Alpha Tau Omega - Iowa State University

PAGE 2 TAU TALK Enjoying the Waves of Life C hoosing a fraternity can be a major decision, but for Sean Hollonbeck '00, the choice was easy. His older brother, Brandon '97, was a Gamma Upsilon, and Sean would visit him often at the chapter house. What cemented his choice, however, was a recruitment trip to Apple River during the summer before his freshman year. "Seeing the brotherhood firsthand through that trip really sealed the deal for me." Many of Sean's favorite times with ATΩ were the warm fall days spent on the house deck. His biggest lesson from the fraternity was on building relationships; he made many lasting friendships with people he probably wouldn't have met otherwise, and he also learned to work with folks he wasn't always fond of. Sean was honored to serve as Homecoming chairman in the fall of 2000, and although Gamma Upsilon didn't win, they were all thrilled with the chapter's lawn display. Sean has been the owner and CEO of KC Watersports, a cable wakeboarding park in the Kansas City area, since 2011. He loves what he does and is proud to have created a life where he decides his own schedule. "While I'm admittedly a workaholic, I can step away and take a break when I need," he said. "Being able to control your own time is truly a gift." For the past few summers, Sean has hosted an informal Gamma Upsilon reunion at KC Watersports—one of his favorite ways to keep up with his brothers. "It's definitely a great time, sitting around and telling all the old war stories. If anyone is interested in joining, let me know!" Sean lives in Overland Park, Kansas, and loves being outdoors (especially in or near the water) as much as possible. He also enjoys live music, travel, and time with his family. You can reach Sean at sean@ kcwatersports.com. First ATΩ Campus Leadership Award Scholarship Presented to Mark Rapp Scholarship, Service, Success Scholarship, Service, Success B eing a leader in campus organizations and events helps develop strong leadership skills. To recognize ATΩ undergraduate brothers who not only achieve scholastic success, but also excel as campus leaders, we created the ATΩ Campus Leadership Award. Our first recipient, Mark Rapp '19, has excelled scholastically and as a leader since he pledged ATΩ. Mark has been Pledge of the Year, social chairman, and recruitment chairman, all while making the dean's list six times. He is on the Ivy Business School Student Council, and last year, he was the Interfraternity Council vice president of risk prevention and programming. We are honored to award Mark $1,800 for his achievements and elevating ATΩ's profile on campus. Congratulations to all the fall 2022 scholarship recipients for their outstanding academic success and contributions to Gamma Upsilon and Iowa State. At the fall awards dinner, we proudly granted scholarships totaling $31,600 to the 25 undergraduate brothers (listed below). Your generous gifts to Gamma Upsilon continue to provide valuable support to the chapter and scholarship program. For more information on the scholarship program and scholarship recipients, visit the Academics page on the Iowa State ATΩ website: atoisu.com/academics. Thank you for your continued support of ATΩ and our scholarship program. To make your gift please visit atoisu.com/donate-now. Fraternally, Gary Flander '78 Scholarship and Fundraising Coordinator Mark Rapp '19 Marketing Alpha Tau Omega Campus Leadership Award: $1,800 Gamma Upsilon Loyalty Scholarship: $500 Gavin Johnson '20 Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics Bill Gardiner Man of Merit Distinguished Scholar: $2,100 Jason Berger '21 Industrial Engineering Verlene Vaughn Weber Scholar: $2,000 David Garcia '20 Marketing Gary and Maureen Flander Excellence Scholarship: $1,800 Nolan Benson '21 Aerospace Engineering Doug Kirk Scholar: $1,600 Daniel Graunke '20 Aerospace Engineering Bill Gardiner Distinguished Scholar: $1,500 William Hansen '20 Finance Bill and Babs Gardiner Scholar: $1,500 Parker Richey '21 Finance Dale K. Weber Achievement Award: $1,500 Matthew Pawl '20 Supply Chain Management Josh Novak Scholar: $1,400 Benjamin Alleman '21 Business Dale and Verlene Weber in Honor of Payton A. Leyden Scholarship: $1,200 Evan Stolpa '20 Supply Chain Management Smith-Putnam Scholar: $1,200 Hunter Tretter '20 Accounting Edwin Hill Man of Merit Scholar: $1,200 John Baird '21 Information Systems Management Smith-Putnam Scholar: $1,100 Broc Dollerschell '21 Construction Engineering Smith-Putnam Scholar: $1,100 Marcus Escobar '22 Finance Smith-Putnam Scholar: $1,100 Collin Gauck '21 Finance and Business Economics Bill Gardiner Scholar: $1,100 Jordan A Seifriz '21 Accounting Bill Grundmann Scholar: $1,100 Joseph Carse '21 Horticulture Order of Omega Scholar: $1,000 Jake Gruben '21 Finance Dan Molyneaux Scholar: $1,000 Jacob Kautman '21 History and Education Order of Omega Scholar: $1,000 Chris Nichols '22 Marketing and Management Order of Omega Scholar: $1,000 Joshua Poirer '21 Entrepreneurship Order of Omega Scholar: $900 Tyler Trotta '21 Finance Order of Omega Scholar: $900 Quentin David Gisleson '19 Marketing, Supply Chain Mgmt., and Professional Sales Gamma Upsilon Loyalty Scholarship: $500 Adam Heyn '19 Finance Gamma Upsilon Loyalty Scholarship: $500 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS Sean's Advice to Brothers "You can always make more money, but you can't make more time. Also: you can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." Catch Up with Sean Hollonbeck '00

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