Achievement - Noun-1. accomplish, attain, reach, completion. fulfillment, realization, fruition; execution, performance; consummation, culminaton, triumph; PERFECTION; SUCCESS.

Achievement is its own reward. It is because of this, the members of Kappa Alpha Psi strive to be the best at each and everything that we attempt, thus making Achievement our fundamental purpose. Kappas have achieved in all areas of life.

 

Sports

• Wilt Chamberlain, NBA Hall of Fame center, Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers
• Bill Russell, NBA Hall of Fame center, Boston Celtics
• Oscar Robertson, NBA Hall of Fame guard, Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks. *Only player in NBA history to post a triple-double on average during the 1961-62 season. (30.8ppg, 12.5rpg, 11.4apg)
• Sam Jones, NBA-Hall of Fame guard,  Boston Celtics
• Alex English, NBA Hall of Fame forward, Denver Nuggets
• Erick Dampier, NBA center, Dallas Mavericks 
• Rolando Blackmon, former NBA guard, Dallas Mavericks and New York Knicks
• Gayle Sayers, NFL Hall of Fame running back with the Chicago Bears. Named to the All Time NFL Team
• Earnest Byner, former NFL running back, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins
• Aeneas Williams, former NFL cornerback, St. Louis Rams
• Jim Marshall, former All-Pro NFL Defensive Tackle, Minnesota Vikings
• Greg Lloyd, NFL Defensive Tackle, Carolina Panthers   
• Bernie Bickerstaff, former NBA Head Coach, Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards and Charlotte Bobcats
• K.C. Jones, former NBA Head Coach, Boston Celtics
• Arthur Ashe, former tennis great and civil rights activist. Won 3 Grand Slam singles titles in 1968, (US OPEN) 1970, (AUSTRALIAN OPEN) and 1975 (WIMBLEDON). First and only African-American to be ranked #1 in the WORLD.

Arts/Entertainment

• Donald Byrd, Jazz Trumpeter                              
• Montell Jordan, Jive Recording Artist
• Cedric "The Entertainer", comedian.
• Whitman Mayo, Actor, played "Grady" on Sanford and Son.
• Earnest Thomas, Actor, played "Roger" on What's Happening
• John Singleton, Director, Boyz N The Hood, Higher Learning, Poetic Justice
• Jesse Hairston, Actor, played Rolly Forbes on the sitcom Amen
• Billy Taylor, Jazz Pianist

Religion

• Rev. Calvin Butts, Pastor the Abyssinian Baptist Church. The largest baptist church in the United States
• Dr. Rev. Joseph H. Evans, First black president to head the United Church of Christ

Business/Industry

• Carl Ware, President Africa Group, Coca-Cola Company
• Reggie Hubbard, President/Owner, Diamond Chevrolet, Charlotte, NC
• Percy Sutton, CEO of Inner City Broadcasting, and owner of the famed Apollo Theater, Harlem, NY
• Reginald F. Lews, former CEO of Beatrice International Foods, Inc.
• Edward Gardners, President of Soft Sheen Products
• Kedar Massenburg, President and CEO, Motown Records

Politics

• Thomas Bradley, former Los Angeles Mayor, past Grand Polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
• Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Florida
• Rep. John Conyers, Congressman,  D-California
• Rep. Louis Stokes, Congressman, D-Ohio
• Rep. Walter Fauntroy, Congressman, D-Washington, D.C.
• Harold Washington, former Mayor, City of Chicago
• Johnny L. Cochran, Jr. Attorney at Law
• Tavis Smiley, civil rights activist, former host, BET Tonight