Theta Chi Announces 2017/2018 Recruitment Award Recipients
Carmel, IN - Theta Chi is pleased to announce the 2017/2018 recruitment award recipients. The James M. Holland, Phil S. Randall, and Henry B. Hersey awards were created to recognize and honor the Fraternity’s top recruiting chapters for the previous academic year. Winners were determined based on the total number of newly initiated members according to the International Headquarters files between May 15, 2017 and May 15, 2018. All active chapters are eligible for consideration for one or more of these honors.
Theta Chi Fraternity's recruitment awards are named in honor of the collegiate members who saved the Fraternity from extinction. In 1881, Theta Chi found itself with one undergraduate member, James Michael Holland. Holland did not quit, but struggled to find a solution. Fortunately for Theta Chi, one new cadet, Phil Sheridan Randall, felt strongly that Theta Chi was worth saving. Randall convinced his friend Henry Blanchard Hersey that they should become members of Theta Chi. Randall and Hersey approached Holland to join Theta Chi, and he agreed to initiate the two cadets, enlisting the help of local alumni. Randall and Hersey were initiated on Nov. 19, 1881, saving Theta Chi at Norwich University, and securing the future of the entire Fraternity.
Today, the Holland, Randall, and Hersey Awards recognize the recruitment efforts of Theta Chi chapters and their dedication to maintain and preserve Theta Chi Fraternity for the generations of brothers to come.
James M. Holland Award – Presented to the chapter that initiates the most new members:
Winner: Iota Phi/South Carolina – 58 initiates
First Runner-Up: Iota Beta/Missouri State – 56 initiates
Iota Beta/Missouri stated being presented with the Holland First Runner-Up Award
by past International President Joseph Couch
Phil S. Randall Success in Recruitment Award – Presented to chapters that initiate 25 or more new members during the previous academic year. Forty-two chapters were recognized with the Randall Award during the International Convention:
Eta/Rhode Island – 25 initiates
Alpha Psi/Maryland – 25 initiates
Zeta Rho/Kentucky – 25 initiates
Theta Eta/Sam Houston State – 26 initiates
Iota Sigma/Towson – 26 initiates
Alpha Nu/Georgia Tech – 27 initiates
Beta Alpha/UCLA – 27 initiates
Alpha Gamma/Ann Arbor, MI – 28 initiates
Beta Delta/Rutgers – 28 initiates
Eta Kappa/James Madison – 28 initiates
Theta Epsilon/Kennesaw State – 28 initiates
Alpha Xi/Delaware – 29 initiates
Alpha Omicron/Washington State – 29 initiates
Alpha Rho/Washington – 29 initiates
Delta Beta/Georgia – 30 initiates
Delta Phi/North Texas – 30 initiates
Eta Lambda/Virginia Tech – 30 initiates
Theta Omega/Appalachian State – 30 initiates
Alpha Sigma/Oregon – 32 initiates
Delta Pi/Indiana State – 33 initiates
Delta Kappa/Ball State – 34 initiates
Zeta Phi/Cal Poly – 34 initiates
Theta Iota/UC-Santa Cruz – 34 initiates
Beta Omicron/Cincinnati – 35 initiates
Iota Tau/Northern Kentucky – 35 initiates
Delta Eta/Colorado State – 36 initiates
Zeta Sigma/Wisconsin-River Falls – 36 initiates
Iota Theta/Central Florida – 36 initiates
Zeta/New Hampshire – 38 initiates
Alpha Pi/Minnesota – 38 initiates
Beta Phi/Reno, NV – 38 initiates
Beta Iota/Arizona – 39 initiates
Iota Mu/Missouri – 39 initiates
Alpha Lambda/Ohio State – 40 initiates
Alpha Delta/Purdue – 43 initiates
Tau/Florida – 46 initiates
Alpha Iota/Indiana – 46 initiates
Alpha Phi/Alabama – 49 initiates
Beta Zeta/Michigan State – 51 initiates
Chi/Auburn – 53 initiates
Iota Beta/Missouri State – 56 initiates
Iota Phi/South Carolina – 58 initiates
The 2017/2018 Randall Award Recipients
Henry B. Hersey Significant Increase in Membership Award – Presented to chapters that have the highest membership percent increase from the previous year.
Winner: Eta Tau/CSU-Stanislaus – 25 members in the spring of 2017 to 46 in the spring of 2018, an amazing 84% increase!
Honorable Mention: Iota Phi/South Carolina – 85 members in the spring of 2017 to 125 in the spring of 2018, a 47% increase
Honorable Mention: Eta Lambda/Virginia Tech – 69 members in the spring of 2017 to 104 in the spring of 2018, a 50.7% increase
Eta Tau/CSU-Stanislaus with their 2017/2018 Hersey Award
Founded in 1856, Theta Chi Fraternity is a men’s collegiate fraternity with more than 191,000 initiated members and has established 239 chapters. Leadership development, personal development, and service to alma mater are fundamental to Theta Chi Fraternity’s mission.