Delta Sigma Chop
Official Publication of Lambda Chi Alpha
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Pictured above are the brothers and some alumni of the Delta Sigma Zeta celebrating after having just received their charter. Also
represented is the Bradley Cup which had just been won weeks prior.
New Brothers……………………………………………………….………Pg. 2
Officers………………………………………………………….……………..Pg. 2
Featured Undergrad……………………………………………………..Pg. 2
Watermelon Bust/ Officer Thoughts …………..…………………Pg. 3
Awards of Brothers…………………………………………………….…Pg. 4
Alumni News/Donations/Website/Bradley Cup…………….Pg. 5
Lost Brothers…………………………………………………………………Pg. 6
Recruitment 2014
All alumni are highly encouraged
to send in any info on possible
recruits for Lambda Chi Alpha.
Information can be sent to:
ata7975@uncw.edu
ΔΣ 229 Tavaris Avery
ΔΣ 230 Gregory Biggers
ΔΣ 231 James Cronberger
ΔΣ 232 Sal D’Angelo
ΔΣ 233 Stephen Tanner
ΔΣ 234 Alex Taylor
ΔΣ 235 Alex Tierney
ΔΣ 236 Foster Vaughn
ΔΣ 237 Blake Vickers
ΔΣ 238 Reese Waltson
ΔΣ 239 Matthew Mahoney
High Alpha: ΔΣ 219 Alfred Addey
High Beta: ΔΣ 225 Benjamin Rose
High Theta: ΔΣ 180 Jeren Hernandez
High Gamma: ΔΣ 209 Brandon Suther
High Tau: ΔΣ 232 Sal D’Angelo
High Iota: ΔΣ 233 Stephen Tanner
High Kappa: ΔΣ 197 Landon Simmons
High Delta: ΔΣ 216 Hayden McMahan
High Phi: ΔΣ 214 Matthew Case
High Sigma: ΔΣ 229 Tavaris Avery
High Epsilon: ΔΣ 224 Timothy Quinn
High Rho: ΔΣ 196 Brendan Warner
High Pi: Jeromy Forshee
Brother Zach
Bailey was born in
Clarksville, Maryland. Zach
has one older brother
named Alex. Zach
graduated from River Hill
High School in 2012. Zach is
If you are interested in the Alumni Advisory
Board then please contact Zachary Ambrose at
zga7318@gmail.com.
a current sophomore at
UNCW who is trying to
receive a double major in
film and business. His
reason for joining Lambda
Chi Alpha was because “My
RA introduced me to it,
Greg [Cottingham, ΔΣ 191].
All the guys seemed really
chill and diverse.” When
asked what his most
memorable moment was
from his AM semester was
he stated “during Pre-I, the
event on the beach was
memorable to me (Burning
of the Faults).” Zach was
then initiated as the 211th
member of the Delta Sigma
Zeta. During his time as a
Lambda Chi Alpha, Zach’s
favorite moments have been
the “funny situations I’ve
been in with other brothers
and how we get out of
them.” He is hoping to “get
involved with film,
advertising somehow, or
maybe being a creative
director for an advertising
firm” once he graduates from
UNCW. In his free time he
would like to do independent
films for film festivals.
Joseph Read, ΔΣ 185, was recently wed to
his fiancée Jennifer Gaskins. They were married on
November 2nd, 2013 on Myrtle Beach. The brothers
of Delta Sigma would like to wish the two of them
a wonderful life together and prosperity.
There was a sense of excitement that filled the
gray sky on the 21st of September as people started to
gather for the first annual Watermelon Bust held on
the UNCW Gazebo Fields. All of the brothers of the
Delta Sigma Chapter were ready to help run the first
philanthropy event that would help establish a
scholarship in memory of Hubert Simpson, a UNCW
employee that everyone knew and dearly missed.
Simpson worked at Wagoner Dining Hall and was in a
very tragic accident that happened over the summer.
Throughout the week, the brothers spent hours riding
teeter totters in order to get people to come out and
High Theta
Despite having only been
on campus for three years, the
Delta Sigma Zeta has established
a strong philanthropy arm at
UNCW. During the 2012-13 school
year and while still a colony, the
men of Lambda Chi Alpha
planned and executed their first
ever bag drop and teeter-totterthon. Overall almost 1000 pounds
of food was raised and donated
smash some watermelons. With very little sleep, the
gentlemen unloaded 110 watermelons to help run the
event for the first time. There were 11 teams ready to
make a mess of the Gazebo Fields with as many
watermelons as possible. Team members competed in
a watermelon toss, wheel barrel race, watermelon
decorating contest, watermelon eating contest and
even a relay race. Overall the entire event raised
$1300 that has been given to UNCW for the Hubert
Simpson Scholarship.
