Each year the BSU hosts "The Big Show Excellence Awards", a way to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of members of the BSU, while also honoring a departed brother, Derrick "Big Show" Silas.
Derrick "Big Show" Silas, a former football student athlete at then-Pikeville College from 2001-2004 and later a staff member. Big Show is created in being a founding member of the Black Student Union.