2021 Convention Award Winners

Please join us in congratulating the following members and chapters on their achievements throughout the past biennium! Individual winners will have their awards shipped to them in the coming weeks. Chapters receiving honors will receive awards following the return to school (no earlier than August 2021). Click here to download the list!

AOII Fraternity Awards

Individual Alumnae Member Awards

2021 Elizabeth Heywood Wyman Award

• Janis Mackey Frayer, Beta Tau (U of Toronto)

2021 Helen St. Clair Mullan Award

• Kay Gomillion Elam, Sigma Delta (Huntingdon College

2021 Muriel T. McKinney Award

• Carrie Capron, Mu Lambda (Rollins College); Alpha Chapter Advisor (Columbia U)

2021 Adele Hinton Award

• Mary Matarazzo Bryant, Delta Omega (Murray State U)

2021 Carole Jurenko Jones Award

• Rae Ann Gruver, Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
• Evelyn Piazza, Alpha Delta Pi Sorority

2021 Alumnae Woman of Leadership Award

• Heather Dixon Adams, Lambda Sigma (U of Georgia)
• Chastidy Burns, Phi Chi (U of Chicago)
• Kelly Elliot Kries, Alpha Chi (Western Kentucky U)
• Kaya Miller, Gamma Theta (U of South Florida)

2021 Rose Awards

• Stephanie Danbom Chandler, Delta Alpha (U of Missouri)
• Amanda “Mandy” Baker Doyle, Omicron (U of Tennessee Knoxville)
• Lelani Mandac Duckwitz, Lambda Beta (California State U, Long Beach)
• Sarah Elliott, Delta Omega (Murray State U)
• Deanna Pfaff Fischer, Sigma Lambda (U of Wisconsin-La Crosse)
• Quinn Duane Heimann, Chi Psi (California Polytechnic State U)
• Kelli Brian Keith, Lambda Tau (U of Louisiana at Monroe)
• Ann Koopmann, Zeta (U of Nebraska-Lincoln)
• Shirley Lin, Delta Alpha (U of Missouri)
• Beth Anne Meridia, Kappa Chi (Northwestern State U)
• Laura Jones Plummer, Alpha Delta (U of Alabama)
• Laura Pope, Mu Lambda (Rollins College)
• Cindy Lichtenberg Rademacher, Phi Sigma (U of Nebraska at Kearney)
• Bailey Tate Read, Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)
• Mary Ashe Reynolds, Gamma Theta (U of South Florida)
• Evelyn Redding Tidwell, Lambda Tau (U of Louisiana at Monroe)

Alumnae Chapter Awards

Excellence in Collegiate Engagement

• Bozeman
• Calgary
• Indianapolis
• Nashville Area
• Reno-Tahoe

Excellence in Communications

• Chicago West Suburban
• Greater Sacramento Valley
• Indianapolis
• Macomb County
• Nashville Area
• San Fernando Valley

Excellence in Community Involvement

• Austin
• Kentuckiana
• Nashville Area
• Reno-Tahoe

Excellence in Membership Recruitment

• Atlanta
• Baton Rouge
• Calgary
• Chicago West Suburban
• Indianapolis
• Nashville Area
• Reno-Tahoe
• San Fernando Valley

Excellence in Sisterhood

• Austin
• Baton Rouge
• Bozeman
• Calgary
• Chicago NW Suburban
• Houston
• Macomb County
• Nashville Area
• Orlando Area
• Southern Orange County

Alumnae Philos

• Denver
• Kentuckiana
• Nashville Area
• Reno-Tahoe
• Southern Orange County

Alumnae Chapter Excellence Awards

• Chicago West Suburban
• Indianapolis
• Reno-Tahoe

2021 Mary Ann Rice Caldwell Award

• Indianapolis

Individual Collegiate Member Awards

2021 Stella George Stern Perry Award

• Hadley O’Hara, Omicron (U of Tennessee Knoxville)

2021 Mary Louise Roller Award

• Abigail Levitt, Iota (U of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)

2021 Gayle Fitzpatrick Emerging Leader Award

• Amber Galyon, Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)

2021 Collegiate Woman of Leadership Award

• Hannah Belt, Sigma Alpha (West Virginia U)
• Anna Blair, Iota (U of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
• Georgia Blackwell, Omega Sigma (Oklahoma State U)
• Payton Bleechler, Theta Psi (U of Toledo)
• Anna Grace Breedlove, Delta Delta (Auburn U)
• Rachel Cheng, Phi Chi (U of Chicago)
• Lily Grantcharova, Phi Chi (U of Chicago)
• Alisa Hashimoto, Beta Kappa (U of British Columbia)
• Madeline Lane, Delta Rho (DePaul U)
• Emily Miller, Xi (U of Oklahoma)
• Emma Powers, Alpha Psi (Bowling Green State U)
• Vaishnavi Ravipati, Chi Lambda (U of Evansville)
• Amanda Walker, Xi (U of Oklahoma)