Written by: Brother Valdes ΔΣ 228
to a local food pantry. For the
Teeter-totter-thon, the colony
won a state award for
philanthropy. This fall, Delta
Sigma Zeta’s first semester as a
full chapter, the men once again
executed a teeter-totter-thon;
but also held their inaugural
Watermelon Bust and raised
approximately $1300 to go to a
scholarship established in the
honor of a beloved UNCW staff
member.
High Kappa
Greetings brothers! The
ΔΣ Zeta at the University of North
Carolina at Wilmington has
experienced many happenings
within the High Kappa position.
This fall semester of 2013, the
Zeta welcomed 10 new Associate
Members, nine on September
15th and one on September 22nd.
With this new AM Class, the
current High Kappa, Landon
Simmons ΔΣ-197, has reformed
the ΔΣ Zeta’s Fraternity Education
curriculum. The new Fraternity
Education Plan puts our core
values into action through the
Learning Model, information
sessions about outside
organizations on campus and in
the community, a service project
for the whole chapter. Along with
changes in Fraternal Education,
the Big Brother Program also
received some improvements. A
Big Brother was assigned to each
Associate Member on September
29th according to the AM’s
preferences. On October 5th, the
chapter had its first Big Brother,
Little Brother Retreat out at the
High Kappa’s family farm. While
semester is now over, our chapter
looks forward the many
experiences yet to come under
the High Kappa office.
Matthew Mahoney, Alex Tierney,
Alex Taylor, Trent Biggers, Blake
Vickers, Sal D’Angelo, Cole
Vaughn.
High Delta
The Delta Sigma Chapter
has taken ritual seriously since its
inception in the fall of 2010. We
ended up putting on our first
independent initiation during our
4th semester on campus, which
was given the highest
compliments from many of the
visiting alumni from other
chapters and compared to IRT.
The brothers of the
Lambda Chi Alpha, Delta Sigma
chapter have developed since
their re-entrance onto the
University of North Carolina
Wilmington’s campus. This year
alone, exemplified why this is a
fantastic group of gentleman. In
April of 2013, the Delta Sigma
colony had its inauguration into a
chapter; even though this was a
great occurrence, this year was
more important than the
chartering banquet. As a colony,
Delta Sigma won numerous
awards and recognitions that
makes these brothers special:
winning the Bradley cup (best
fraternity on campus), two
brothers elected to UNCW’s
Students Government Association
as President and Vice President,
two other brothers elected to the
Interfraternity Council as
executive members, several
philanthropy and scholarship
awards—all being done as a
colony. What is the secret to the
success of this newly awarded
chapter? One of the brothers
For the Fall 2013
semester, Lambda Chi had a
successful rush. Recruitment was
a five day event this year with
interviews done the fifth day. Of
the plus 30 people to come we
gave bids to 20. We ended up
associating 10 AMs. We
associated Ty Avery, Reese
Walston, Stephen Tanner,
High Phi
stated, “We want to recruit
gentleman who exemplify our
seven core values; but, at the
same time have room for
development and change. We do
not seek brothers with all seven
core values perfected;
furthermore, developing two or
three of the lacking values is what
truly creates brotherhood in all
chapters.”
Writer: ΔΣ 205 Jeff Costello
Congratulations to some of our undergraduate brothers for the following accomplishments:
Tim Quinn: Winner of the Mr. Greek contest
Calvin Stone: #1 Colonial Division goalie, nominated for Bi-Annual European All-Star team
Brendan Suther: Newly Initiated Member of ΟΔΚ and Order of Omega
Christian Kalwa: Newly Initiated Member of Order of Omega
Tyler Deitrick: Newly Initiated Member of Order of Omega
Ryan McDonald: Newly Initated Member of Order of Omega
One of our Alumni of the Delta
Sigma Zeta, Robert Rideout, is being
nominated for this years
Distinguished Alumni of the Year
Award. Robert Rideout graduated
from UNCW in 1995 with a degree of
Bachelor of Arts: History. During his
time at the Delta Sigma Zeta he was
the 93rd brother to be initiated and
served as High Alpha in 1995. He
then obtained his law degree from
Louisiana State University. From
there he went on to serve as the
District Attorney in Edgecombe
County a reserve JAG officer for the
US Army. Finally he was federally
As every brother and alumni knows, the fraternity is only able to do
the awesome things we do (such as Alumni Day and Watermelon
Bust) because of fraternity dues and any support that the Alumni
can give. If you would like to donate, any amount is greatly
appreciated, than a check can be mailed to:
Lambda Chi Alpha
The University of North Carolina Wilmington
Fisher Student Center Room 2029
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC
28403-5922
appointed as the Administrative
Law Judge for the Social Security
Administration (at the time he was
the youngest individual to receive
the honor) and the Command
Judge Advocate for the United
States Army. Currently he is serving
in Kandahar, Afghanistan and was
awarded the Bronze Medal.
