Shield & Diamond | Spring 2024

PIS: Brothers In Action

ARKANSAS STATE, DELTA THETA Pie L Kice i Ma Hi ak By Grayson McCrosky (Boise State, Mu Psi ’20)

Distinguished Alumni BETA MU CHAPTER’S (TEXAS) EDWARD J. HYMAN ’65 (ABOVE) AND ROSS R. MOODY ’81 (BELOW) WERE PRESENTED WITH THE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FORMER STUDENTS ASSOCIATION. THE PIKES WERE PART OF A SIX-PERSON CLASS IN 2023 TO RECEIVE THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.

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ak it to the  is oetin ay athetes can o conie a dea, ut fo Bot e Ba e ru e (Deta T eta, r State ’18) thi eam ecame a reat. Bo i Seda, Miou, Ba e ru e a

an te athetic bt ead im to succeed with a pot e icke u€. ‚ur is o€oƒore yea o„ ig cool, thi  ty was  €ied to become a pacekice† ‡or i ig cool ˆootba team. Afte ‰uck iscoveri is otentil, Ša‹e un e†tood t i coul tur ito soŒet ig Œo†e, soŒet ig eŽt†aodi†. Afte com etin i hi sc oo caree a ein aƒed a -state athete in occer a ‡ootba, ‘lae comŒitted to Ar State Univerit were e †es i†te as  true fema  2017 an fi†t fou ”i K € •l a. Whe €e ar to stat at r State, Ba e ‹new he wante to be invove i Gee ife as e aw the oitve im ct it ha o umeou meŒ es oˆ i faŒ. T e each ˆo† a sŒ ex e†iece was  s o†t one as e ‰uck ecame acq–nte with —i ˜ p •l a. T †ou™h Œut–l conection to the cha te† ad a teest in t e sto™ athetic meŒ es i€, ‘lae imŒeitelš kew PI›œ ws w e†e e beo™e. Whe oo‹in ac‹ at what ma e žIŸœ sta out above the com etiton, Ša‹e recal is ttracton to the †oƒinet al–Œ se, le  ¡im O. Bow an Sturt Carwy, an ow the ¢†aterit ex ae bešo the cha te† ouse wal. “Whie ou colee caree i ree i‡e is  geat time, I rea ike t e ost-colee elaton i s an a–ƒn eaton. ¤e time an e¥ort al–Œ put nto the ¢†aterit a‡ter t ei† colee joure is Œ¦g.”

“I never thought I would be here with PIKE or the NFL, but you never know what point you will get to, in anything you do, if you don’t push yourself to get the most out of it. You must give it your all.”

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