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Pi Kappa Alpha International Awards are in bold

Robert Adger Smythe Awards are bold and underlined

2009-2010

-Pi Kappa Alpha Robert Adger Smythe Award (top 5% Pike chapter in the country)

- Pi Kappa Alpha Chapter Excellence Award

- Pi Kappa Alpha Ritual Award (#1 out of 307 chapters)

- 100% Phi Phi Kappa Alpha Participation

- Pike University 25 Man Commitment

- Pi Kappa Alpha Scholarship Plaque

- Pi Kappa Alpha International Work Day Award

- 27 men signed

- $17,830 raised for chairty

- 3,799 hours of comunity service

- IFC Oustanding Community Builder Award (Patrick Horton)

- 100% Campus Involvement

- Overall Intramural Champions

- 7 varsity athletes

- 2.91 Fall GPA

- 3.03 Spring GPA

- Prominent members on ASWSU, IFC, Greek Standards Board, ZZU Crew, Greek Week Council, IFC Recruitment, Murrow College of Education, KUGR Radio, Cable 8

2008-2009

- 31 men signed

- Pi Kappa Alpha Chapter Excellence Award

- Pi Kappa Alpha Scholarship Plaque

- Pike University 25 Man Commitment

- Over $10,000 donated to charity

- 2,500 hours of community service

- IFC Best Overall Scholarship Program

- IFC Best Overall Community Service/Philanthropy Effort

- IFC Outstanding Committee Member (Michael Noland)

- 2.84 Fall gpa (6th out of 25)

- 3.09 Spring gpa (2nd out of 25)

- Fall 2008 Intramural Champions

- Prominent members on Student Conduct Board, ASWSU, IFC, Greek Standards Board, Finance Club, ZZU Crew, and Greek Week Council

- 4 varsity/club athletes

- 2 Mortar Board Outstanding Freshman Scholar awards (Zeke Evers and Scott Downs)

2007-2008

- 36 men signed
- $15,040 raised for charity
- 1,744 hours of community service
- Fall semester/Spring semester/Overall Intramural Champions (90-36 overall record)
- 2.95 gpa (higher than all fraternity gpa)

- Pi Kappa Alpha National House of the Quarter Award Winner

- Pi Kappa Alpha Ritual Award (#1 out of 207 chapters)

- Pi Kappa Alpha International Work Day Award
- 5 varsity/club athletes
- IFC Chapter President of the Year
- IFC Outstanding New Member
- Prominent members on IFC, Greek Standards Board, Finance Club, and Student Conduct Board

2006-2007
- 30 men signed
- 3.03 gpa
- Over 1,000 hours of community service
- Intramural champions (57-30 overall record)
- Pi Kappa Alpha 20/20 Recruitment Award
- Pi Kappa Alpha Scholarship Plate (over 3.0 chapter gpa)
- 5 varsity/club athletes
- Finance Club President
- Greek Week Greek God

2005-2006
- 21 men signed
- 5 varsity/club athletes
- Intramural Champions (93-45 overall record)
- Relay for Life sponsors

2004-2005
- 24 men signed
- 4 varsity/club athletes
- Freshman All-American Football Team (Ropati Pitoitua)
- ASWSU Committee member
- 2 Pi Kappa Alpha Educational Foundation Scholarship recipients

2003-2004
- 24 men signed

2002-2003
No records from this time period

2001-2002
No records from this time period

2000-2001
- 40 men signed
- 10 varsity/club athletes
- Pi Kappa Alpha Northwest Regional President
- 2.80 gpa (higher than all fraternity gpa)
- 1,194 community service hours
- $13,840 raised for charity
- Pi Kappa Alpha Chapter Excellence Award
- Pike Northwest Region Man Miles Award
- Pike Northwest Region Rush Award
- Pike Northwest Region Community Service Award
- Pike Northwest Region Housing Award
- Pike Northwest Region Alumni Relations Award
- Pi Kappa Alpha William R. Nester Award (Most Outstanding Alumni Association)

1999-2000
- 44 men signed
- 9 varsity/club athletes
- Finance Club President, two members on IFC Rush Committee
- $26,778 raised for charity
- 1,959 hours of community service
- IFC Most Outstanding Pledge Education Program
- IFC Outstanding New Member
- IFC Outstanding Athletics Award
- IFC Outstanding Philanthropy Award
- IFC Outstanding Programming Award
- IFC Outstanding New Member Education Award
- IFC Outstanding Public Relations Award
- Pike Northwest Region Rush Award
- Pike Northwest Region Alumni Relations Award
- Pike Northwest Region Housing Award
- Pike Northwest Region Community Service Award
- Pi Kappa Alpha 100 Man Chapter Award
- Pi Kappa Alpha National House of the Quarter Award Winner
- Pi Kappa Alpha William R. Nester Award Winner (Most Outstanding Alumni Association)
- Pi Kappa Alpha Community Service Award
- Pi Kappa Alpha Man Miles Award
- Pi Kappa Alpha Most Outstanding Campus Involvement Program
- Pi Kappa Alpha Chapter Excellence Award

