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Da ZOO.Est. 1986.
We came together at Georgia Southern. We stay connected through fellowship, support for one another and continued service in Omega.
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Brotherhood beyond Statesboro
The bond continues.
So does the work.
Across lines, generations and cities, there is a place for every brother to contribute.
Support one another.
Share your experience, open a door and show up when a brother needs you. Our connection grows through what we give.
Offer your time or expertiseCarry Omega forward.
Support the next generation and put our cardinal principles into practice through continued involvement in Omega.
Explore our commitmentsConnected to the ZOO. Active in Omega. We encourage every brother to remain financial with the Fraternity and serve through a local graduate chapter. Need an introduction?
Know the history. Carry it forward.
Our roots run deep.
From the first eight men to generations of ZOO brothers, our history belongs to all of us.
1986The first line
1987The charter
2026Forty years
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Manhood · Scholarship · Perseverance · Uplift
History
How the ZOO came to be
The record below is drawn from chapter reports, university letters and the roster. It is still being compiled.
The Zeta Delta Delta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., known as the ZOO, has carried Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance and Uplift at Georgia Southern since 1986. This is the story of its beginnings, the men who carried it forward, and a brotherhood that continues beyond Statesboro.
Before Omega
Georgia Southern enrolled its first Black student, John Bradley, in January 1965. Six Black undergraduates followed that fall. For years afterward the numbers stayed small, and there was no Black Greek life on campus at all.
Bro. Alton West came to Statesboro for graduate school in 1973. He had been initiated at Knoxville College in 1967. He recalls meeting one other Omega man on campus that year, a fellow graduate student, and never seeing him again. He also recalls deciding that the brothers were needed here.
Others arrived first. Alpha Kappa Alpha came in 1977, Kappa Alpha Psi in 1978, Delta Sigma Theta in 1979 and Alpha Phi Alpha in 1980. Bro. West recalls working alongside each of them as they found their footing.
The push
Bringing Omega to Georgia Southern took, by Bro. West's count, between four and five years. He recalls a dean telling him the chapter would never be here, and answering that he would not stop until it was.
When the first men were ready, Bro. Charlie Horton, initiated at Clemson in 1982, served as their Dean of Pledgees.
Eight men, then a charter
In the spring of 1986, eight men crossed through Mu Phi Chapter in Savannah as the 8 Masters of Fate. They were the first Omega line at Georgia Southern, with Bro. West as charter advisor.
The college granted the fraternity full recognition as a student organization on March 3, 1987, with Bro. Nevil Jordan as chapter president. The 2 Royal Knights followed that June. On December 5, 1987, the Fraternity chartered Zeta Delta Delta.
Coming back
The chapter has left the yard three times and returned three times. Each return has a name. Resurrection brought eight men in 1994. TENacious X brought ten in 2004. The 11 Unconquerable Bloodlines of Omega brought the chapter home again in the fall of 2012.
Each of those lines rebuilt the chapter from the ground up.
The record since
The awards on file begin with the State Marchdown title in 2004. A decade later the chapter swept six awards at the 51st Georgia State Meeting, including Undergraduate Chapter of the Year for the State of Georgia, and won it again the next year along with International Social Action Chapter of the Year. State and district honors have followed in 2016, 2022, 2023 and 2025.
Forty years on
Twenty-two lines and more than 150 men have come through the ZOO. In November 2026, brothers from across those lines gathered in Statesboro with Bro. West to mark forty years since the first line.
Brotherhood Beyond Statesboro
The connection continued after brothers left the yard. Alumni kept contact lists, gathered for homecoming and cookouts, supported undergraduate needs, and returned for workshops that brought generations together.
Surviving alumni correspondence documents contact coordination in 2009, an alumni association committee in 2014, and a shared chapter work board in 2018. These are milestones in the record, not a confirmed founding date for an association.
