Student Veterans of America Announces 2024 Honors Awards Recipients

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (January 3, 2025) -Student Veterans of America (SVA) is excited to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of our 2024 SVA Honors award recipients! This year's winners have gone above and beyond to exemplify leadership and dedication to the student veteran community. Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the Student Veteran of the Year, SVA Chapter of the Year, and SVA Chapter Advisor of the Year awards. Their efforts serve as a powerful reminder of the impact we can make when we work together to support and empower student veterans.

2024 Student Veteran of the Year - Ralph Figueroa, Chapter President of CSUSB Student Veterans Organization at California State University, San Bernardino.

• "SVA is so important because it gives us a great platform and a space to share our ideas with other student veterans and community leaders from across the nation to help each other be successful in all our endeavors. SVA is vital to our personal, academic, and professional growth, but it starts with us taking full advantage of what they have to offer. Just like Nike says, "Just Do It" and trust me, you'll be grateful you did."

2024 Chapter of the Year - Veterans of Baylor, Baylor University.

• "The Veterans of Baylor, a proud Student Veterans of America chapter of over 360 members, strives to support community engagement, promote a sense of belonging, and aims to empower the next chapter of servant leadership in our members. We accomplish this through peer-to-peer engagement and mentorship, local partnerships, collaboration with other organizations on campus, and organizing opportunities for our members to impact their community in a positive way."

2024 Chapter Advisor of the Year - Jon Segars of the Student Veterans Association at University of Georgia.

• "The reason I'm an SVA Chapter Advisor is that I am that former student veteran who did not have a guiding organization to lean on. Fortunately, through some incredible mentors and my family, I found the support I needed to succeed. I hope that by being an SVA advisor, I can pay forward some of the good fortune I have enjoyed and help to ease the transition for those veterans entering higher education."

About Student Veterans of America
With a focused mission on empowering student veterans, Student Veterans of America® (SVA) is committed to providing an educational experience that goes beyond the classroom. Through a dedicated network of nearly 1,600 on-campus chapters in all 50 states and 4 countries representing more than 750,000 student veterans, SVA aims to inspire yesterday's warriors by connecting student veterans with a community of like-minded chapter leaders. Every day these passionate leaders work to provide the necessary resources, network support, and advocacy to ensure student veterans can effectively connect, expand their skills, and ultimately achieve their greatest potential. For more information, visit us at www.studentveterans.org.