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The following is a sports team nicknames for colleges (
universities in non-U.S. English) in North America, primarily in the
United States and
Canada .
These are the general, collective
nicknames that various colleges and universities' athletic teams compete under, grouped by a general theme before dividing into specific nicknames. For specific names of live or costumed
mascots , see
List of college mascots in the United States .
Animals
Allegheny (
Meadville, PA )
Brazosport (
Lake Jackson, TX )
Eastern Gateway CC (
Steubenville, OH &
Youngstown, OH )
Florida (
Gainesville )
Green River (
Auburn, WA )
Horry-Georgetown Tech (
Conway, SC )
Houston-Downtown (
Houston )
Notre Dame Maryland (
Baltimore, MD )
Russell Sage (
Albany, NY &
Troy, NY )
San Francisco State (
San Francisco )
[a]
Virginia Peninsula CC (
Hampton, VA &
Williamsburg, VA )
Antelopes
"Antelope" is a common term in North American English for the
pronghorn , which is only distantly related to the
true antelopes . All schools listed here derive their nicknames from the pronghorn.
Baruch (
Manhattan )
Binghamton (
Vestal, NY )
Brescia (
Owensboro, KY )
Cincinnati (
Cincinnati )
Columbia Bible (
Abbotsford, BC )
Lander (
Greenwood, SC )
McKendree (
Lebanon, IL )
Northwest Missouri State (
Maryville )
Rust (
Holly Springs, MS )
Saint Vincent (
Latrobe, PA )
Sam Houston (
Huntsville, TX ) – Bearkats
Southwest Baptist (
Bolivar, MO )
Willamette (
Salem, OR )
Bears (larger category)
Athens State , (
Athens, AL )
Barclay (
Haviland, KS )
Barnard (
New York City )
Baton Rouge CC (
Baton Rouge )
Baylor (
Waco, TX )
Bevill State CC (
Sumiton, AL )
Bloomfield (
Bloomfield, NJ )
Blue Ridge CC (
Flat Rock, NC &
Brevard, NC )
Bridgewater State (
Bridgewater, MA )
Brookhaven (
Farmers Branch, TX )
Brown (
Providence, RI )
Central Arkansas (
Conway ) – Bears and Sugar Bears
Coast Guard (
New London, CT )
Columbia (BC) (
Vancouver )
Des Moines Area CC (multicampus)
Golden State Baptist (
Santa Clara, CA )
Harcum (
Bryn Mawr, PA )
Lenoir–Rhyne (
Hickory, NC )
Livingstone (
Salisbury, NC )
L.A. City (
East Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA ) – Cubs
Mercer (
Macon, GA )
Missouri State (
Springfield, MO )
Morgan State (
Baltimore, MD )
Mott CC (
Flint, MI )
Northern Colorado (
Greeley, CO )
Northeast State CC (
Blountville, TN )
NYIT (
Old Westbury, NY )
Phoenix (
Phoenix, AZ )
Pikeville (
Pikeville, KY )
Rocky Mountain (
Billings, MT )
Saint Joseph's (NY) (
Brooklyn &
Patchogue, NY ))
Santa Rosa Junior (
Santa Rosa, CA ) – Bear Cubs
Shaw (
Raleigh, NC )
Shawnee State (
Portsmouth, OH )
Southwest Mississippi CC (
Summit, MS )
SUNY Potsdam (
Potsdam, NY )
Truett McConnell (
Cleveland, GA )
UAlberta (
Edmonton ) –
Pandas
UC San Francisco (
San Francisco )
Ursinus (
Collegeville, PA )
Washington University in St. Louis (
St. Louis )
Big Cats (larger category excluding Lions and Tigers)
Bates (
Lewiston, ME )
Brandon (
Brandon, MB )
Bryant & Stratton (
Syracuse, NY and
Buffalo, NY )
Burman (
Lacombe, AB )
Central Oregon CC (
Bend, OR )
East Georgia State (
Swainsboro, GA )
Frostburg State (
Frostburg, MD )
Georgia College (
Milledgeville, GA )
Georgia Northwestern Tech (multicampus)
Haywood CC (
Clyde, NC )
Jones County Junior (
Ellisville, MS )
Lees–McRae (
Banner Elk, NC )