Bro. Jamal Choice called brothers together to revamp the association in 2021. In 2023, a formation committee led by Bro. Charles Crawford II worked on bylaws and plans for alumni events and undergraduate support. The annual workshop was already described as its tenth gathering in 2022.
The 40th anniversary in 2026 brought generations back to Statesboro. The next step builds on the brothers who have sustained this work: share responsibility, preserve the record, and keep fellowship and support going throughout our lives.
This account draws on chapter reports, university records, alumni correspondence and brothers' recollections. Passages marked as recollection will be updated as documents are found.
Timeline
John Bradley, a graduate student, becomes the first Black student at Georgia Southern. Six Black undergraduates enroll that fall.
Bro. Alton West, initiated at Knoxville College in 1967, arrives for graduate school. By his account there were no Omega men on the yard, and he decided then that the brothers were needed here.
The first historically Black Greek-letter chapters arrive on campus: Alpha Kappa Alpha in 1977, Kappa Alpha Psi in September 1978, Delta Sigma Theta in January 1979 and Alpha Phi Alpha in July 1980. Bro. West recalls working with each as they got started.
The push for an Omega chapter begins. Bro. West recalls that it took between four and five years, and that a dean told him it would never happen.
The first line, the 8 Masters of Fate, is initiated through Mu Phi Chapter. Bro. Charlie Horton serves as Dean of Pledgees and Bro. Alton West as charter advisor.
Georgia Southern College grants Omega Psi Phi full recognition as a student organization. Bro. Nevil Jordan is chapter president.
Zeta Delta Delta is chartered at Georgia Southern as a chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
State Marchdown Champions, the earliest chapter award on record.
7th District Marchdown Champions.
The first Miss Purple Essence Scholarship Pageant.
Georgia Southern names the chapter Multicultural Student Organization of the Year. The state names it Region IV Undergraduate Chapter of the Year.
The chapter returns to campus with the 11 Unconquerable Bloodlines of Omega.
A six-award sweep at the 51st Georgia State Meeting on Jekyll Island, led by Undergraduate Chapter of the Year for the State of Georgia.
Georgia Southern names the chapter NPHC Organization of the Year and awards it five-star standing in all five areas of chapter operations. Bro. Omari Davis is NPHC Member of the Year and Bro. Christopher Pugh is Outstanding Chapter Advisor.
International Social Action Chapter of the Year, the chapter's one international award on record, and a second straight State of Georgia Undergraduate Chapter of the Year.
Eight awards at the 53rd Georgia State Meeting, including State Marchdown Champions.
NPHC Chapter of the Year at Georgia Southern and the highest chapter GPA in the State of Georgia.
Bro. Kym Haywood II is crowned Mr. Georgia Southern University. Bro. Shahad Smith wins the title again for 2021-22.
The chapter hosts the Georgia State Undergraduate Workshop.
Georgia State Undergraduate Chapter of the Year at the 59th Georgia State Meeting.
Bro. Justin Thornton receives the H. Carl Moultrie I Legal Scholar Award at the 83rd and 84th Grand Conclaves.
March Down Champions at the 60th Georgia State Meeting.
Social Action Chapter of the Year at the 62nd Georgia State Meeting, a second straight state title, after the 7th District title that spring.
Brothers gather in Statesboro for the 40th anniversary homecoming.
Our collection of awards and activities is incomplete, including years before 2004 and from 2007 to 2012. Missing a year you were part of? Send the date, what happened and a source, and it goes on the timeline. The full record is on the Awards page.
Basileus by year
The brother who led the chapter each school year. Names are added as brothers confirm them.
| School year | Basileus | Line |
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Know a year we are missing? Send it through the Reconnect page.
Deans of Pledgees
The brother who brought each line in.
| Line | Line name | Dean of Pledgees |
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Lineage
Every line, every brother
Spring 1986 to Spring 2025, in the order the chapter carries them.
Chapter advisors
Brothers initiated at other chapters who are carried on the ZOO roster.
| Brother | Initiated | Chapter |
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In Memoriam
Omega Chapter
Brothers of Zeta Delta Delta who have gone on before us.
