UM Fraternity Names Sydney Sweeney Its Official Sweetheart, She Responds

"My favorite group of guys," Sweeney commented on Theta Chi's Instagram post, "See you soon ;)."

January 13, 2025

Image: Sydney Sweeney flipping her hair.

Sydney Sweeney attends the Sydney screening of "Anyone But You" at Hoyts Entertainment Quarter on December 18, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

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At your typical universities, fraternity chapters elect a fellow student or sorority girl to serve as their fraternity "sweetheart" — a female face for the frat who helps raise money for philanthropy.

But at your not-so-typical colleges like the University of Miami (UM), where influencer Alix Earle once roamed campus, and students drive ritzy luxury cars, fraternity sweethearts are not your average college students: they are A-list celebrities.

In an Instagram post on January 8, UM's Theta Chi chapter chose Euphoria and Anybody But You star Sydney Sweeney as its 2025 sweetheart.

"Theta Chi is proud to announce our sweetheart @sydney-sweeney ❤️🌹❤️," the post reads. "Welcome to the family — can't wait to see what the future holds..."

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Screenshot of Instagram post with Sydney Sweeney and Seppe Butera, announcing that the actress is the fraternity sweetheart.

Move over Alix Earle, there is a new star at the University of Miami.

Screenshot via Instagram/@thetachi_umiami

And the actress accepted the new role.

"My favorite group of guys," Sweeney responded. "See you soon ;)."

You may be thinking Sweeney is simply commenting on a viral post — as of 12:30 p.m. on Monday, January 13, the post has garnered 4,838 likes, 146 comments, and nearly 18,000 shares.

But there could be a closer connection between the actress and the UM frat. The fraternity's vice president, Seppe Butera, appears to be on a first-name basis with Sweeney.

His Instagram profile is filled with pictures of himself and Sweeney going as far back as 2022. He was photographed on the red carpet with Sweeney at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards. Just last year, he was on set for the filming of Sweeney's appearance on the popular YouTube show Hot Ones, where host Sean Evans chats with his celebrity guests as they eat progressively spicier chicken wings.

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A quick gander at his social media and tagged photos indicates he may be related to Sweeney's fiancé, Chicago-based entrepreneur Jonathan Davino.

Time will tell if Sweeney will indeed show up to a Theta Chi pool party, but it may not be totally out of the question considering the actress has a new $13.5 million pad just a little further south in Key West.

Naomi Feinstein is a staff writer of Miami New Times where she primarily focuses on news. Naomi started her career with New Times as a summer intern in 2019, then returned as a fellow in August 2022 before joining the staff full-time in February 2023. She graduated from University of Miami where she contributed to the student-run newspaper, the Miami Hurricane. She holds a master’s degree and graduated with honors from the Columbia School of Journalism. In 2021, Naomi was recognized as the College Journalist of the Year from the Society of Professional Journalists of Florida, and she placed second for Best General News Story in the 2021 Pinnacle Awards.

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