Chapter Award Winners
Owen L. Coon (Northwestern 1915)
Coon Plaque
The Coon Plaque is awarded annually to the chapter whose publications are judged to be the most distinctive, newsworthy, and journalistically superior. Its donor was Owen L. Coon (Northwestern 1915).
1932-1933 - Purdue University
1933-1934 - Denison University
1934-1935 - Northwestern University
1935-1936 - Cornell University
1936-1937 - Cornell University (2nd)
1937-1938 - University of Oregon
1938-1939 - University of Oklahoma
1939-1940 - Cornell University (3rd)
1940-1941 - Northwestern University (2nd)
1941-1942 - Stanford University
1942-1946 - No Awards Because of World War II
1946-1947 - University of Wisconsin
1947-1948 - Rutgers University
1948-1949 - Hanover College
1949-1950 - University of Illinois
1950-1951 - University of Chicago
1951-1952 - Cornell University (4th)
1952-1953 - Ohio Wesleyan University
1953-1954 - Northwestern University
1954-1955 - Purdue University
1955-1956 - Wittenberg University
1956-1957 - University of Missouri
1957-1958 - University of Michigan
1958-1959 - Union College
1959-1960 - Bucknell University
1960-1961 - Westminster College
1961-1962 - University of Illinois
1962-1963 - University of Minnesota
1963-1964 - Indiana University
1964-1965 - Case Western Reserve University
1965-1966 - Indiana University (2nd)
1966-1967 - DePauw University
1967-1968 - University of Maine
1968-1969 - Indiana University (3rd)
1969-1970 - DePauw University
1970-1971 - Florida State University
1971-1972 - Florida State University (2nd)
1972-1973 - Northwestern University
1973-1974 - University of Iowa
1974-1975 - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
1975-1976 - Wittenberg University (2nd)
1976-1977 - Pennsylvania State University
1977-1978 - Iowa State University
1978-1979 - University of Kansas
1979-1980 - Oregon State University
1980-1981 - University of Arizona
1981-1982 - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (2nd)
1982-1983 - Knox College
1983-1984 - Wittenberg University (3rd)
1984-1985 - University of Michigan
1985-1986 - University of Kansas (2nd)
1986-1987 - Tennessee Technological University
1987-1988 - University of Idaho
1988-1989 - University of Kansas (3rd)
1989-1990 - University of Missouri (2nd)
1990-1991 - Wittenberg University (4th)
1991-1992 - University of Kansas (4th)
1992-1993 - University of Washington
1993-1994 - University of Iowa (2nd)
1994-1995 - Wittenberg University (5th)
1995-1996 - Texas Tech University
1996-1997 - Texas Tech University (2nd)
1997-1998 - Texas Tech University (3rd)
1998-1999 - Texas Tech University (4th)
1999-2000 - Texas Tech University (5th)
2000-2001 - Texas Tech University (6th)
2001-2002 - University of Richmond
2002-2003 - Wittenberg University (6th)
2003-2004 - Texas Tech University (7th)
2004-2005 - Indiana University (4th)
2005-2006 - Tennessee Technological University (2nd)
2006-2007 - Tennessee Technological University (3rd)
2007-2008 - Oklahoma State University
2008-2009 - Tennessee Technological University (4th)
2009-2010 - Tennessee Technological University (5th)
2010-2011 - Western Kentucky University
2011-2012 - Western Kentucky University (2nd)
2012-2013 - Western Kentucky University (3rd)
2013-2014 - Univeristy of Washington (2nd)
2014-2015 - Western Kentucky University (4th)
2015-2016 - Georgia Institute of Technology
2016-2017 - Georgia Institute of Technology (2nd)
2017-2018 - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (3rd)
2018-2019 - Georgia Institute of Technology (3rd)
2019-2020 - Northeastern University
2020-2021 - University of Idaho (2nd)
2021-2022 - University of Idaho (3rd)
2022-2023 - University of Idaho (4th)
2023-2024 - University of Idaho (5th)