Collegiate Chapter Awards

Excellence in Alumnae Engagement

• Alpha Delta (U of Alabama)
• Alpha Phi (Montana State U)
• Alpha Pi (Florida State U)
• Beta Kappa (U of British Columbia)
• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)
• Kappa Kappa (Ball State U)
• Kappa Tau (Southeastern Louisiana U)
• Lambda Tau (U of Louisiana at Monroe)
• Nu Beta (U of Mississippi)
• Omicron (U of Tennessee Knoxville)
• Phi Upsilon (Purdue U)
• Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)
• Zeta (U of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Excellence in Campus & Community Involvement

• Alpha Lambda (Georgia Southern U)
• Alpha Phi (Montana State U)
• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)
• Epsilon Omega (Eastern Kentucky U)
• Gamma Omicron (U of Florida )
• Iota Theta (Monmouth U)
• Kappa Tau (Southeastern Louisiana U)
• Lambda Lambda (U of Connecticut)
• Nu Beta (U of Mississippi)
• Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)
• Xi (U of Oklahoma)

Excellence in Communications

• Alpha (Columbia U)
• Alpha Pi (Florida State U)
• Beta Gamma (Michigan State U)
• Beta Upsilon (Bryant U)
• Beta Zeta (Kennesaw State U)
• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)
• Gamma Chi (Carleton U)
• Gamma Phi (Seton Hall U)
• Kappa Kappa (Ball State U)
• Lambda Lambda (U of Connecticut)
• Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)
• Tau Omicron (U of Tennessee Martin)
• Theta Iota (California State U San Marcos)
• Xi (U of Oklahoma)
• Zeta (U of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Excellence in Finance

• Alpha Phi (Montana State U)
• Alpha Pi (Florida State U)
• Beta Gamma (Michigan State U)
• Delta Omega (Murray State U)
• Kappa Tau (Southeastern Louisiana U)
• Pi Delta (U of Maryland)
• Theta Iota (California State U San Marcos)
• Xi (U of Oklahoma)

Excellence in New Member Experience

• Alpha (Columbia U)
• Alpha Chi (Western Kentucky U)
• Alpha Delta (U of Alabama)
• Chi Psi (California Polytechnic State U)
• Delta Delta (Auburn U)
• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)
• Delta Tau (U of Alabama in Huntsville)
• Epsilon Omega (Eastern Kentucky U)
• Kappa Tau (Southeastern Louisiana U)
• Lambda Beta (California State U, Long Beach)
• Lambda Sigma (U of Georgia)
• Omega Sigma (Oklahoma State U)
• Omicron (U of Tennessee Knoxville)
• Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)
• Tau Omicron (U of Tennessee Martin)
• Xi (U of Oklahoma)

Excellence in Membership Experience

• Alpha Delta (U of Alabama)
• Alpha Phi (Montana State U)
• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)
• Delta Omega (Murray State U)
• Epsilon Omega (Eastern Kentucky U)
• Gamma Chi (Carleton U)
• Iota Theta (Monmouth U)
• Lambda Epsilon (U of Waterloo)
• Lambda Sigma (U of Georgia)
• Omicron (U of Tennessee Knoxville)
• Phi Upsilon (Purdue U)
• Sigma Rho (Slippery Rock U)
• Tau Omicron (U of Tennessee Martin)
• Theta Iota (California State U San Marcos)
• Xi (U of Oklahoma)

Excellence in Membership Recruitment

• Alpha Chi (Western Kentucky U)
• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)
• Delta Omega (Murray State U)
• Gamma Delta (U of South Alabama)
• Iota Theta (Monmouth U)
• Kappa Alpha (Indiana State U)
• Lambda Lambda (U of Connecticut)
• Omicron (U of Tennessee Knoxville)
• Pi Delta (U of Maryland)
• Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)
• Tau (U of Minnesota)
• Tau Omicron (U of Tennessee Martin)
• Theta Iota (California State U San Marcos)

