A&M University. This chapter embodies the Aggie core value of leadership and uses their ability to empower and inspire others.

Delta Gamma

Loyalty Award
The Loyalty Award is presented to a chapter that bears a moral character that aligns with its fraternal values and empowers its members to be ambassadors of the Aggie Network—true to each other as Aggies can be.

Alpha Epsilon Phi

Respect Award
The Respect Award is presented to a chapter that demonstrates unwavering regard and support for Texas A&M University, its mission and values. This group has earned respect by their appropriate use of powers and privileges, thereby promoting the merits and accomplishments of the fraternity and sorority community. The organization is highly regarded by other chapters for demonstrating a friendly and caring attitude towards others.

Omega Delta Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Selfless Service Award
The Selfless Service Award is presented to a chapter that has demonstrated selfless service above and beyond the expected chapter philanthropies. This group has shown dedication to the betterment of others to have a significant impact on the community.

Delta Gamma

Excellence Awards
The Excellence Award is given to those organizations that show outstanding merit—it is presented to one sorority and one fraternity. Winners show a commitment to upholding superior standards by maintaining a high chapter GPR, recruiting outstanding new members, or making a tangible difference in the community. The awarded chapters show that their organization upholds the values of excellence upon which Texas A&M was founded and makes them stand out above the rest.

Delta Gamma & Sigma Chi

Outstanding Community Relations Award
The Outstanding Community Relations Award is presented to a chapter that achieves excellence in the areas of public relations, campus organization involvement, campus leadership, considerable involvement off campus and innovative outreach to former students.

Pi Kappa Alpha

Chapters of the Year
Awarded to the Chapter of the Year in each council: IFC, CPC, NPHC, and MGC. Winners are determined by each council.

CPC – Pi Beta Phi
IFC – Alpha Sigma Phi
MGC – Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Inc.
NPHC – Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

Individual Awards

Rising Star Awards
Rising Star Awards are intended to recognize an emerging leader from each of the four councils in the Aggie Greek community whose record reflects ongoing and exceptional growth in contribution to their chapter and their council, and increased levels of leadership and responsibility.

CPC Rising Star – Mia Michaels ’24, Alpha Epsilon Phi
IFC Rising Star – Not awarded
MGC Rising Star – Cristian Gutierrez ‘24, Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity, Inc.
NPHC Rising Star – Daisy Green ‘22, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Aggie Greek Unsung Hero
The Aggie Greek Unsung Hero is an award that recognizes a faculty or staff member, affiliated or not, who has supported the Aggie Greek community in an extraordinary way. This individual is not a chapter advisor yet has demonstrated a commitment to supporting and/or enhancing the fraternal experience at Texas A&M University.

Rabbi Yossi and Mrs. Manya Lazaroff, Rohr Chabad Jewish Center at Texas A&M University

Advisors of the Year
The Texas A&M Fraternity Advisor of the Year and Sorority Advisor of the Year Awards recognize advisors for their extraordinary commitment to mentoring and guiding members of the Aggie Greek Community. These individuals carry out the Aggie core value of selfless service so that their students can flourish and succeed. These awards honor advisors whose dedication goes beyond what is required by the university in order to better serve students.

Fraternity Advisor of the Year – Bradley Burroughs, Sigma Chi
Sorority Advisor of the Year – Dr. Stephen Caffey, Sigma Phi Omega Sorority, Inc.

Merita S. ’86 and Stephen G. ’88 Parker Fraternity Man of the Year
The Fraternity Man of the Year Award is presented to a man who has made a significant impact on his chapter, the fraternity and sorority community and Texas A&M University. The award honors a current student who is a role model within his fraternity and a respected leader in the community, has a strong academic record, and pledges to live their lives similar to their fraternal values. Additionally, the Parker family has provided the recipient with a $600 scholarship.

Kyle Burton ‘23, Pi Kappa Alpha

Merita S. ’86 and Stephen G. ’88 Parker Sorority Woman of the Year
The Sorority Woman of the Year is presented to a woman who has made a significant impact on her chapter, the fraternity and sorority community and Texas A&M University. The award honors a current student who is a role model within her sorority and a respected leader in the community, has a strong academic record, and pledges to live their lives similar to their fraternal values. Additionally, the Parker family has provided the recipient with a $600 scholarship.

Reagan Breau ‘23, Delta Gamma

President’s Award for Outstanding Greek Ambassador
The President’s Award for Outstanding Greek Ambassador is given to a fraternity or sorority man or woman who not only has maintained high academic achievement but has also served as an outstanding ambassador for the fraternity and sorority community at Texas A&M University. The individual who receives this award embodies all Aggie core values and is an excellent example of philanthropy, campus involvement, service, educational achievement, and leadership to their chapter. This award recipient will also receive a $1,000 scholarship.

Jakob Feldman ‘24, Sigma Alpha Mu

On behalf of the Greek community, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life would like to thank the Greek Former Student Network and the Association of Former Students for organizing and sponsoring the 2022 Aggie Greek Awards Reception.

Fraternities and sororities are a fundamental part of Texas A&M University. We are home to 58 inter/nationally affiliated and local Greek-lettered organizations, which collectively constitute the largest member-based and multi-faceted community on campus. Representing 10% of the undergraduate student population, fraternity and sorority members are committed to their academics, developing, and strengthening their leadership skills, volunteering time in the community, and continually forming a campus and cultural support network for current and incoming Aggies. Fraternities and sororities have aggiegreeks@tamu.eduenhanced the lives of more than 22,500 Aggies since their inception.

For more information about the fraternity and sorority community at Texas A&M University, visit aggiegreeks.tamu.edu.