Montana State (
Bozeman, MT )
Ohio (
Athens, OH )
Ozarks (
Point Lookout, MO )
Paul Smith's (
Paul Smiths, New York )
Peru State (
Peru, NE )
Quinnipiac (
Hamden, CT )
St. Thomas (FL) (
Miami )
Texas State (
San Marcos, TX )
UC Merced (
Merced, CA )
Pitt–Greensburg (
Greensburg, PA )
West Virginia Wesleyan (
Buckhannon, WV )
Alameda (
Alameda, CA )
Assiniboine CC (
Brandon, MB )
Augusta Tech (
Augusta, GA )
Averett (
Danville, VA )
Azusa Pacific (
Azusa, CA )
Barton CC (
Great Bend, KS )
Brigham Young (
Provo, UT )
Caldwell (
Caldwell, NJ )
Cal State San Marcos (
San Marcos, CA )
Camden County (
Blackwood, NJ )
Central Carolina CC (multicampus)
Canyons (
Santa Clarita, CA )
Chatham (
Pittsburgh )
Chicago State (
Chicago )
Clackamas CC (
Oregon City, OR )
Clark University (
Worcester, MA )
Cleveland State CC (
Cleveland, TN )
Clinton CC (NY) (
Plattsburgh, NY )
Coastal Bend (
Beeville, TX )
Coastal Carolina CC (
Jacksonville, NC )
College of Charleston (
Charleston, SC )
Collin (
McKinney, TX )
Colorado Christian (
Lakewood, CO )
Columbia (MO) (
Columbia, MO )
Columbus State CC (
Columbus, OH )
Columbus State (
Columbus, GA )
Concordia Chicago (
River Forest, IL )
Cuesta (
San Luis Obispo, CA )
Frederick CC (
Frederick, MD )
Genesee CC (
Genesee, New York )
Highland CC (
Freeport, IL )
Holyoke CC (
Holyoke, MA )
Houston (
Houston )
Illinois Central (
East Peoria )
IU Kokomo (
Kokomo, IN )
Kalamazoo Valley CC (
Kalamazoo, MI )
Kean (
Union, NJ )
Kishwaukee (
Malta, IL ) – Kougars
Kuyper (
Grand Rapids )
Lassen CC (
Susanville, CA )
L.A. Southwest (
Los Angeles, CA )
Lawson State CC (
Birmingham, AL )
Lehigh Carbon CC (
Schnecksville, PA )
Manchester CC (CT) (
Manchester, CT )
Medgar Evers (
Brooklyn )
Minnesota–Morris (
Morris, MN )
Misericordia (
Dallas, PA )
Mount Royal (
Calgary )
Mount Vernon Nazarene (
Mount Vernon, OH )
Pitt-Johnstown (
Johnstown, PA ) – Mountain Cats
Redlands CC (
El Reno, OK )
Regina (
Regina, SK ) (all sports except football)
Saint Francis (IN) (
Fort Wayne, IN )
Sioux Falls (
Sioux Falls, SD )
Saint Xavier (
Chicago, IL )
Sault (
Sault Ste. Marie, ON )
South Mountain CC (
Phoenix, AZ )
Southern Illinois–Edwardsville (
Edwardsville, IL )
Spring Arbor (
Spring Arbor, MI )
St. Charles CC (
Cottleville, MO )
Taft (
Taft, CA )
UW–Waukesha (
Waukesha, WI )
Washington State (
Pullman, WA )
Western Nebraska CC (
Scottsbluff, NE )
Wilkes CC (
Wilkesboro, NC )
Augusta (
Augusta, GA )
Danville Area CC (
Danville, IL )
Governors State (
University Park, IL )
Houston-Victoria (
Victoria, TX )
IUPUI (
Indianapolis )
Johnson (PA) (
Scranton, PA )
Johnston CC (
Smithfield, NC )
Nashua CC (
Nashua, NH )
Noreste (
Tampico )
Regiomontana (
Monterrey )
San Jose City (
San Jose, CA )
South Alabama (
Mobile )
Southern (
Baton Rouge )
Southwestern (CA) (
Chula Vista, CA )
Spelman (
Atlanta )
Texas A&M–San Antonio (
San Antonio )
Williamson (
Franklin, TN )
Adelphi (
Hempstead, NY )
Albany Pharmacy/Health (
Albany, NY )
Baltimore City CC (
Baltimore )
Birmingham–Southern (
Birmingham, AL )
Canadore (
North Bay, ON )
Chaffey (
Rancho Cucamonga, CA )
Chapman (
Orange, CA )
Chihuahua Tech (
Chihuahua, Mexico ) – Panteras
Clark Atlanta (
Atlanta )
Claflin (
Orangeburg, SC )
Davenport (
Grand Rapids, MI )
Denmark Tech (
Denmark, SC )
Drury (
Springfield, MO )
Eastern Illinois (
