National Awards & Distinctions

Balfour Trophy

1948
1949
1950-51

Distinguished Service to Music Medal

1973 – D.O. Wiley – Field of Fraternity Service
1995 – James Sudduth – Field of Concert Band
2001 – Keith Bearden – Field of Marching Band

NIB F. Lee Bowling Participation Award

1949
1991

William A. Scroggs Founder’s Trophy

1995 – 1997 Biennium

Bohumil Makovsky Memorial

1979 – D.O. Wiley

J. Lee Burke Student Achievement Award

2000 – Russell Hulme

Silver Baton Award

2000 – Michael Blass

D.O. Wiley Award

1991
1992

Chapter Awards

Paul T. Coe Outstanding Active Award

The first Best Active Award was given to Bob Peterman in the 1953 – 54 school year. The following year, Gerald Harris was Chosen as Best Active. Several years passed before the chapter decided to give the award on an annual basis. In 1988, the award was renamed the Paul T. Coe Memorial in memory of charter member Paul Coe who died in a Japanese POW camp in World War II.

Heath Denton Outstanding Candidate Award

Recognizing the importance of membership education, Alpha Omicron presents a plaque to the best candidate of each candidate class. The idea first started in 1947, but was not carried out for several years. In 1960, the chapter decided that the award should be presented after each candidate class.

In the fall of 1994, Alpha Omicron suffered its worst tragedy in its 50 plus years of existence. For the first time, a brother died while still active as a member of the chapter. Brother Heath Denton was killed on October 29, 1994, hours after what was one of the biggest joys of the marching season, a victory in football over the University of Texas. Because of the closeness which the entire chapter experienced in order to survive this trauma, Alpha Omicron chose to recognize the entire chapter for the strength it displayed. Therefore, the entire chapter shared the Paul T. Coe Memorial Award for that semester.

In loving memory of Brother Denton, and to honor the legacy of brotherhood and service which he brought to Kappa Kappa Psi and the Tech Band, Alpha Omicron chose to honor that memory by renaming the best candidate award as The Heath Denton Memorial Outstanding Candidate Award.