AWARDS

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Evin C. Varner, Jr., Distinguished Service Award

This is the Fraternity’s highest award presented to a previous Delta Beta Xi recipient for sustained superior alumni service to the Fraternity, above and beyond Delta Beta Xi. While potential criteria for the award is as varied as our brotherhood, general criteria include years of service, type of service, and significant achievements. The award was established as the Distinguished Service Award by the Grand Council in 1959.

Distinguished Merit Award

The Fraternity’s second oldest award for individual alumni. It may be presented to a brother in recognition of exceptional achievement and distinction in the brother’s profession or vocation. The award was established by the Grand Council in 1950.

Delta Beta Xi Award & Key

This award is for sustained alumni service to the Fraternity. While potential criteria for the award are as varied as our brotherhood, general criteria include years of service, type of service, and significant achievements. To be inducted as part of a class, a brother must receive at least 2/3 of the points possible and must be in the top ten among all the nominees for that particular year.

Dr. Otto L. Sonder Chapter Advisor of the Year Award

This award is given annually to an alumnus who displays exceptional passion, commitment, and drive in support of a chapter, provisional chapter, or interest group as a Grand Chapter Advisor. Created during the 2006 Grand Chapter, the award recognizes those alumni who have helped to advance the mission and purpose of the Fraternity on a chapter level.

Stan Thurston Lifetime Achievement Award

The Stan Thurston Lifetime Achievement award goes to an alumnus who has made a lifetime commitment to exemplifying the ideals, vision, and purpose of Alpha Sigma Phi through outstanding dedication. The award was started in 2017 to honor the legacy of Brother Stan Thurston.

Philippi-Hughes Award of Distinction

This award is given to a professional in higher education who has displayed exceptional passion and spirit and made significant contributions to the Fraternity movement.

Undergraduate Hall of Fame and the Frank F. Hargear Memorial Award
Annually, the Fraternity recognizes no more than ten undergraduate men, of senior class standing, and inducts them into the Undergraduate Hall of Fame. The men inducted into the Hall of Fame are the Fraternity’s most accomplished undergraduate brothers that have made significant contributions to better their chapter and our organization. From those inducted, one man is chosen as the Frank F. Hargear Memorial Award recipient, which is the highest honor an undergraduate brother can receive. The award was created by the Grand Council in 1977.

Undergraduate Scholar of the Year
First awarded in 1956, this award is the most prestigious scholarship the Fraternity bestows. Its recipient is always an undergraduate brother with an impeccable academic record, noted service to the community and Fraternity, and positions of distinction within his chapter.

Kleinoeder Graduate Scholar of the Year
Named to honor Brother Howard Kleinoeder, Washington ’35, who donated $6.4 million to the Foundation upon his passing into the Omega Chapter in 1990. This scholarship is presented to brothers pursuing graduate-level degrees at accredited institutions.

*This category is awarded based off Annual Report scores submitted by each chapter

Grand Senior Presidents Cup
First presented at the 1960 Grand Chapter, this award recognizes chapters of the Fraternity - one for a chapter at an institution with a large student body (20,001+ undergraduates), one for a chapter at an institution with a medium student body (8,501-20,000 undergraduates) and one for a chapter with a small student body (fewer than 8,500 undergraduates) - that have best exemplified the ideals and purpose of the Fraternity. Chapters who score the highest in all areas of the Annual Report are recognized with the Grand Senior President’s Cup. This is the highest honor a chapter can receive within Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity. The Chapter must be in good standing with Fraternity Headquarters and excel in all aspects of the Fraternity’s Annual Report.

Alpha Kappa Pi Gold Cup
This cup is presented for achieving exceptional recognition in all areas of the Annual Report. The chapter must be in good standing to earn this cup.

Phi Pi Phi Silver Cup
This cup is presented for achieving significant recognition in all areas of the Annual Report. The chapter must be in good standing to earn this cup.

Alpha Gamma Upsilon Bronze Cup
This cup is presented for achieving notable recognition in all areas of the Annual Report. The chapter must be in good standing to earn this cup.

Most Improved Chapter Award
This award is given to the chapter that has demonstrated significant improvement from one award period to the next award period.

Victor B. Scott Award
The Victor B. Scott Award is awarded annually to the chapter whose academic grade point average most greatly exceeds its College or University’s all men’s average. Brother Victor Scott presented the scholarship plaque for the purpose of ‘creating an incentive on the part of each chapter of the Fraternity to strive for higher average in scholarship on the campus on which the chapter was located.’ After the merger with Alpha Sigma Phi, an award was named in his honor for outstanding chapter scholarship. In 2018, Grand Historian Emeritus, Robert Kutz, UC-Berkeley '67, established an endowment to allow for this award to once again be bestowed.