Excellence in Philanthropy

• Alpha Delta (U of Alabama)
• Alpha Pi (Florida State U)
• Alpha Rho (Oregon State U)
• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)
• Delta Theta (Texas Woman’s U)
• Kappa Omicron (Rhodes College)
• Lambda Iota (U of California, San Diego)
• Nu Beta (U of Mississippi)
• Omicron (U of Tennessee Knoxville)
• Pi Delta (U of Maryland)
• Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)
• Tau Omicron (U of Tennessee Martin)
• Theta Iota (California State U San Marcos)
• Xi (U of Oklahoma)

Excellence in Rituals

• Alpha Pi (Florida State U)
• Alpha Delta (U of Alabama)
• Chi Theta (Northeastern State U)
• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)
• Gamma Phi (Seton Hall U)
• Kappa Chi (Northwestern State U of Louisiana)
• Kappa Tau (Southeastern Louisiana U)
• Lambda Sigma (U of Georgia)
• Lambda Tau (U of Louisiana at Monroe)
• Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)
• Tau (U of Minnesota)
• Xi (U of Oklahoma)

Excellence in Wellness & Safety

• Alpha Chi (Western Kentucky U)
• Alpha Delta (U of Alabama)
• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)
• Gamma Alpha (George Mason U)
• Iota (U of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
• Iota Theta (Monmouth U)
• Kappa Omicron (Rhodes College)
• Kappa Tau (Southeastern Louisiana U)
• Lambda Sigma (U of Georgia)
• Xi Omicron (U of Arkansas)
• Zeta (U of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Outstanding AAC

• Alpha Pi (Florida State U)
• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)
• Delta Omega (Murray State U)
• Kappa Tau (Southeastern Louisiana U)
• Theta Iota (California State U San Marcos)
• Xi (U of Oklahoma)

Outstanding Leaders Council

• Alpha Delta (U of Alabama)
• Alpha Pi (Florida State U)
• Beta Phi (Indiana U)
• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)
• Epsilon Omega (Eastern Kentucky U)
• Gamma Alpha (George Mason U)
• Gamma Delta (U of South Alabama)
• Gamma Phi (Seton Hall U)
• Kappa Alpha (Indiana State U)
• Kappa Kappa (Ball State U)
• Lambda Tau (U of Louisiana at Monroe)
• Omicron (U of Tennessee Knoxville)
• Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)
• Tau (U of Minnesota)
• Theta Iota (California State U San Marcos)
• Xi (U of Oklahoma)
• Zeta (U of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Collegiate Philos

• Alpha Delta (U of Alabama)
• Alpha Pi (Florida State U)
• Beta Gamma (Michigan State U)
• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)
• Gamma (U of Maine)
• Gamma Delta (U of South Alabama)
• Kappa Tau (Southeastern Louisiana U)
• Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)
• Tau Omicron (U of Tennessee Martin)
• Xi (U of Oklahoma)
• Zeta (U of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Excellence in Academic Achievement

• Alpha (Columbia U)
• Alpha Phi (Montana State U)
• Epsilon Omega (Eastern Kentucky U)
• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)
• Iota Theta (Monmouth U)
• Kappa Kappa (Ball State U)
• Lambda Sigma (U of Georgia)
• Omicron (U of Tennessee Knoxville)
• Pi Delta (U of Maryland)
• Pi Theta (Florida International U)
• Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)
• Sigma Delta (Huntingdon College)
• Sigma Gamma (Appalachian State U)
• Sigma Rho (Slippery Rock U)
• Tau (U of Minnesota)
• Tau Omicron (U of Tennessee Martin)

2021 McCausland Cup

• Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)

Collegiate Chapter Excellence Awards

• Alpha Delta (U of Alabama)
• Beta Phi (Indiana U)
• Chi Lambda (U of Evansville)
• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)
• Delta Omega (Murray State U)
• Gamma Alpha (George Mason U)
• Kappa Kappa (Ball State U)
• Omicron (U of Tennessee Knoxville)
• Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)
• Xi (U of Oklahoma)
• Zeta (U of Nebraska-Lincoln)

2021 JWH Cup

• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State U)

AOII Foundation Awards

2021 Barbara Daugs Hunt Award

• Linda Swartz Grandolfo, Nu Iota (Northern Illinois U)

Foundation Fundraising Awards

Alumnae Chapters

• Chicago West Suburban
• Toledo Area

Collegiate Chapters

Campuses with 1-5 NPC chapters:

• Delta Epsilon (Jacksonville State University)

Campuses with 6-9 NPC chapters:

• Rho Omicron (Middle Tennessee State U)

Campuses with 10 or more NPC chapters:

• Nu Beta (U of Mississippi)