The UTM chapter of Kappa Alpha Order brought home three awards this summer at the National Leadership Institute, held in Austin, Texas.

The awards were based on the chapter’s performance and achievements during the past year.

The three awards were: best T-Shirt award, recruitment award and the highly prestigious Samuel Zenas Ammen Award for excellence.

The Ammen is awarded to the top 20 chapters in the nation. The award is given to chapters for having well-rounded chapters all year. This is the first Ammen that Delta Upsilon has won since 1997.

“We are very proud to have won an Ammen. It justifies all the hard work that we have put into the past year,” said Bo Mantooth, chapter president.

The national recruitment award is given to the chapter that has excelled the most in chapter recruitment during the past year. The award recognizes chapters that have maintained focus on recruiting new members as well as retaining a high percentage of new members.

“With an action plan for recruitment that details every step of the process, each brother is always clear on his role and responsibilities, and it was the fulfillment of those obligations that boosted KA to its banner recruitment year,” said Eric Callis, KA recruitment chair.

The T-shirt award is given to the chapter with the best original T-shirt design. The winning design is for the MDA Trip Give-A-Way shirt (KA’s annual fund-raiser to benefit MDA).

KA also finished 13th of 134 chapters in total funds raised for MDA.

Bo Mantooth and Eric Callis attended NLI representing the brothers of KA. G. Scott Morris and John Frye also accompanied the two as alumni representatives.