Outstanding Recruitment and Retention Award
Recruitment is the lifeblood of our organization. Chapters that strive to recruit a higher quantity and quality of members into their chapters flourish. Recruitment should be the responsibility of every member and should occur 365 days a year.
The recipient of the Outstanding Recruitment & Retention by Chapter Award facilitates a recruitment program in which chapter values are exemplified through chapter events and all members of the chapter are engaged in the recruitment of new members. Additionally, the chapter works hard to ensure that potential new members are aware of the requirements and expectations which will assist in the retention of all new members.
From 2007 to 2016, awards in New Member Retention were presented to chapters who initiated 100% of their pledges during the academic year, and to chapters who initiated at least 85% of their pledges during the academic year.
Beginning in 2017, the Outstanding Recruitment and Retention Awards were presented to chapters who excelled in recruitment and retention.
| 2007 | 100% | Houston Oklahoma Toledo |
| 85-99% | Pitt | |
| 2008 | 100% | Minnesota |
| 85-99% | Kansas State Marquette | |
| 2009 | 100% | Kansas State Minnesota Wisconsin |
| 85-99% | Houston Kansas Marquette Rose Tech South Dakota Mines UMBC | |
| 2010 | 85-99% | Michigan MSOE Pittsburgh Rose Tech Toledo |
| 2011 | 100% | Marquette Michigan State Michigan Tech Ohio State Oklahoma Penn State Pittsburgh UCLA UWM Wisconsin |
| 85-99% | Illinois Rose Tech UC Irvine | |
| 2012 | 100% | California Minnesota Oregon State Purdue UC Irvine UMBC |
| 85-99% | Charlotte Colorado State Marquette Michigan Tech Ohio State Pittsburgh Rose Tech | |
| 2013 | 100% | Houston Kansas State Marquette Michigan State |
| 85-99% | Colorado State Florida Atlantic Michigan Tech Minnesota MSOE Oklahoma Penn State Behrend South Dakota Mines UC Irvine | |
| 2014 | 100% | Illinois Kansas UCLA UWM Wisconsin |
| 85-99% | Clemson Michigan State Michigan Tech Oklahoma Purdue Rose Tech UCSD | |
| 2015 | 90-100% | California Clemson Georgia Tech Kansas Kentucky Michigan Tech Oregon State Rose Tech South Dakota Mines UMBC Utah Wisconsin |
| 2016 | 100% | Cal Poly Pomona Charlotte Georgia Tech Iowa State Kansas State Michigan Tech Oregon State Penn State Behrend Pittsburgh Purdue UMBC Utah VCU |
| 85-99% | Kentucky Marquette Michigan Minnesota Rose Tech Toledo UCLA VPI | |
| 2017 | Kentucky | |
| 2018 | Michigan | |
| 2019 | Minnesota | |
| 2020 | Michigan State | |
| 2021 | Cincinnati | |
| 2022 | VPI | |
| 2023 | Iowa State | |
| 2024 | Ohio State |