National Awards
Triangle’s National Awards recognize active chapters for their accomplishments, improvement, and achievements while individual students, alumni, and volunteers are honored for their leadership, dedication, and service to the fraternity. Fraternity awards are divided into two groups – Chapter Awards and Individual Awards. Triangle Education Foundation and Triangle Building & Housing Corporation awards all are chapter focused.
2021 Award Winners
| Chapter Awards | |
| Top Chapters Top four Triangle chapters, based on annual assessment scores and submission of Building Better Men Award materials. |
Iowa State Chapter Michigan State Chapter Ohio State Chapter Wisconsin Chapter |
| Outstanding Chapter Operations | Iowa State Chapter |
| Honorable Mention: | Michigan Chapter Michigan State Chapter Pittsburgh Chapter |
| Outstanding Recruitment & Retention | Cincinnati Chapter |
| Honorable Mention: | Clemson Chapter Iowa State Chapter Wisconsin Chapter |
| Outstanding National Involvement | Minnesota Chapter |
| Honorable Mention: | Colorado State Chapter Nebraska Chapter Ohio State Chapter |
| Outstanding Risk Reduction & Education | Penn State Behrend Chapter |
| Honorable Mention: | Ohio State Chapter Utah Chapter Univ. of Washington Chapter |
| Outstanding Campus Involvement | Toledo Chapter |
| Honorable Mention: | Cal Poly Pomona Chapter Kentucky Chapter Purdue Chapter |
| Outstanding Philanthropy & Service | Kentucky Chapter |
| Honorable Mention: | Louisville Chapter Michigan Chapter Minnesota Chapter |
| Individual Awards | |
| Chapter President of the Year | Greyson Meyers, Michigan State ’18 |
| Senior of the Year | Brenden Post, Toledo 18 |
| Brother of the Year | Thomas Balaj, Ohio State ’17 |
| Executive Board Member of the Year | Logan Crawfis, Toledo ’19 |
| Chapter Advisor of the Year | Joe Kay, Ohio State ’13 |
| Outstanding Young Alumnus | Jacob Rausch, Toledo ’12 |
| Outstanding Engineer, Architect, Scientist | Michael Hilyard, Toledo ’18 |
| Living Your Values Award | Conner Mears, Michigan State ’18 (active) Jim Lindle, Louisville ’80 (alumnus) |
| Outstanding Philanthropy & Service | David Gunger, Iowa State ’19 |
| 2021 Brothers of Distinction Recognizing individual actives and alumni who have made a major impact on their chapters and/or Triangle Fraternity. |
Thomas Basala, Michigan Tech ’19 Spencer Carter, Kentucky ’13 Jason Chung, ucla ’17 Andy Cook, Penn State ’17 Jonathan deMelo, Clemson ’16 Antonio Fajardo, MSOE ’16 Alex Faucz, Iowa State ’17 Kyle Godfrey, Penn State Behrend ’16 Connor Gronski, South Dakota Mines ’16 Jacob Harding, Kansas ’17 Dillon Hensley, VCU ’15 Jake Hoppert, Michigan State ’10 Tristan Hull, Oklahoma ’18 Joseph Kay, Ohio State ’13 Paulo Kodaira, Armour ’17 Kevin Kohmescher, Cincinnati ’17 Matthew LaCorte, Charlotte ’16 Bill Laitar, Illinois ’18 Michael Lambert, Minnesota ’16 Cary Laxer, Rose Tech ’88 Joberto Lee, UC-Irvine ’16 Evan Mackes, Colorado State ’14 Adam Malagari, Pittsburgh ’17 Pat McCarthy, Purdue ’86 Michael Molzon, Virginia Tech ’18 Bernard Muransky, UWM ’17 Cordaro Murry-Howard, Toledo ’15 Patrick Render, Washington ’18 Carlos Shalash, Cal Poly Pomona ’17 Ryan Skop, Michigan ’17 Christopher Tatsuguchi, Wisconsin ’13 Eric Thomsen, Nebraska ’06 Dakota Turlington, Missouri Mines ’18 Daniel Wei, Louisville ’18 |
| Triangle Education Foundation Awards | |
| Kahlert Academic Excellence Awards | |
| First Place | Michigan Tech – 3.65 GPA |
| Second Place | Illinois Chapter – 3.59 GPA |
| Third Place | Pittsburgh Chapter – 3.57 GPA |
| Most Improved Academic Performance | Cal-Poly Pomona Chapter – 2.62 to 3.14 GPA |
| Honorable Mention: | Ohio State Chapter – 3.47 GPA Penn State Behrend Chapter – 3.45 GPA |
| Larry and Judy Garatoni Building Better Men Program Awards |
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| First Place ($100,000) | Michigan State Chapter |
| Second Place ($25,000) | Wisconsin Chapter |
| Rattle Award ($25,000) New/Young Chapter | Univ. of Washington Chapter |
| Building & Housing Corporation Awards | |
| Property Improvment Contest | |
| First Place ($1,500) | Iowa State Chapter |
| Second Place ($750) | Toledo Chapter |
| Third Place ($250) | Wisconsin Chapter |