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TFAS operates as a subsidiary of the Sam Asbury Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, ensuring that 100% of proceeds support mental health initiatives and trusted local partners. In the Fight’s 10th event in Athens this fall, $207,337 was raised in Sam’s honor
to fight the good fight.
The Fight Against Suicide
The Fight Against Suicide was founded in 2021 in honor of Sam Asbury, a former Sigma Chi at the University of Georgia whose life was tragically lost to suicide in 2020. What began as a small idea born in the Sigma Chi chapter room with brothers searching for a way to honor Sam’s legacy quickly grew into a movement dedicated to suicide prevention and mental health awareness. Created by Sigma Chi brother David Edmiston, The Fight Against Suicide launched its first fully sanctioned amateur boxing event in September 2021, transforming grief into action and conversation.
Through high-energy boxing events, Wellness Weeks, and campus programming, TFAS meets students where they are by breaking stigma, building community, and reminding young men and women that it’s okay not to be okay. What started in Athens has expanded to eight campuses nationwide and has even been recognized on the floor of Congress, proving the power of student-led change. Our chapter remains deeply involved through leadership, participation, and continued support alongside brothers such as David Edmiston and Jackson Stuart. We also honor former brothers Cooper Heath, John Fiveash, Baylor Wedge, and William Ballard for their lasting contributions to the growth of TFAS. Athens will always be home to The Fight, and the Delta Chapter is proud to stand at the heart of a movement ensuring no student ever has to fight alone.
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Mental Health Committee
Created by William Lovett, Sigma Chi’s Mental Health Committee consists of a group of twelve brothers from various pledge classes whose mission is to ensure the mental well being of all 140 brothers. Lovett’s mission was inspired by the phrases “It’s okay to not be okay” and “being comfortable with the uncomfortable,” bringing up the difficult conversation surrounding mental health, which is often stigmatized, especially for members of fraternities. Members of the committee engage by checking up on one another, developing brotherhood events, attending and supporting Greek life philanthropic events and efforts, and becoming QPR certified.
For several years, UGA’s IFC and Student Care & Outreach have embraced Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) training. QPR provides innovative, practical, and proven suicide prevention training, teaching people how to recognize signs of suicide crisis. 2024–2025 Mental Health Chairman James Fiveash became a certified QPR instructor. “From training these new members, I learned that every training that I give is very important. There wasn’t one training where I didn’t have a student come talk to me after class due to being worried about a friend or a peer,” Fiveash said. “If we hadn’t started this conversation, there may not have been a chance for the student to have been able to talk to me about it.”
The committee is now in its third year, headed by Aidan Harter, with ambitious goals to have all new members QPR certified and to make impacts in all Greek-related philanthropic events. Harter starts out each chapter with a “mental health minute,” focusing on one word and how to relate it to everyday struggles.
Current Mental Health Committee:
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Juniors: Hutson Tolbert, Walker Larkin, Baker Battin, Jack Kellogg
Sophomores: Cooper Mullane, Jack Bradford, Harrison Leusink, Sam Glick, Wade Hopkins
Freshmen: Charles Smith, Grayson Dupre, Henry Gill