Charleston, IL )
Ellsworth (
Iowa Falls, IA )
Ferrum (
Ferrum, VA )
FIU (
University Park, FL )
Florida Tech (
Melbourne, FL )
Georgia State (
Atlanta )
Greenville (
Greenville, IL )
Hanover (
Hanover, IN )
Hartnell (
Salinas, CA )
High Point (
High Point, NC )
Kentucky Wesleyan (
Owensboro, KY )
LaGrange (
LaGrange, GA )
Manhattan CC (
Manhattan, NYC, NY )
Mérici (
Quebec City ) – Panthéres
Middlebury (
Middlebury, VT )
Metropolitan Autonomous (
Mexico City ) – Black Panthers
Morton (
Cicero, IL )
Neosho County CC (
Chanute, KS )
Northern Iowa (
Cedar Falls, IA )
Ohio Dominican (
Columbus, OH )
Olive-Harvey (
Chicago )
Passaic County CC (
Paterson, NJ )
Palm Beach State (
Palm Beach, FL )
Pellissippi State CC (
Hardin Valley, Tennessee )
Philander Smith (
Little Rock, AR )
Piedmont Virginia CC (
Charlottesville, VA )
Pillar (
Newark, NJ )
Pitt (
Pittsburgh )
Pitt-Bradford (
Bradford, PA )
Plymouth State (
Plymouth, NH )
Portland CC (
Portland, OR )
Prairie View A&M (
Prairie View, TX )
Prince Edward Island (
Charlottetown, PEI )
Principia (
Elsah, IL )
Pueblo CC (eSports only) (
Pueblo, CO )
Richmond CC (
Hamlet, NC )
Sacramento City (
Sacramento, CA )
SUNY Old Westbury (
Old Westbury, NY )
SUNY Purchase (
Purchase, NY )
South Florida State (
Avon Park, FL )
Tompkins Cortland CC (
Dryden, New York )
UW-Milwaukee (
Milwaukee )
Virginia Union (
Richmond, VA )
York (NE) (
York, NE )
Many of these schools have a
bobcat as a mascot. "Wildcat" is a common name for that animal in North American English.
Abilene Christian (
Abilene, TX )
Arizona (
Tucson, AZ )
Baker (
Baldwin City, KS )
Bay Path (
Longmeadow, MA )
Bethel (TN) (
McKenzie, TN )
Bethune-Cookman (
Daytona, FL )
Bishop State CC (
Mobile, AL )
CC Allegheny County (
Allegheny County, PA )
Chico State (
Chico, CA )
Central Washington (
Ellensburg, WA )
Culver–Stockton (
Canton, MO )
Davidson (
Davidson, NC )
Daemen (
Amherst, NY )
Emmanuel Bible (
Kitchener, ON )
Fort Valley State (
Fort Valley, GA )
Indiana Wesleyan (
Marion, IN )
Johnson & Wales (multicampus)
Kansas State (
Manhattan, KS )
Kentucky (
Lexington )
Linfield (
McMinnville, OR )
Louisiana Christian (
Pineville, LA )
New Hampshire (
Durham, NH )
North Dakota Science (
Wahpeton, ND )
Northern Michigan (
Marquette, MI )
Northwest Vista (
San Antonio )
Northwestern (
Evanston, IL /
Chicago )
Orangeburg-Calhoun Tech (
Orangeburg, SC )
Pennsylvania Tech (
Williamsport, PA )
Pearl River CC (
Poplarville, MS )
Portland Bible (
Portland, OR )
Randolph (
Lynchburg, VA ) – WildCats
St. Catherine (
St. Paul /
Minneapolis )
SUNY Poly (
Utica, NY )
Villanova (
Villanova, PA )
Wayne County CC (multicampus)
Wayne State (NE) (
Wayne, NE )
Weber State (
Ogden, UT )
West L.A. (
Culver City, CA )
Western Nevada (
Carson City, NV )
Wiley (
Marshall, TX )
Wilmington University (
New Castle, DE )
UW–Washington County (
West Bend, WI )
Birds (larger category, excluding Eagles and Hawks)
Antonio Narro Agrarian (
Saltillo, Mexico )-
Vultures
Aguascalientes (
Aguascalientes )
Chattanooga (
Chattanooga, TN ) – Mocs
[b]
Colima (
Colima City ) –
Parrots
Delaware (
Newark, DE ) –
Blue Hens
Everglades (multicampus) –
Egrets
Fresno Pacific (
Fresno, CA ) –
Sunbirds
Hesston (
Hesston, KS ) –
Larks
Intercontinental (
Mexico City ) –
Wild Swans
Jackson State CC (TN) (
Jackson, TN ) –
Green Jays
