NEW ORLEANS - Theta Chi is pleased to announce the 2023/2024 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, 2023, and May 15, 2024. 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 collegiate member, James Michael Holland. Holland did not quit, but struggled to find a solution.
Fortunately for Theta Chi, one new cadet, Phil S. Randall, felt strongly that Theta Chi was worth saving. Randall convinced his friend Henry B. 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 November 19, 1881, saving Theta Chi at Norwich University, and securing the future of the entire Fraternity.
The Holland, Randall, and Hersey Awards recognize the recruitment efforts of Theta Chi chapters and their dedication to maintaining and preserving Theta Chi Fraternity for the generations of brothers to come.
2023/2024 James M. Holland Award – Presented to the chapter that initiates the highest number of new members.
WINNER: Alpha Phi/Alabama (67 initiates)
- 1st Runner-Up (tie): Alpha Lambda/Ohio State (61 initiates)
- 1st Runner-Up (tie): Gamma Rho/Florida State (61 initiates)
- Epsilon/WPI (28 initiates)
- Zeta/New Hampshire (34 initiates)
- Eta/Rhode Island (29 initiates)
- Theta/Massachusetts (41 initiates)
- Tau/Florida (48 initiates)
- Phi/North Dakota State (57 initiates)
- Chi/Auburn (58 initiates)
- Psi/Wisconsin (40 initiates)
- Alpha Beta/Pittsburgh (33 initiates)
- Alpha Delta/Purdue (57 initiates)
- Alpha Iota/Indiana (60 initiates)
- Alpha Lambda/Ohio State (61 initiates)
- Alpha Mu/Iowa State (29 initiates)
- Alpha Pi/Minnesota (25 initiates)
- Alpha Sigma/Oregon (32 initiates)
- Alpha Tau/Ohio (31 initiates)
- Alpha Phi/Alabama (67 initiates)
- Alpha Chi/Syracuse (38 initiates)
- Alpha Psi/Maryland (33 initiates)
- Beta Alpha/UCLA (28 initiates)
- Beta Zeta/Michigan State (47 initiates)
- Beta Omicron/Cincinnati 27 initiates)
- Beta Phi/Nevada (33 initiates)
- Gamma Kappa/Miami (OH) (28 initiates)
- Gamma Rho/Florida State (61 initiates)
- Delta Beta/Georgia (37 initiates)
- Delta Pi/Indiana State (27 initiates)
- Delta Rho/NC State (26 initiates)
- Delta Upsilon/Arizona State (41 initiates)
- Delta Phi/North Texas (25 initiates)
- Epsilon Theta/Tufts (39 initiates)
- Zeta Epsilon/Long Beach State (32 initiates)
- Zeta Rho/Kentucky (34 initiates)
- Zeta Phi/Cal Poly (44 initiates)
- Eta Alpha/Clemson (34 initiates)
- Eta Gamma/Morehead (25 initiates)
- Eta Kappa/James Madison (33 initiates)
- Eta Lambda/Virginia Tech (44 initiates)
- Iota Beta/Missouri State (39 initiates)
- Iota Gamma/Grand Valley State (38 initiates)
- Iota Theta/Central Florida (52 initiates)
- Iota Mu/Missouri (31 initiates)
- Iota Pi/LSU (39 initiates)
- Iota Phi/South Carolina (39 initiates)
- Kappa Zeta/Arkansas (34 initiates)
- Kappa Lambda/CSU-San Marcos (25 initiates)
- Kappa Nu/Colorado (55 initiates)
- Kappa Omicron/Tennessee (43 initiates)
2023/2024 Henry B. Hersey Significant Increase in Membership Award – Presented to chapters that have the highest membership percent increase from the previous year.
Winner: Epsilon Theta/Tufts – 40 initiates in May 2023 to 65 initiates in May 2024, a 62.50% increase in membership!
Honorable Mentions: Omega/Penn State – 39 initiates in May 2023 to 63 initiates in May 2024, a 61.54% increase in membership.
Alpha Psi/Marlyand – 41 initiates in May 2023 to 66 initiates in May 2024, a 60.98% increase in membership!
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About Theta Chi: Founded in 1856, Theta Chi Fraternity is a men’s collegiate fraternity with more than 200,000 initiated members and has established 245 chapters. Theta Chi’s mission is to develop college-age men into successful students, good citizens, lifelong brothers, and resolute leaders.