2024 Individual Award Finalists

Each year, Pi Phi proudly recognizes members who exemplify our core values through exceptional service, leadership and sisterhood. We are honored to introduce the finalists for our 2024 individual awards. Congratulations to these inspiring Pi Phi sisters!
 

Amy Burnham Onken Award for Outstanding Scholarship & Campus & Community Leadership

The Amy Burnham Onken Award recognizes an initiated member in the senior class who has best lived up to the Pi Beta Phi qualities of excellent scholarship, outstanding campus participation and community service during their collegiate career. The following members have been selected as finalists. 

Caroline Champaigne, Florida Beta  
Caroline Rogerson, Arkansas Alpha 
Colleen Whittaker, New York Epsilon 
Ella Wittmuss, South Dakota Alpha 
Lizzy Nguyen, Virginia Theta 
Reese Black, South Carolina Beta 
 

Chapter Service Award for Outstanding Servant Leadership

The Chapter Service Award recognizes an initiated member of the senior class who has demonstrated consistent and dedicated service to the chapter throughout their collegiate years with emphasis on service to the Fraternity. The following members have been selected as finalists. 

Carlin Sekhani-Matthews, Louisiana Beta 
Genna Sibigtroth, Indiana Gamma 
Shea Simons, California Delta 
 

Jean Wirths Scott Leadership Award for Outstanding Change Leadership

The Jean Wirths Scott Leadership Award recognizes a junior or senior who has served on Executive Council or the Collegiate Panhellenic Council, and has served in an exemplary manner in the performance of their duties. The following members have been selected as finalists. 

Kenna Lake, Oklahoma Beta 
Madison Enos, Connecticut Gamma 
Nellani Sullivan, Mississippi Beta
 

Silver Slipper Award – Excellence of a Chapter Vice President Finance/Housing

The Silver Slipper Award honors a past Grand Treasurer, who coincidentally had a love of shoes. The award recognizes a Vice President Finance/Housing who has demonstrated excellence in their role. The following members have been selected as finalists. 

Lily Hudson, Oklahoma Beta 
Lucille Lunsford, Texas Eta  
Victoria Saucedo-Garcia, California Xi 


Carol Inge Warren Award for Outstanding Alumnae Advisory Committee (AAC) Advisor

The Carol Inge Warren Award recognizes an AAC Advisor who promoted and demonstrated excellence in guiding, mentoring and serving the chapter. The following members have been selected as finalists. 

Haley Hatchell Heiche, Alabama Beta 
   Advising Tennessee Beta

Lauren O’Donnell, Virginia Zeta
   Advising New York Epsilon

Mary-Keeley McAllister Smith, Alabama Beta
   Advising Alabama Beta


Emma Harper Turner Leadership Award

The Emma Harper Turner Leadership Award is presented to an individual alumna who provided exceptional leadership that contributed to the success of their alumnae club on the local level. The following members have been selected as finalists. 

Bethany Sage Curtis, Pennsylvania Zeta
   Nominated by the St. Louis, Missouri, Alumnae Club

Elizabeth Scheffel Langford, Nebraska Gamma
   Nominated by the Phoenix, Arizona, Alumnae Club

Kacie Baldwin, Idaho Alpha
   Nominated by the Seattle, Washington, Alumnae Club
 

Evelyn Peters Kyle Angel Award for Club Service

The Evelyn Peters Kyle Angel Award is presented to an individual alumna who has served their alumnae club by performing those duties that often go unrecognized but serve to enhance the success of an alumnae club. The following members have been selected as finalists. 

Ann Flachmann Babington, Indiana Epsilon
   Nominated by the St. Louis, Missouri, Alumnae Club 

Chelsea Zarnowski, Washington Gamma
   Nominated by the Seattle, Washington, Alumnae Club

Heather Fitch Ragsdale, Tennessee Beta
   Nominated by the Dallas, Texas, Alumnae Club

Janice Worthington Lisko, Oklahoma Beta
   Nominated by the Richardson-Plano, Texas, Alumnae Club

Lori Duncan Montiverdi, West Virginia Alpha
   Nominated by the Bostonian, Massachusetts, Alumnae Club 


Young Alumna Achievement Award

The Young Alumna Achievement Award is presented to an alumna who has graduated college within the last 15 years and has demonstrated that Pi Phi is a Lifelong Commitment through their involvement in an alumnae club, AAC or Chapter House Corporation. The following members have been selected as finalists. 

Amanda Rychtanek Hanus, Indiana Theta
   Nominated by the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Alumnae Club

Sarah Hyman, Ohio Lambda
   Nominated by the Bostonian, Massachusetts, Alumnae Club


Award winners will be announced at Pi Beta Phi’s 75th Biennial Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, from June 19-21. Carolyn Helman Lichtenberg Crest Award winners will be announced on social media on May 19.


Published May 5, 2025