What a RUSH!

Brothers,

2024 was quite a recruitment year for our chapter!

Signing Day this summer was held at our chapter home in Stillwater on June 29th. We were excited to see most of the Brotherhood that traveled to Stillwater with around half of the active chapter in attendance, if not more. Future candidates from Oklahoma City, Edmond, Tulsa, Texas, California, North Carolina, and Kansas all made the trip to officially celebrate their signing to Sigma Nu. Congrats to the newly signed Potential New Members of PC '24!

In addition to the 47 Potential Candidates we have already signed, Oklahoma State has now introduced a week of formal recruitment in the fall. It is for freshmen from out of state or kids who did not take part in the traditional summer rush. Our Rush Teams are excited to see if we can add other qualfied emerging leaders during that week.

This list of Potential Candidates:

Avin McGuire - Tulsa, Oklahoma
Baylor Pense - Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bekk LeBlanc - San Diego, California
Ben Heefner - Blanchard, Oklahoma
Bennett Stephenson - McKinney, Texas
Camden Brookover - Tulsa, Oklahoma
Caleb Lavine - Edmond, Oklahoma
Caynen David - Muskogee, Oklahoma
Chase Kirby - Bixby, Oklahoma
Charlie Bigbie - Tyler, Texas
Charlie Sutherland - Wichita, Kansas
Cole Hove - Fort Worth, Texas
Cole Sandefur - Aledo, Texas
Cole Wipfli - Midwest City, Oklahoma
Davis Reents - Hobart, Oklahoma
Diego Blanco - The Woodlands, Texas
Drew Bray - Houston, Texas
Emery Holder - Denver, Colorado
Evan Grimsley - Richardson, Texas
Garret Willingham - Chattanooga, Tennessee
Gavin Peterson - Houston, Texas
Gavin Pullins - Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Grant McGowan - Frisco, Texas
Hayden Harz - Greensville, North Carolina
Hayes Patrick - Flower Mound, Texas
Hayes Scheonfeldt - Kansas City, Kansas
Jack Davis - Jenks, Oklahoma
Jack Harris - Kiefer, Oklahoma
Jackson Parker - Aledo, Texas
Joe Bisso - The Woodlands, Texas
Maddox Birdsong - Newcastle, Oklahoma
Maddox Miller - Booker, Texas
Max Radonich - San Diego, California
Oliver Morgan - Edmond, Oklahoma
Owen Peterson - Aledo, Texas
Tanner Mulick - St. Louis, Missouri
Tad Kovarik - Orm, Nebraska
Tate Navin - Richardson, Texas
Teagan Ghilcrest - Fairview
Todd Drummond - Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Toby Parker - Elgin, Oklahoma
Trenton Womack - Wichita, Kansas
Vaughn Brown - Littleton, Colorado
Will Adams - Kiefer, Oklahoma
Zeke Camp - Tulsa, Oklahoma

THANK YOU Rush Teams and Rush Advisors/Alumni

Brothers Lukas Garzke (EE 2778) and Maddox Trent (EE 2786) served as our Tulsa and Oklahoma City Rush Chairmen for the Summer of 2024, and the active chapter thanks them for their hard work to help build the future of the new house in PC '24. They were tasked with selecting Rush teams and planning events all summer. Rush would not have been possible without their time and effort this summer. Thank you also to the Rush team members in Oklahoma City and Tulsa for their help in prospecting and making decisions all summer.

Rush would also never be possible without the impact and time given by our alumni, including our Rush Advisors that have made an impact on the Rush Teams this summer. The active chapter extends gratitude towards Brothers Kelly Miller (EE 1592), Steve Brown (EE 1026), Trey Finn (EE 2638) and Eric Flores (EE 2672) for their guidance in helping the Rush Chairmen and teams to make the best decisions and plan the best events all summer. Alumni involvement makes Sigma Nu Rush stand out, and hearing words from those who have gone through their collegiate years with Sigma Nu only shows the candidates more about why they should be a Sigma Nu. Thank you to the alumni for a great summer and for any other alumni who helped host Rush events in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Dallas, and anywhere else.

Congratulations!

We are thrilled to announce that former Commander and graduating senior, G. Dare Lovett IV (EE 2726, A 702), has been selected as a 2024 Alpha Chapter Award recipient.

In 1962, Brother Ora Baldinger, an Alpha Chapter initiate at VMI, proposed the Alpha Affiliate Award, inspired by a 1909 conversation with Founder Hopkins who urged, “Don’t ever let Alpha Chapter die.” Although VMI later abolished fraternities, Baldinger created the award to honor Hopkins’ wish.

The Alpha Affiliate Award program was established to honor the Fraternity’s most outstanding graduating seniors by assigning them an Alpha Chapter initiate number in recognition of their achievements. Each academic year, only ten exceptional seniors from across the nation are selected to receive this prestigious honor..