Scholarship Plaque
The Scholarship Plaque is awarded annually to the chapter making the greatest improvement in scholarship in the preceding year. In recent years the plaque, donated by Founder Arthur Schwerin ill07, has been accompanied by a certificate to be framed and hung in the chapter house.
The following chapters have been honored by achieving this award. The years in parentheses indicate the school year during which the improvement was made.
| 1941 | Ohio State | (1939-40) |
| 1942 | Michigan | (1940-41) |
| 1943 | South Dakota Mines | (1941-42) |
| Award suspended during and after World War II until scholarship data again became available. | ||
| 1950 | Kentucky | (1948-49) |
| 1951 | Ohio State | (1949-50) |
| 1952 | Missouri Mines | (1950-51) |
| 1953 | Louisville | (1951-52) |
| 1954 | Ohio State | (1952-53) |
| 1955 | Michigan | (1953-54) |
| 1956 | Kansas & Ohio State | (1954-55) |
| 1957 | Louisville | (1955-56) |
| 1958 | Wisconsin | (1956-57) |
| 1959 | Louisville | (1957-58) |
| 1960 | Armour | (1958-59) |
| 1961 | Wisconsin | (1959-60) |
| 1962 | Ohio State | (1960-61) |
| 1963 | Michigan | (1961-62) |
| 1964 | Louisville | (1962-63) |
| 1965 | Ohio State | (1963-64) |
| 1966 | Michigan | (1964-65) |
| 1967 | Oklahoma State | (1965-66) |
| 1968 | Kansas State | (1966-67) |
| 1969 | Oklahoma State | (1967-68) |
| 1970 | Iowa State | (1968-69) |
| 1971 | UWM | (1969-70) |
| 1972 | Penn State | (1971-72) |
| 1973 | Mississippi State | (1972-73) |
| 1974 | Armour | (1973-74) |
| 1975 | Cincinnati | (1974-75) |
| 1976 | Cornell | (1975-76) |
| 1977 | Michigan | (1976-77) |
| 1978 | Michigan | (1977-78) |
| 1979 | Louisville | (1978-79) |
| 1980 | Oklahoma | (1979-80) |
| 1981 | MSOE | (1980-81) |
| 1982 | Michigan State | (1981-82) |
| 1983 | Illinois | (1982-83) |
| 1984 | Oklahoma State | (1983-84) |
| 1985 | Oklahoma | (1984-85) |
| 1986 | Missouri Mines | (1985-86) |
| 1987 | Michigan | (1986-87) |
| 1988 | Nebraska | (1987-88) |
| 1989 | Oklahoma | (1988-89) |
| 1990 | Oklahoma | (1989-90) |
| 1991 | Penn State | (1990-91) |
| 1992 | Colorado State | (1991-92) |
| 1993 | VPI | (1992-93) |
| 1994 | Kansas State | (1993-94) |
| 1995 | Cincinnati | (1994-95) |
| 1996 | UTA | (1995-96) |
| 1997 | UTA | (1996-97) |
| 1998 | Colorado State | (1997-98) |
| 1999 | Louisville | (1998-99) |
| 2000 | Pittsburgh | (1999-2000) |
| 2001 | Northern Illinois | (2000-01) |
| 2002 | Iowa State | (2001-02) |
| 2003 | Minnesota | (2002-03) |
| 2004 | Toledo | (2003-04) |
| 2005 | MSOE | (2004-05) |
| 2006 | Northern Illinois | (2005-06) |
| 2007 | Armour | (2006-07) |
| 2008 | Oklahoma | (2007-08) |
| 2009 | No award given | |
| 2010 | Louisville | (2009-10) |
| 2011 | UWM | (2010-11) |
| 2012 | Minnesota | (2011-12) |
| 2013 | Colorado State | (2012-13) |
| 2014 | California | (2013-14) |
| 2015 | Kentucky | (2014-15) |
| 2016 | Cal Poly Pomona | (2015-16) |