1998-1999
- Pike Northwest Region Community Service Award
- Pike Northwest Region Outstanding Rush Award
- Pike Northwest Region Alumni Relations Award
- Pike Northwest Region Excellence Award
- Pike Northwest Region Outstanding Chapter Advisor
- Pike Northwest Regional Vice President
- Pi Kappa Alpha William R. Nester Award (Most Outstanding Alumni Association)
- Pi Kappa Alpha Campus Involvement Award
- Pi Kappa Alpha Community Service Award
- Pi Kappa Alpha Man Miles Award
- Pi Kappa Alpha Robert Adger Smythe Award (top 5% Pike chapter in the country)

1997-1998
- Pi Kappa Alpha Most Outstanding Community Service Program
- Pi Kappa Alpha Excellence Award
- Pi Kappa Alpha Robert Adger Smythe Award (top 5% Pike chapter in the country)

1996-1997
- Pi Kappa Alpha Man Miles Award

PRE - 1996

NO COMPLETE RECORDS FROM 1929-1996

Gamma Xi History

Gamma Xi can trace it origins to the local fraternity, Phi Epsilon, which was founded on November 21, 1922. Afer six years of active petitioning Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Epsilon was granted its charter as Gamma Xi on October 26, 1929. The Pi Kap Building Association was established Ma6 6, 1930 and is designed to act as a board of trustees who oversee the finances and maintain the property on which the chapter resides.

In 1932 member Sidwell Collins was killed in a car accident in Spokane. The following year his father, Dr. I.S. Collins, donated part of his book collection to begin a library in memory of his son. By 1937 he had donated more volumes and had established a trust account. At this time, the collection was acclaimed as one of the most outstanding fraternity collections in the country. The orignal collection included two personally autographed original volumes by Mark Twain as well as other priceless volumes and collections.

In 1953, fire destroyed the front portion of the chapter house, now at its present location of 710 NE California Street. Along with the loss of the house, a large portion of the Sidwell Collins Library was also lost. During the years of 1954 through 1958 there is little record of the activities of Gamma Xi, until 1959 when brother Bob Patrick ('54) was elected as ASWSU President.

The early 90's was a turning point in Gamma Xi history as brother Scott "Jive" Stewart headed the plans to renovate and add a new wing on to the back side of the house. May 14, 1991 marked the ground breaking for the new addition which makes Gamma Xi one of the largest fraternities at WSU. The two new hallways were aptly named after Scott "Jive" Stewart as "Upper Jive" and "Lower Jive". A 4,000 squre foot recreation room was also built underground that has housed many memorable social functions.

Following the remodel of the chapter house, Gamma Xi was the top rushing house on campus and by 1997 was over a 100 man chapter. Since 1997, Gamma Xi has won two Robert Adger Smythe Awards which awards the top 5% of Pi Kappa Alpha Chapters as being the best overall Pike chapters. During this last decade, Gamma Xi has also been recognized multiple times as top five in the country for pledge education, alumni relations, membership education, rush, housing, and community service.

Background of Pi Kappa Alpha

Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity is an international, secret, social, Greek-letter, college Fraternity. It was founded at 47 West Range at the University of Virginia on March 1, 1868.

Pi Kappa Alpha is an international brotherhood composed of 201 student chapters, 7 colonies, and 119 alumni associations. The Fraternity has more than 220,000 initiated members and has maintained the largest average chapter and pledge class size of any international fraternity for most of the past 20 years. Pi Kappa Alpha, through its members, has donated millions of dollars to philanthropic causes and community organizations across North America. Pi Kappa Alpha's vision is to "set the standard of integrity, intellect, and achievement for our members, host institutions, and the communities in which we live."

Six men are generally recognized as the Fraternity's founders in 1868 - Frederick Southgate Taylor, Robertson Howard, Julian Edward Wood, James Benjamin Sclater Jr., Littleton Waller Tazewell (Bradford) and William Alexander. (Only four were present at the first meeting and Alexander's membership was subject to a vote.) The reason for their desire to start a fraternity is eloquently described in Pi Kappa Alpha's preamble: "For the establishment of friendship on a firmer and more lasting basis; for the promotion of brotherly love and kind feeling; for the mutual benefit and advancement of the interests of those with whom we sympathize and deem worthy of our regard; We have resolved to form a Fraternity; believing that, thus we can most successfully accomplish our object."