2018 Carlson Award Recipients

Alumni and Volunteer Corporation Operational Excellence Award

Chapter Home of the Year Award

Distinguished Alumnus Award

Donald Burgio, Rensselaer ’89
Joseph Burke, Central Missouri ’69
Adam Fowler, Arkansas Tech ’03
Christopher Hester, Louisiana State ’05
Matt Hillerud, North Dakota ’04
Edward Kaplan, Connecticut ’88
John Kolinofsky, North Texas ’04
Kevin Maguire, Michigan Tech ’83
James Reeves, Central Missouri ’80
Alexander Straatmann, Nebraska-Kearney ’00
John Waggoner, Ohio State ’70

Donald C. McCleary Excellence in Member Development Award

Excelsior Award

Academics
Cal State-Northridge | California Sigma
Virginia Tech SEC
Western Kentucky | Kentucky Delta

Finances
Austin Peay State | Tennessee Eta RLC
Utah State | Utah Alpha
Valparaiso | Indiana Zeta RLC
Washington-St. Louis SEC

Housing
Lawrence Tech | Michigan Theta RLC
Stevens | New Jersey Alpha RLC
Westminster | Pennsylvania Lambda

Member Development
Pepperdine | California Psi RLC
West Chester | Pennsylvania Tau

Member Safety
Drake | Iowa Delta RLC
Northern Iowa | Iowa Theta

Standards & Accountability
California-Riverside | California Beta Gamma
Huntington | Alabama Zeta
Louisville | Kentucky Beta RLC

Volunteers
Rensselaer | New York Delta
Southern Mississippi | Mississippi Gamma

Exemplary Service Award

Raymond Ackerman, Oklahoma ’77
Michael Ellis, Purdue ’84
Richard Slimmer, Muhlenberg ’75
Stephen Shewbrooks, Florida ’66
Ron Smith, San Diego State ’69

Frank J. Ruck Leadership Award

Kyle Bergen, Toledo ’18
Joseph Bucci, West Chester ’18
Caleb Coomes, Murray State ’19
Creighton | Nebraska Delta
Matthew Dutcher, Nevada-Reno ’19
Florida | Florida Alpha
Connor Hoffman, Montana State ’18
Samad Khan, Connecticut ’17
Michel Russo, Georgia ’18
Logan Wilcox, Missouri S&T ’19

Hoop of Steel Society Award

J. Edward Zollinger Outstanding Senior Award

William Armstrong, Southern Methodist ’18
Walker Barnum, Elon ’18
Vincent Cardamone, Cleveland State ’18
Tony Fakhouri, Lawrence Tech, ’18
Hunter Flesch, Northern Iowa ’18
Patrick Githens, West Chester ’18
Zachary Goldstein, Loyola Marymount ’18
Patrick Goodrich, Florida ’18
Evan Grosch, Missouri State ’18
Jake Guhy, Louisville ’17
Rohan Iyer, Georgia Tech ’17
Luke Jansen, SIU-Edwardsville ’18
Maxwell Kuhn, Kansas State ’18
Nicholas Lajoie, Maine ’18
Colter Merritt, Utah ’17
Ryan Pitzer, Washington State ’17
Daniel Rivera, Arkansas Tech
Matthew Rowe, Virginia Tech ’18
Mitchell Schellenger, California-Berkeley ’18
Justin Vann, Central Missouri ’17

Outstanding New Volunteer Award

Vikki Blakeman (Morehead State)
Kevin Connelly, Delaware ’15
John Fritz, Wyoming ’16
Ryan Hamrick, Illinois ’16
Holly Lovern (Duke)
Brian Michalka, Rensselaer ’16
David Newman, Oklahoma ’85
Jeffrey Nolz, South Dakota State ’03
Tyler Olsen, Truman State ’10
Rocky Radeff, Westminster ’14
Joaquin Razo, Sacramento State ’09
Shannon Taylor (Loyola Marymount)
Chloe Webb (West Chester)

Talent Power Award

University Partners of the Year

Byron Hughes – Virginia Tech, Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life LaMont Johnson – Louisville, Student Outreach and Engagement Coordinator
Douglas Garrard – Texas-Austin, Associate Vice President for Campus Life and Senior Associate Dean of Students
Lori McDonald – Utah, Dean of Students
Simon Ruchti – West Chester, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies

Volunteer of the Year Award

Matthew Blecke, Cincinnati ’95 (Toledo)
Steven Caloiaro, Nevada-Reno ’08
Steve Dimirsky, Muhlenberg ’01
Jamiil Gaston, Lawrence Tech ’12
Robert Gibbs, San Diego State ’63
Carlton Gover, Radford ’16 (Wyoming)
Mark Kieslor, Tampa ’09 (Florida Atlantic AVC)
Andrew King, Wichita State ’01
David Mangian, Illinois ’06
Greg Pestinger, Kansas State ’86 (Louisville AVC)
Cody Rapp, Clarion ’12
J. Michael Reddout, Oklahoma State ’85
Allen Robie, Colorado ’82
Chris Sacra, Jacksonville ’98 (Old Dominion)
Michael Schmidt, Missouri S&T ’75
Tony Whalen, Rider ’97