As we grow as a chapter we would like to make
ourselves more accessible for possible new members
as well as alumni. In order to do this we are striving to
build up a website so people can easily find us on the
web. If you are interested in possibly helping us build
our website then email us at our current High Rho or
place a message on our Facebook alumni page.
During the 2012/2013
school year, the Delta Sigma Zeta
won the most prestigious award
given to one fraternity and one
sorority on UNCW's campus while
we were still a colony. The
Bradley Cup is named after Dr.
Michael Bradley. Dr. Bradley is a
professor in the Psychology
Department at UNCW, and a
longtime supporter of the Greek
Community. In order to win the
award we needed to excel in all
six areas which included:
-Academics
-Leadership and Campus
Involvement
-Service to the Community
-Philanthropic Efforts
-Chapter Development and
Programming
-Membership Recruitment
If you have any information on the following members please e-mail the current High Rho
ΔΣ 1 Willie “Tray” Jones
ΔΣ 3 Jeffrey Jones
ΔΣ 4 Tommy Hinson
ΔΣ 6 John Richardson
ΔΣ 7 Charles Neal
ΔΣ 8 Arthur Tillett
ΔΣ 9 Eric Rei
ΔΣ 13 Guy Ayers
ΔΣ 14 Graham Kaiser
ΔΣ 15 John Boss
ΔΣ 19 Leslie Pippin
ΔΣ 20 David Henderson
ΔΣ 21 William Casper
ΔΣ 22 Zachary Garcia
ΔΣ 25 Jonathan Ledbetter
ΔΣ 26 John Barnes
ΔΣ 27 Richard Boneno
ΔΣ 28 Andrew Flippin
ΔΣ 30 Michael Conahan
ΔΣ 31 Nick Patsalos
ΔΣ 32 Richard Glenn
ΔΣ 33 David Miller
ΔΣ 34 Jack McGinley
ΔΣ 35 Robert Lejarre
ΔΣ 40 Michael Merrigan
ΔΣ 41 Frank Tascone
ΔΣ 42 Allen O’Briant
ΔΣ 43 Tanner Postma
ΔΣ 44 Kelly Collier
ΔΣ 49 Ricardo Pleitez
ΔΣ 50 Warren Wooten
ΔΣ 53 Chad Raymer
ΔΣ 54 Phillip Swicegood
ΔΣ 55 William Thanos
ΔΣ 56 Brian Thomas
ΔΣ 59 Shyama Donaldson
ΔΣ 61 Matthew Jones
ΔΣ 63 Joseph Barbee
ΔΣ 64 Ryan Henry
ΔΣ 67 Allen Masterson
ΔΣ 69 Patrick Renegar
ΔΣ 71 Derek Wright
ΔΣ 78 Joel Worley
ΔΣ 79 Jason Weaver
ΔΣ 83 Chad Rollinson
ΔΣ 86 Matt Sebuck
ΔΣ 89 Andrew Leonhardt
ΔΣ 92 John Farmer
ΔΣ 96 Thomas Favor
ΔΣ 97 Sean Swain
ΔΣ 98 Jason Smith
ΔΣ 100 Jason Littlefield
ΔΣ 101 Geoffrey Worthington
ΔΣ 108 James Key
ΔΣ 109 Jeremy Medlin
ΔΣ 110 Richard Brown
ΔΣ 111 Josh Grillo
ΔΣ 113 Dwight Brinkley
ΔΣ 114 Scott Finley
ΔΣ 117 Brian Wilson
ΔΣ 119 Matthew Brooks
ΔΣ 124 Brent Johnson
ΔΣ 127 Steven Bland
ΔΣ 133 John French
ΔΣ 134 Scott Wait
ΔΣ 135 Myles Lamm
ΔΣ 136 Jonathan Pridgen
ΔΣ 141 Todd Headley
ΔΣ 144 Patrick Skinner
ΔΣ 146 Ryan Stellhorn
ΔΣ 149 Donald Fletcher
ΔΣ 150 David Huneycutt
ΔΣ 152 Jason Williams
ΔΣ 154 Matt Anderson
ΔΣ 157 Keith Hundley
ΔΣ 161 Rodney Wallace
ΔΣ 162 David Bonney
ΔΣ 163 Paul Cruess
ΔΣ 164 Brian Jones
ΔΣ 165 Michael Murray
ΔΣ 167 Christopher Easterling
ΔΣ 171 William Lambeth
ΔΣ 174 Ernese Richardson
ΔΣ 187 Tyler Stott
ΔΣ
Brian Hood
ΔΣ
Colin Lucas