Oglethorpe (
Atlanta ) –
Stormy Petrels
Pomona -
Pitzer (joint team) –
Sagehens
Puerto Rico-Río Piedras (
San Juan, Puerto Rico ) –
Gallitos & Jerezanas
Quintana Roo (
Chetumal ) –
Toucans
SUNY Empire (
Saratoga Springs, NY ) –
Bluebirds
Treasure Valley CC (
Ontario, OR ) –
Chukars
United Tribes Tech (
Bismarck, ND ) – T-Birds
West Virginia Northern CC (
Wheeling, WV ) – Thundering
Chickens
Andrews (
Berrien Springs, MI )
Ball State (
Muncee, IN )
Concordia (MI) (
Ann Arbor, MI )
CUA (
Washington, D.C. )
Gadsden State CC (
Gadsden, AL )
Hibbing CC (
Hibbing, MN )
Illinois State (
Normal, IL ) (Redbirds)
Incarnate Word (
San Antonio )
Labette CC (
Parsons, KS )
Lamar (
Beaumont, TX )
Louisville (
Louisville, KY )
Massachusetts Pharmacy/Health (
Boston )
McGill (
Montreal ) – Redbirds
Mineral Area (
Park Hills, MO )
North Central College (
Naperville, IL )
North ID (
Coeur D'Alene, ID )
Otterbein (
Westerville, OH )
Saginaw Valley State (
University Center, MI )
Saint Mary's Minnesota (
Winona, MN )
Skagit Valley (
Mount Vernon, WA )
St. John Fisher (
Rochester, NY )
SUNY Plattsburgh (
Plattsburgh, NY )
Trinity Valley CC (
Athens, TX )
Wesleyan University (
Middletown, CT )
Wheeling (
Wheeling, WV )
William Jewell (
Liberty, Missouri )
CUNY York (
Jamaica, Queens )
Air Force (
Colorado Springs, CO )
Albertus Magnus (
New Haven, CT )
Bentley (
Waltham, MA )
Berkshire CC (
Pittsfield, MA )
Bowling Green (
Bowling Green, OH )
Cedar Crest (
Allentown, PA )
Cerritos (
Norwalk, CA )
Concordia Wisconsin (
Mequon, WI )
Davis (
Johnson City, NY )
Daytona State (
Daytona Beach, FL )
Dutchess CC (
Poughkeepsie, NY )
East Central College (
Union, MO )
Eastern Idaho (
Idaho Falls, ID )
Fairmont State (
Fairmont, WV )
Fanshawe (
London, ON )
Felician (
Lodi, NJ &
Rutherford, NJ )
Fisher (
Boston )
Fitchburg State (
Fitchburg, MA )
Florida College (
Temple Terrace, FL )
Folsom Lake (
Folsom, CA )
Friends (
Wichita, KS )
Kansas Christian (
Overland Park, KS )
Lackawanna (
Scranton, PA )
Langara (
Vancouver, BC )
Lone Star-CyFair (
Cypress, TX )
Messiah (
Grantham, PA )
Montevallo (
Montevallo, AL )
Northern Maine CC (
Presque Isle, ME )
Notre Dame College (
South Euclid, OH )
Pfeiffer (
Misenheimer, NC )
St. Augustine's (
Raleigh, NC )
Seattle Pacific (
Seattle )
Southeastern Illinois (
Harrisburg, IL )
Simmons Kentucky (
Louisville )
Solano CC (
Fairfield, CA )
Truman (
Chicago )
UT Permian Basin (
Odessa, TX )
UW-Fond du Lac (
Fond du Lac, WI )
UW-River Falls (
River Falls, WI )
Veracruzana (
Veracruz )
West Hills Coalinga (
Coalinga, CA )
Athens Tech (
Athens, GA )
Autónoma Guadalajara (
Guadalajara )
Bryn Mawr (
Bryn Mawr, PA )
Citrus (
Glendora, CA )
Florida Atlantic (
Boca Raton )
Foothill (
Los Altos Hills, CA )
Harford CC (
Bel Air, MD ) – Fighting Owls
Hawai'i-West O'ahu (
Kapolei, HI )
Keene State (
Keene, NH )
Kennesaw State (
Kennesaw, GA )
Kenyon (
Gambier, OH )
Maine-Presque Isle (
Presque Isle, ME )
Middlesex CC (
Lowell, MA &
Bedford, MA )
Nash CC (
Rocky Mount, NC )
Northern Alberta Tech (
Edmonton, AB ) – Ooks
Oconee Fall Line Tech (
Sandersville, GA &
Dublin, GA )
Oregon Tech (
Klamath Falls, OR ) – Hustlin' Owls
Otis Art/Design (
Westchester, Los Angeles, California )
Prince George's CC (
Largo, MD )
Puerto Rico-Humacao (
Humacao, Puerto Rico ) – Búhos and Búhas
Rice (
Houston, TX )
