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History

Founding Fathers

In the Spring of 1993, at Texas Tech University , four men of differing spiritual backgrounds and denominations joined together to focus a God given vision of a place for men to join in brotherhood to grow under Christ's leadership
      Founding Fathers:
          Tyler Beard
          David Boncler
          Ken Rowland
          Matt Welbourn

At the end of the spring semester of 1993, the first pledge class, or Alpha class of the Alpha Chapter of Kappa Upsilon Chi, was inducted.

These Fraternal Charter Members are:

David Boone
Michael Haverdink
Ian Marshal
Todd Walker
Travis Brints
Adaryll Jordan
Con McWhorter
Darren White
Matt Carter
Erik Larsonl
Reagan Vinson
Stephen White
Michael Dudley
 
 
 

Roots of Leadership

Tyler Beard - By divine decision of a coin toss, Tyler was chosen over David Boncler to become the first President of Kappa Upsilon Chi

David Boncler - David, a.k.a. “Bunky”, was the first Vice President

Ken Rowland - Ken was the first Secretary.

Matt Welbourn - Matt was the first Chaplain

Erik Larson - Erik, a Charter member, was appointed by the founding fathers as the first Treasurer of the fraternity.

Darren White and Travis Brints -the founding fathers appointed Travis and Darren as the first Pledge Trainers.

Conn McWhorter - Conn was the first Rush Captain.

Professor Al Smith - Mr. Smith was the 1st Faculty Advisor to the Alpha Chapter of Kappa Upsilon Chi.

Past Presidents of Alpha Chapter : 1993-2008

1993-94 Tyler Beard (Founding Father) over Alpha, Beta, and Gamma

1994-95  Regan Vinson (Alpha)  over Delta and Epsilon

1995-96  Seth Sutton  (Delta)  over Zeta and Eta

1996-97  Mike Eaton  (Beta) over Theta and Iota

1997-98  Wil Warren (Gamma)  over Kappa and Lambda

1998-99  Steven Chandler (Theta) over Mu and Nu

1999-00  Dustin Williams  (Theta) over Xi and Omicron

2000-01  Brian Alley  (Mu)  over Pi and Rho

2001-02  Jeremy Waller (Mu)  over Sigma and Tau

2002-03  Jon Douglas (Rho)  over Chi and Psi

2003-04  Brad Ingram (Sigma)  over Chi and Psi

2004-05  Jeff Martin  over Omega and Alpha Alpha

2005-06  Josh Robertson  (Psi) over Alpha Beta and Alpha Gamma

2006-07  Rob Martin  (Alpha Alpha) over Alpha Delta and Alpha Epsilon

2007-08 Josh Fortney (Alpha Alpha) over Alpha Zeta and Alpha Eta