Phi Delta Theta Chapters Champion the Fight Against ALS with Record-Setting Impact

‍The 2024–2025 academic year marked another outstanding chapter in Phi Delta Theta’s commitment to honoring Lou Gehrig’s legacy and supporting the ALS community through the Live Like Lou Foundation.

Live Like Lou introduced the Triple Crown Award in 2023 to recognize Phi Delta Theta chapters that support the Foundation’s mission to leave ALS better than we found it. Inspired by baseball legend and proud Phi Delt Lou Gehrig, the award mirrors one of the most challenging accomplishments in Major League Baseball—the batting Triple Crown. Only 14 players in history have achieved it, including Gehrig himself in 1934, when he led the league in batting average, home runs, and RBIs.

In Lou’s honor, the Triple Crown Award celebrates chapters that accomplish three extraordinary feats each year:

1. Register to serve an ALS family through our Connect and Serve program
2. Achieve Iron Phi Chapter status.
3. Host a philanthropy event in their community to raise awareness and support for the fight against ALS, with proceeds benefiting the Live Like Lou Foundation.

The 2024-2025 school year, brothers fraternity-wide showed up in a big way:

• $134,894.38 was raised through Live Like Lou-focused philanthropy events hosted by Phi Delta Theta chapters across North America.
  
• $630,360.92 was raised through the Iron Phi program, which supports both the Phi Delta Theta Foundation and Live Like Lou.

This year also saw 36 chapters earn the distinguished Triple Crown Chapter honor, an award recognizing those who served an ALS family through the Connect and Serve program, became recognized Iron Phi chapters, and hosted a philanthropy event and donated to the Live Like Lou Foundation.

This year’s Triple Crown Chapters include:

Alabama Beta - Auburn University

California Delta - University of Southern California

California Phi - Chapman University

California Psi - Loyola Marymount University

California Zeta - California State University, Northridge

Colorado Alpha - University of Colorado

Colorado Gamma - Colorado State University

Florida Kappa - Florida International University

Florida Omicron - Nova Southeastern University

Georgia Alpha - University of Georgia

Georgia Gamma - Mercer University

Indiana Beta - Wabash College

Indiana Gamma - Butler University

Indiana Theta - Purdue University

Indiana Zeta - DePauw University

Kansas Alpha - University of Kansas

Kansas Delta - Wichita State University

Kansas Epsilon - Emporia State University

Kansas Gamma - Kansas State University

Maryland Delta - Johns Hopkins University

Michigan Delta - Kettering University

Mississippi Alpha - University of Mississippi

Missouri Alpha - University of Missouri

Missouri Beta - Westminster College

Nebraska Alpha - University of Nebraska, Lincoln

New Jersey Gamma - Seton Hall University

North Carolina Eta - Appalachian State University

Ohio Epsilon - University of Akron

Pennsylvania Mu - Widener University

South Carolina Beta - University of South Carolina

Texas Delta - Southern Methodist University

Texas Theta - West Texas A & M University

Texas Zeta - Texas Christian University

Utah Alpha - University of Utah

Washington Alpha - University of Washington

Wisconsin Alpha - University of Wisconsin