Southern Connecticut (
New Haven, CT )
Temple University (
Philadelphia )
Union County (
Union County, NJ )
Warren Wilson (
Asheville, NC )
Westfield State (
Westfield, MA )
William Woods (
Fulton, MO )
Angelina (
Lufkin, TX )
Butte (
Oroville, CA )
Cal State Bakersfield (
Bakersfield, CA )
Crafton Hills (
Yucaipa, CA )
Dalton State (
Dalton, GA )
Desert (
Palm Desert, CA )
Delaware Tech CC-Georgetown (
Georgetown, DE )
Intercultural Sinaloa (
Municipality of El Fuerte ) – Chureas
Linn-Benton CC (
Albany, OR )
Metro State (
Denver )
Morgan CC (
Fort Morgan, CO )
Northcentral (multicampus) (no athletics)
Ramapo (
Mahwah, NJ )
Rio Hondo (
Whittier, CA )
Rowan-Gloucester (
Sewell, NJ )
Southwestern Michigan (
Dowagiac, MI )
State Fair CC (
Sedalia, MO )
Tamaulipas (
Ciudad Victoria ) – Correcaminos
UTSA (
San Antonio, TX )
UW–Richland (
Richland, WI )
Bethany (WV) (
Bethany, WV )
Bucknell (
Lewisburg, PA )
Gallaudet (
Washington, D.C. )
Harding (
Searcy, AR )
Howard (
Washington, D.C. )
Lipscomb (
Nashville, TN )
Manitoba (
Winnipeg )
Marshall (
Huntington, WV ) – Thundering Herd;
the mascot is a student in a bison costume.
Nichols (
Dudley, MA )
North Dakota State (
Fargo, ND )
Oklahoma Baptist (
Shawnee, OK )
Southern Union State CC (
Wadley, AL )
Wayne CC (
Goldsboro, NC )
Cats (larger category, excluding Big Cats)
Cows (larger category)
Bucks
Dogs (larger category)
Adrian (
Adrian, MI )
Alabama A&M (
Normal, AL )
Allan Hancock (
Santa Maria, CA )
Barton (
Wilson, NC )
Bellevue College (
Bellevue, WA )
Bergen CC (
Bergen County, NJ )
Bowie State (
Bowie, MD )
Boyce (
Louisville, KY )
Brooklyn (
Brooklyn, NY )
Bryant (
Smithfield, RI )
Bunker Hill CC (
Boston, MA )
Butler (
Indianapolis )
The Citadel (
Charleston, SC )
Clarendon (
Clarendon, TX )
Concordia (NE) (
Seward, NE )
Daley (
Chicago )
Dean (
Franklin, MA )
DeSales (
Center Valley, PA )
Drake (
Des Moines )
Ferris State (
Big Rapids, MI )
Fisk (
Nashville, TN )
Fresno State (
Fresno, CA )
Gardner-Webb (
Boiling Springs, NC ) – Runnin' Bulldogs
Georgia (
Athens, GA )
Gonzaga (
Spokane, WA )
Holmes CC (multicampus)
Jarvis Christian (
Hawkins, TX )
Kettering (
Flint, MI )
Knoxville (
Knoxville, TN )
Louisiana Tech (
Ruston, LA ) (men's teams)
McPherson (
McPherson, KS )
Minnesota–Duluth (
Duluth, MN )
Mississippi Gulf Coast CC (
Perkinston, MS )
Mississippi State (near
Starkville , postal address of
MS State )
[1]
Montana-Western (
Dillon, MT )
Navarro (
Corsicana, TX )
Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico )
Redlands (
Redlands, CA )
Samford (
Homewood, AL )
San Mateo (
San Mateo, CA )
South Carolina State (
Orangeburg, SC )
South Suburban (
South Holland, IL )
Southwestern Oklahoma State (
Weatherford, OK )
Springfield (IL) (
Springfield, IL )
Tennessee Wesleyan (
Athens, TN )
Texarkana (
Texarkana, TX )
Texas Lutheran (
Seguin, TX )
Thaddeus Stevens (
Lancaster, PA )
Tougaloo (
Tougaloo, MS )
Truman State (
Kirksville, MO )
UNC Asheville (
Asheville, NC )
Union (KY) (
Barbourville, KY )
Union (TN) (
Jackson, TN )
Wilberforce (
Wilberforce, OH )
Wingate (
Wingate, NC )
Yale (
New Haven, CT )
Bloomsburg (
Bloomsburg, PA )
East L.A. (
Monterey Park, CA )
George Brown (
Toronto )
Houston Christian (
Houston )
Keyano (
Fort McMurray, AB )
Michigan Tech (
Houghton, MI )
Monroe County CC (
Monroe Charter Township, MI &
