On November 14, 2025, Our chapter hosted our annual Balanced Man Scholarship Banquet. We recognized and awarded some of the best and brightest young men here at Sam Houston State University. Our chapter received over 50 applications for our Balanced Man Scholarship; the most our chapter has ever had. We’re also proud to be the only fraternity on campus to award scholarships to individuals who aren’t members of SigEp, expressing our commitment to “Building Balanced Men” even outside of our fraternity. This year we had the privilege of awarding a total of $2000 in scholarships. Congratulations to our winners Grant Buckley, Josiah Jaynes, and Gabriel Journet! You can learn more about each of the winners by reading their bios below.
Grant Buckley is a freshman at Sam Houston State University in his first semester, majoring in Kinesiology (Pre-Athletic Training). A passionate lover of both science and sports, Grant has combined these interests in pursuit of a career as an Athletic Trainer. He is also known to be a servant leader, having dedicated hundreds of volunteer hours to community service with local nonprofits and organizations in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, including the American Red Cross and Carol’s Promise Sickle Cell Foundation. Grant has recently applied to the Mentors in Medicine program and will be spending this summer as an Intern at Innate Chiropractic, where he will gain hands-on experience in the field of sports medicine and rehabilitation.
Josiah Jaynes is a first year and is a construction management major. He graduated high school with a 4.2 GPA and was the 2 year defensive captain for the lacrosse team. He is currently hoping that the SHSU lacrosse team will start up, or to start up a new lacrosse team for SHSU. He currently has his sights set high, and his ambitions to leave a mark before he graduates even higher.
Gabriel Journet is a first year BFA Musical Theatre student from Houston, TX. In his first semester at Sam Houston, he has been involved in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival award nominee show, “Significant Other,” be a part of the Artist of Color show, “The Forgotten Prayer,” and the new Christmas show “Yuletide Follies” During high school, he graduated top 20% of his class. He is a 3x Tommy Tune award nominee for Theatre Under the Stars and performed in the All State Cast for the International Thespian Festival. He was also awarded for outstanding soloist in the “Perform America-Next Level Performance Contest,” sang at the Humble Rodeo, and was an All-stater runner up in his senior year of high school.