Spring, 2010

Brothers,

One cold night this past December, I was privileged to meet seven Pike alumni who gathered at the Pike house. A few were from Tallahassee or nearby; some had flown in from as far away as Birmingham and Miami, St Pete and Ft. Lauderdale. But they were all here for the same purpose, to participate in the Initiation of their sons into Pi Kappa Alpha.

The Initiation Ceremony is always inspiring. Watching these Pike fathers initiate their sons was especially powerful for the undergraduate Brothers. This tradition gives life to the enduring strength of our great Fraternity Chapter. There are now 18 undergraduates in the current chapter whose fathers are also Pikes.

I am so proud to be the new SMC of Delta Lambda for 2010 and will work hard to continue the Dynasty. I am a senior in Florida State's PGM program, and will graduate in fall 2010 as a 'Class A' PGA Golf Professional with a degree in Business and Hospitality. FSU is one of only 20 colleges or universities with a PGA Professional Golf Management Program, an accredited four-to-five year curriculum including a required 16 months of internships and three different levels of PGA tests. I have served Delta Lambda as Internal Vice President, and I was honored to be tapped for Order of Omega and three other Honors and Leadership Societies.

Executive Committee

You can be proud that Pi Kappa Alpha still stands as the leader among Florida State's 23 IFC fraternities. This fall we welcomed back re-founded chapters of SAE and Delta Chi, and Sig Ep may re-establish a group sometime this year.

Pike is traditionally the largest fraternity on campus. Over 50 new Brothers were initiated in the 2009 fall class, and under new Rush Chairman Brett Badessa we expect a great rush this spring. In Intramurals, Delta Lambda came out of the Christmas break 50 points ahead of the second place fraternity and more than 100 points ahead of #3. We expect to field strong basketball, soccer and softball teams this spring and hope to win our third consecutive Overall Sports Crown, our eighth in the last ten years.

Pike Brothers continue to lead in all areas of campus life. Past SMC Tyson Brock was elected Homecoming Chief this fall. Jesse O'Shea is well known on campus for his involvement in charitable work as founder of the Student United Way and his creation of the Global Haiti Initiative. Jesse will also be a candidate for the Truman Scholarship this year. A large number of brothers including Justin Walker, Tyler Fugitt, Adam Schwab, Avi Assidon Brian Davis, Austin Black, and Adam Spott hold powerful political positions on campus.

Pike continues to have more Seminole athletes than all the other fraternities combined. We're proud of Recardo Wright who was Captain of the Seminole football team this fall. Drew Kittleson, who is All-American in golf won the NCAA Golfweek Challenge and will also being playing in the Jones Cup this spring which is the second biggest amateur golf tournament, and Brandon Byram is All-American in track. Seminole football, basketball, baseball, track, tennis, hockey, rugby, soccer and volleyball all count Pikes as members, and the Seminole Lacrosse team is loaded with Delta Lambda Brothers.

This is an exciting time to be a Pike at Florida State. Brotherhood is strong, the chapter is sound financially, the house is full and I am fortunate to have an exceptional group of leaders on the new Executive Committee. They include: Matt Buckhalter, Nick Carew, Andrew Page, Brett Badessa, Avi Assidon, Will Dieterle, Jet Bauman, and Bron Volney.

Alumni, please do not hesitate to contact me if I can help you in any way.

In Phi Phi K A

Jarrod Germano '07
214-755-7403
jjg06f@fsu.edu