Temperance, MI )
Northeastern (
Boston )
Northern Illinois (
DeKalb, IL )
St. Cloud State (
St. Cloud, MN )
St. Mary's (NS) (
Halifax, NS )
Saskatchewan (
Saskatoon )
Southern Maine (
Gorham, ME )
UConn (
Storrs, CT )
UW–Marathon County (
Wausau, WI )
Washington (
Seattle )
Eagles (standalone category – multiple sub-categories)
Alice Lloyd (
Pippa Passes, KY )
American (
Washington, DC )
American National (multicampus)
Asbury (
Wilmore, KY )
Ashland (
Ashland, OH )
Avila (
Kansas City, MO )
Bay Ridge Christian (
Fort Bend County, TX )
Benedictine University (
Lisle, IL )
Biola (
La Mirada, CA )
Bladen CC (
Dublin, NC )
Boston College (
Chestnut Hill, MA )
Bridgewater (
Bridgewater, VA )
Carson–Newman (
Jefferson City, TN )
Central Methodist (
Fayette, MO )
Central Texas (
Killeen, TX )
Chadron State (
Chadron, NE )
Clark State (
Springfield, OH )
Coastal Alabama CC (
Monroeville, AL )
Colorado Mountain (multicampus)
Concordia Irvine (
Irvine, CA )
Coppin State (
Baltimore )
Drake State CC/Tech (
Huntsville, AL ) – Blue Eagles
Dyersburg State CC (
Dyersburg, TN )
Eastern (
St. Davids, Pennsylvania )
Eastern Michigan (
Ypsilanti, MI )
Eastern Washington (
Cheney, WA )
Edgewood (
Madison, WI )
Elmira (
Elmira, NY ) – Soaring Eagles
Embry-Riddle (multicampus)
Emmaus Bible (
Dubuque, IA )
Emory (
Atlanta )
Faith Baptist (
Ankeny, IA )
Faulkner (
Montgomery, AL )
Florida Baptist (
Graceville, FL )
Florida Gulf Coast (
Fort Myers )
Fort Lauderdale (
Fort Lauderdale )
Georgia Southern (
Statesboro, GA )
Hinds CC (
Raymond, MS )
Houston CC (
Houston )
Illinois Valley CC (
Oglesby, IL )
Judson (
Elgin, IL &
Rockford, IL )
Juniata (
Huntingdon, PA )
King's (AB) (
Edmonton, AB )
Kirkwood CC (
Cedar Rapids, IA )
Kwantlen Poly (multicampus)
Laney (
Oakland, CA )
L.A. Mission (
Los Angeles, CA )
Life (
Marietta, GA ) – Running Eagles
Mary Washington (
Fredericksburg, VA )
Mendocino (
Ukiah, CA )
Meridian CC (
Meridian, MS )
Midway (
Midway, KY )
Moncton (
Moncton ) – Aigles Bleu (Blue Eagles)
Morehead State (
Morehead, KY )
Mt. San Jacinto (
Riverside County, CA )
Niagara University (
Lewiston, NY )
North Carolina Central (
Durham, NC )
Northeast Texas CC (
Mount Pleasant, TX )
Northeast Wisconsin Tech (
Green Bay, WI )
Northern New Mexico (
Española, NM )
Northwest Arkansas CC (
Bentonville, AR )
Northwest University (
Kirkland, WA )
Northwestern–St. Paul (
Saint Paul, MN )
Oklahoma Christian (
Oklahoma City, OK )
Oklahoma Wesleyan (
Bartlesville, OK )
Ozarks Tech CC (
Springfield, MO )
Pensacola Christian (
Pensacola, FL )
Polk State (
Winter Haven, FL )
Post (
Waterbury, CT )
Reinhardt (
Waleska, GA )
Richard Bland (
Prince George, VA )
Rockingham CC (
Wentworth, NC )
Saint Elizabeth (
Morris Township, NJ &
Florham Park, NJ )
Scott CC (
Riverdale, IA )
Siskiyous (
Weed, CA )
Saskatchewan Indian Tech (
Saskatoon )
Southwestern Christian University (
Bethany, OK )
Stanly CC (
Locust, NC )
State Tech Missouri (
Linn, MO )
Tallahassee CC (
Tallahassee, FL )
Texas A&M-Texarkana (
Texarkana, TX )
Toronto-Mississauga (
Mississauga, ON )
Trinity Baptist (
Jacksonville, FL )
United States Sports Academy (
Daphne, AL )
University of the Ozarks (
Clarksville, AR )
Victory (
Memphis, TN )
Wake Tech CC (
Raleigh, NC )
West Coast Baptist (
Lancaster, CA )
Western Idaho (
Nampa, ID )
