Fraternal Excellence Awards & Alumni Hall of Fame

The Office of Sorority & Fraternity Life embraces the key values of scholarship advancement, relationship building, diversity, personal development, and communication with the annual Fraternal Excellence Awards. These awards recognize outstanding chapters and individual students, faculty, staff and alumni leaders and advisors for embracing these principles. Key awards of distinction involve Chapter of the Year, Chapter President of the Year, Sorority & Fraternity Life Person of the Year, New Member/Neophyte of the Year, and Advisor of the Year to name a few.

In 2020, the inaugural class of inductees to the Sorority & Fraternity Life Alumni Hall of Fame showcased their service to the university, their chapter, and their profession.

Fraternal Excellence Award Winners

Chapters of the Year: Delta Gamma, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and Lambda Chi Alpha

Chapter President of the Year: Makayla Crawford (Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.), Cole Hubbard (Phi Gamma Delta), Nicole Mickels (Delta Gamma), and Alexis Sarawan (Delta Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc.)

Sorority & Fraternity Life Person of the Year: Dierra Arnold (Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.), Iliane Domenech (Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc.), Michael Rodriguez (Beta Upsilon Chi), and Francesca Savarino (Chi Omega)

New Member/Neophyte of the Year: Don Darcangelo (Phi Gamma Delta), Ann Howard (Delta Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc.), Miles Settle (Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.), and Sydney Thurston (Alpha Omicron Pi)

Advisor of the Year: Tammy Call (Kappa Delta), Victoria Peña (Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc.), Carmanelette Rawls (Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.), and John Werner (Sigma Alpha Epsilon)

For the full list of Fraternal Excellence Awards through the years, please visit gogreek.utk.edu/fea

OSFL Alumni Hall of Fame

Yvonne Ayers

Pi Beta Phi

Janet Curry

Alpha Delta Pi

Ann Baker Furrow

Alpha Delta Pi

Don Frieson

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Ron Frieson

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Sam Furrow

Phi Delta Theta

Jim Lawson

Kappa Alpha Order

Charlie Morgan

Phi Sigma Kappa

Bert Sams

Alpha Tau Omega

Charlie Tombras Jr.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Daniel C. Wheeler

Alpha Gamma Rho

Philanthrophy & SERVICE

Sorority and fraternity organizations are known for their philanthropic and service values within local and national communities. Over the last five years, our members have completed over 250,000 hours of service and raised over $2,000,000 toward local and national charitable organizations. It is common to see chapter members partner up to help local Knoxville organizations like Keep Knoxville Beautiful and KARM on the weekends!

Donating time and raising funds are one aspect of service-driven membership, but chapters continuously raise awareness for causes that resonate with their members and chapter. For example, our Phi Gamma Delta chapter raised over $25,000 in a semester for the Testicular Cancer Society after one of their brothers was diagnosed with stage 3-C testicular cancer. Meanwhile, our Zeta Tau Alpha chapter is one of the leading fundraising chapters in the country with their annual donations for breast cancer education and awareness!