Lindsey Niehm’s family will be eating apple pie ice cream for a while.

Niehm, junior in marketing and Alpha Delta Pi sorority member, snagged fourth place in the Cold Stone Creamery Go Greek Scholarship contest with her ice cream creation called “You’re the Apple to My Pi.”

“My family’s from Ames,” Niehm said. “My mom went and stocked up on my flavor for Thanksgiving so my family could try it. So we have about 10 of them in my freezer right now.”

Stephan Siegel, manager of the Cold Stone Creamery in Ames, invited all sororities and fraternities to nominate a contestant to develop a signature ice cream and compete with other houses. The inventor of the most-purchased creation will win a scholarship of $250.

“We were looking for a way to do something education-related through the high school or ISU,” Siegel said. “This is a fun one for us to do, and it brings the greeks in.”

Niehm’s creation consisted of sweet cream ice cream topped with graham cracker crust, apple pie filling and whipped cream.

Alpha Delta Pi was one of eight or nine houses who chose to compete, and the chapter held a preliminary round to decide who would represent the house.

“Our house voted, and I think there were four different [creations], and out of those, everyone chose mine to be in the contest,” Niehm said.

Contestants earned points when customers purchased their ice cream. The number of points depended on the size of the order, ranging from one point for a 3-ounce order to seven points for a 48-ounce order. Niehm’s ice cream earned a total of 232 points, surpassing the fifth place winner, Bri Buscher of Kappa Delta, by 88 points.

“All of the girls that tried it really liked the flavor,” Niehm said of her sorority sisters. “I think there was one week I went to Cold Stone four different times with people who wanted to try the flavor.”

The competition began Sept. 6 and ended Oct. 17. The third-, second- and first-place results have not yet been released.

Niehm said Alpha Delta Pi has worked with Siegel in the past during its philanthropy project, “Crazy for Cold Stone.”

Siegel said he enjoys getting to know students on an individual basis through community projects like this.

“I think it’s a really great idea,” Niehm said. “And I think it’s a great thing that he does for the greek community.”