Williams Baptist (
Walnut Ridge, AR )
Winthrop (
Rock Hill, SC )
Woodland CC (
Woodland, CA )
Águilas
Cal State Los Angeles (
Los Angeles )
Chattahoochee Tech (
Marietta, GA )
Colorado State-Global (
Aurora, CO )
Cornerstone (
Grand Rapids )
Feather River (
Quincy, CA )
John Brown (
Siloam Springs, AR )
Kent State (
Kent, OH ) – Golden Flashes
La Sierra (
Riverside, CA )
Laramie County CC (
Cheyenne, WY )
Marquette (
Milwaukee )
Minnesota–Crookston (
Crookston, MN )
Northeastern Illinois (
Chicago )
Oral Roberts (
Tulsa, OK )
PennWest Clarion (
Clarion, PA )
Rock Valley (
Rockford, IL )
Southern Idaho (
Twin Falls, ID )
Southern Mississippi (
Hattiesburg, MS )
Spalding (
Louisville, KY )
St. Joseph's (Long Island) (
Patchogue, NY )
SUNY Brockport (
Brockport, NY )
Tennessee Tech (
Cookeville )
University of Charleston (
Charleston )
Utah State-Eastern (
Price, UT )
UW-La Crosse (
La Crosse, WI )
Warren County CC (
Washington, NJ )
Washington County CC (
Calais, ME )
West Hills Lemoore (
Lemoore, CA )
White Mountains CC (multicampus)
Screaming Eagles
Red Foxes
Hawks (standalone category – multiple sub-categories)
Bristol CC (
Fall River, MA ) – Bayhawks
CC Denver (
Denver ) – CityHawks
Coe (
Cedar Rapids, IA ) – Kohawks
Columbia Basin (
Pasco, WA )
Cosumnes River (
Sacramento, CA )
Delaware Tech CC-Terry (
Dover, DE )
Dickinson State (
Dickinson, ND ) – Blue Hawks
Evergreen Valley (
San Jose, CA )
Hartford (
Hartford, CT )
Hagerstown CC (
Hagerstown, MD )
Harper (
Palatine, IL )
Harrisburg Area CC (
Harrisburg, PA )
Hartwick (
Oneonta, NY )
Hawkeye CC (
Waterloo, IA ) –
Red-tailed Hawks
Heartland CC (
Normal, IL )
Hilbert (
Hamburg, NY )
Hillsborough CC (
Tampa, FL )
Henry Ford (
Dearborn, MI )
Hocking (
Nelsonville, OH )
Housatonic CC (
Bridgeport, CT )
Houston-Clear Lake (
Houston )
Howard (
Big Spring, TX )
Humber (
Toronto )
Hunter (
Manhattan )
Huntingdon (
Montgomery, AL )
Illinois Tech (
Chicago )
IUP (
Indiana, PA ) – Crimson Hawks
Lake–Sumter State (
Leesburg, FL ) – Lakehawks
Lake Superior (
Duluth, MN ) – IceHawks
Las Positas (
Livermore, CA )
Lehigh (
Bethlehem, PA ) – Mountain Hawks
Loras (
Dubuque, IA ) – Duhawks
Malcolm X (
Chicago )
Maryland Eastern Shore (
Princess Anne, MD )
Miami-Hamilton (
Hamilton, OH ) –
Harriers
Mohawk Valley CC (
Utica, NY )
Monmouth University (
West Long Branch, NJ )
North Dakota (
Grand Forks, ND ) – Fighting Hawks
Northeast CC (
Norfolk, NE )
Oaxaca Tech (
Oaxaca ) – Halcónes
Puerto Rico-Utuado (
Utuado, Puerto Rico ) –
Guaraguaos
Quincy (
Quincy, IL )
Roanoke-Chowan CC (
Ahoskie, NC )
Rockhurst (
Kansas City, MO )
Rockland CC (
Suffern, NY )
Roger Williams (
Bristol, RI )
Saint Anselm (
Goffstown, NH )
Saint Joseph's (PA) (
Philadelphia )
San Diego Christian (
Santee, CA )
Santiago Canyon (
Orange, CA )
Shorter College (
North Little Rock, AR )
Shorter University (
Rome, GA )
Southeastern CC (IA) (
Burlington, IA &
Keokuk, IA )
South Georgia State (
Douglas, GA &
Waycross, GA )
Southern Maryland (multicampus)
SUNY New Paltz (
New Paltz, NY )
Tri-County Tech (
Pendleton, SC )
Viterbo (
La Crosse, WI ) – V-Hawks
UT Southern (
Pulaski, TN ) – FireHawks
Wilfrid Laurier (
Waterloo, ON ) – Golden Hawks
York County CC (
Wells, ME )
Jayhawks
Red Hawks
Benedictine Mesa (
Mesa, AZ )
Catawba Valley CC (
Hickory, NC )
Gateway Tech (multicampus)
LaGuardia CC (