If a brother is missing from this page, please tell us so he can be remembered here.
Awards
What the ZOO has won
Chapter awards and individual honors on record, each one traced to a chapter report, a state or university document, or a dated post.
Chapter awards
| Year | Award | Presented at | Level |
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Individual honors
Scholarships, titles and offices earned by brothers of the chapter.
| Year | Brother | Honor | Presented at |
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This record starts in 2004 and has gaps, most of all 2007 to 2013 and 2018 to 2021. An award missing here is a record we have not found yet. Send a program, plaque photo or dated post and it will be added.
The Chapter
Zeta Delta Delta on the yard
The undergraduate chapter at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia.
Where it sits
Zeta Delta Delta is an undergraduate chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., in the Seventh District under the Georgia State Organization. It serves the Georgia Southern campus and the Statesboro and Bulloch County community.
What the chapter does
Service in Statesboro, the fraternity's mandated programs, the annual chapter workshop each summer, and homecoming each fall.
How alumni help
As the association takes shape, a proposed Chapter Welfare committee would coordinate alumni support with the chapter advisor. Its intended focus is mentoring, career guidance and help with needs identified by the chapter.
Alumni and the chapter are separate
Brothers are working to formalize an alumni association separate from the undergraduate chapter and the Fraternity. Alumni involvement does not include running chapter business or membership intake. Alumni contributions do not fulfill fraternity or graduate chapter dues.
Our principles in practice
Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance and Uplift guide the alumni community we are building.
Manhood
Honor our commitments, share responsibility and model accountable leadership in our families, careers and communities.
Scholarship
Keep learning, share professional knowledge and mentor brothers as they pursue education and opportunity.
Perseverance
Follow through between gatherings, sustain relationships across generations and help brothers work through barriers to participation.
Uplift
Open doors for one another and contribute our time, skills and resources to the communities where we live.
Continue your service in Omega
The ZOO connection reaches wherever our brothers live. We encourage every brother to become and remain financial with the Fraternity and active in a local graduate chapter. Reconnecting with alumni can be a first step toward renewed participation.
Grow through chapter partnerships
As the association develops, we intend to help brothers contribute to Omega's mandated programs through willing chapter partners. Mentoring, scholarship support, STEM activities and community service are possible starting points, based on the needs and skills available.
Each effort would have a chapter partner, an alumni lead, a specific contribution and a result to report. Program delivery, funds and reporting would be agreed with the partner chapter before work begins.
Events
Where the brothers gather
The alumni calendar for the next two years. Dates are posted here as they are set.
2027
- SummerAnnual workshop and cookoutThe chapter workshop and the alumni cookout. Date to be announced.
- Labor Day weekendLabor Day cookoutSeptember 4 to 6.
- FallHomecoming 2027At Georgia Southern. Date follows the university's schedule.
2028
- SummerAnnual workshop and cookoutDate to be announced.
- Labor Day weekendLabor Day cookoutSeptember 2 to 4.
- To be announced2028 Grand ConclaveFor brothers making the trip together. City and dates to come from the Fraternity.
- FallHomecoming 2028At Georgia Southern.
- FallGeorgia Southern vs. Georgia StateDate follows the football schedule.
Day-to-day news goes out in the alumni WhatsApp community. Ask any brother on the roster for an invitation.
Give
Two ways to put money to work
They are kept apart on purpose, so every brother knows where his dollars go.
Alumni dues
Proposed alumni dues would support shared activities such as workshops, cookouts, homecoming and assistance for brothers. Members will vote on the amount and budget as the association is formed.
Scholarships
The plan is to establish a scholarship fund at the Georgia Southern University Foundation, with gifts made directly to the Foundation. Giving instructions will be shared once the fund is established.
Alumni contributions are separate from fraternity and graduate chapter dues. The association and scholarship fund are still being developed; payment options will open after the appropriate arrangements are in place.
Alumni and Reconnect
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