BROOKVILLE, N.Y. – Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, inducted 23 Long Island University student-athletes into the New York Zeta Chapter this week.
Chi Alpha Sigma is a nonprofit organization established to recognize college student-athletes who excel both on and off the field of competition. The honor society was founded in 1996 by then DePauw University head football coach Nick Mourouzis. His goal was to provide outstanding student-athletes with an opportunity to become connected within a fraternal association that aligns their educational and athletic successes for a lifetime.
Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes college student-athletes who receive a varsity letter in their sport, achieve junior academic standing or higher after their fifth full-time semester, and earn a 3.4 or higher cumulative grade point average. Student-athletes who compete for a collegiate club team are also eligible if the club team is overseen by the athletics department at the local chapter.
The organization explains five main purposes, encouraging and rewarding high academic scholarship of college athletes at four-year accredited colleges, recognizing outstanding academic achievements by intercollegiate varsity sport student-athletes, encouraging good citizenship, moral character, and friendship among the high academic achievers in college athletes, recognizing and honoring individual student-athletes, his/her team, sport athletic department, and university, and to mentor and provide leadership to other athletes.
LIU re-established its membership within the New York Zeta Chapter this year after engagement with Chi Alpha Sigma ceased during the 2010-11 academic year. LIU was originally awarded a chapter during October 2003.
The following student-athletes make up the 2020 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee Class:
