Each Southwest District Chapter fulfilling the following criteria shall be eligible to apply for the D.O. Wiley Award at the annual District Convention.

  1. Complete on-time transaction of the Chapter Summary Report for the previous year
  2. Complete on-time transaction of the Chapter Personnel Report for the current year
  3. Complete on-time transaction of the Fall Activity Report for the current year
  4. Complete on-time transaction of any Membership Candidate Registration forms submitted between District Conventions
  5. Complete on-time transaction of any Initiate Registration forms submitted between District Conventions
  6. Clear all financial obligations to National Headquarters by January 1
  7. Be in good standing with the Fraternity for the entirety of the time period between the close of the previous year’s District Convention and the close of the current year’s District Convention
  8. Submit a Southwest District Chapter Delegate/Proxy Form no later than two (2) weeks prior to a regularly-scheduled District Convention

Criteria 1 through 5 shall be determined by the status listed in OPUS.

Each chapter wishing to apply must electronically submit its Southwest District Awards Application to the District President and Governors no later than two (2) weeks prior to convention. The District President and Governors shall be responsible for distributing applications to the appropriate committee members.

Completed applications shall include the following materials:

  • Cover sheet
  • Table of contents
  • Completed Fact Sheet/Questionnaire
  • Completed application sections for all awards for which the chapter is applying
  • Recommendation letters from the Chapter Sponsor and the Director of Bands (if Sponsor and DOB are the same person, one letter will suffice)
  • Other pertinent information such as pictures, projects, summaries, articles, completed applications for other awards and honors, additional recommendation letters, etc.

Each chapter seeking the award shall give a presentation of no more than five (5) minutes and will entertain questions from the Chapter Leadership Committee for an additional five (5) minutes. Each Chapter will be allowed a total of three Brothers to present for the Committee.

Failure to abide by these rules and criteria will render the chapter ineligible for consideration for the D.O. Wiley Award.

Past Recipients

1991 | Alpha Omicron, Texas Tech University

1992 | Alpha Omicron, Texas Tech University

1993 | Lambda, University of Arkansas

1994 | Beta Sigma, University of Houston

1995 | Delta Sigma, University of Texas at Arlington

1996 | Beta Gamma, Louisiana State University

1997 | Iota Upsilon, McNeese State University

1998 | Lambda, University of Arkansas

1999 | Gamma Theta, East Central University

2000 | Theta Phi, Henderson State University

2001 | Alpha Rho, Northeastern State University

2002 | Gamma Phi, Stephen F. Austin State University

2003 | Lambda, University of Arkansas

2004 | Gamma Phi, Stephen F. Austin State University

2005 | Delta Sigma, University of Texas at Arlington

2006 | Delta Sigma, University of Texas at Arlington

2007 | Delta Sigma, University of Texas at Arlington

2008 | Beta Gamma, Louisiana State University

2009 | Lambda, University of Arkansas

2010 | Delta Sigma, University of Texas at Arlington

2011 | Zeta Beta, Howard Payne University

2012 | Theta Phi, Henderson State University

2013 | Delta, University of Oklahoma

2014 | Delta, University of Oklahoma

2015  | Delta, University of Oklahoma

2016  | Zeta Beta, Howard Payne University

2017 | Zeta Beta, Howard Payne University

2018 | Zeta Kappa, Texas A&M University-Commerce

2019 | Delta Sigma, University of Texas at Arlington

2020 | Epsilon Beta, University of Central Arkansas

2021 | Alpha Chi, The University of Texas at El Paso

2022 | Rho, Tulane University

2023 | Not Awarded

2024 | Delta, University of Oklahoma