Long Island City, NY )
La Roche (
McCandless Township, PA )
Lake Michigan (
Benton Township, MI )
Miami University (
Oxford, OH ) – RedHawks
Montclair State (
Montclair, NJ )
Ripon (
Ripon, WI )
Roberts Wesleyan (
Rochester, NY ) – Redhawks
Seattle (
Seattle ) – Redhawks
Simpson University (
Redding, CA )
Southeast Missouri (
Cape Girardeau, MO ) – Redhawks
Broward (
Davie, FL )
Cabrillo (
Aptos, CA )
Cecil (
Bay View, Maryland )
Keiser (
West Palm Beach, FL )
Lamar State-Port Arthur (
Port Arthur, TX )
L.A. Harbor (
Wilmington, CA )
St. Mary's Maryland (
St. Mary's City, MD )
Salve Regina (
Newport, RI )
UNC Wilmington (
Wilmington, NC )
Wagner (
Staten Island )
Memorial Newfoundland (
St. John's, NL ) – Sea-Hawks
Skyhawks
Thunderhawks
Warhawks
Boise State (
Boise, ID )
Bronx CC (
The Bronx )
Cal Poly Pomona (
Pomona, CA )
Central Oklahoma (
Edmond, OK ) – Bronchos
Fayetteville State (
Fayetteville, NC )
Hastings (
Hastings, NE )
Olds (
Olds, AB )
Rider (
Lawrenceville, NJ ) – Broncs
Santa Clara (
Santa Clara, CA )
SUNY Delhi (
Delhi, NY )
Western MI (
Kalamazoo, MI )
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo , (
San Luis Obispo, CA )
Central Baptist (
Conway, AR ) – Mustangs and Lady Mustangs
Central Maine CC (
Auburn, ME )
Los Medanos (
Pittsburg, CA )
Master's (
Santa Clarita, CA )
Midwestern State , (
Wichita Falls, TX )
Monroe (
New York City )
Montgomery County CC (
Blue Bell, PA )
Morningside , (
Sioux City, IA )
Mount Mercy , (
Cedar Rapids, IA )
Norco (
Norco, CA )
Northeast Alabama CC (
Rainsville, AL )
San Joaquin Delta (
Stockton, CA )
Sisseton Wahpeton (
Sisseton, SD )
Southern Methodist (
University Park, TX )
Southwest (
Hobbs, NM )
Southwest Minnesota State (
Marshall, MN )
Stevenson (
Stevenson, MD )
SUNY Morrisville (
Morrisville, NY )
Western New Mexico , (
Silver City, New Mexico )
Western Ontario , (
London, ON )
Western Wyoming CC , (
Rock Springs, WY )
Alabama State (
Montgomery, AL ) – Hornets & Lady Hornets
Delaware State (
Dover, DE )
Emporia State (
Emporia, KS )
Fullerton (
Fullerton, CA )
Harris-Stowe State (
St. Louis )
Kalamazoo (
Kalamazoo, MI )
Lynchburg (
Lynchburg, VA )
Morris (
Sumter, SC )
Sacramento State (
Sacramento, CA )
Shenandoah (
Winchester, VA )
SUNY Broome (
Dickinson ,
Waverly , and
Owego, NY )
Vermont State–Lyndon (
Lyndon, VT )
Stingers
Allen (
Columbia, SC )
American International (
Springfield, MA )
Baldwin Wallace (
Berea, OH )
Black Hills State (
Spearfish, SD )
Cedarville (
Cedarville, OH )
Defiance (
Defiance, OH )
Georgia Tech (
Atlanta )
Graceland (
Lamoni, IA )
Howard Payne (
Brownwood, TX )
LeTourneau (
Longview, TX )
Randolph-Macon (
Ashland, VA )
Waynesburg (
Waynesburg, PA )
West Virginia State (
Institute, WV )
UW-Superior (
Superior, WI )
Lions (standalone category – multiple sub-categories)
Ambrose (
Calgary, AB )
American Jewish (
Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California )
Anáhuac (
Mexico City )
Arkansas-Fort Smith (
Fort Smith, AR )
Bryan (
Dayton, TN )
Bryn Athyn (
Bryn Athyn, PA )
Champlain St. Lawrence (
Quebec City )
Columbia (NY) (
New York City )
CC Baltimore County-Dundalk (
Dundalk, MD )
CC Philadelphia (
Philadelphia )
East Mississippi CC (
Scooba, MS )
Eastern Mennonite (
Harrisonburg, VA )
Eastern Nazarene (
Quincy, MA )
Emerson (
Boston )
Emmanuel (GA) (
Franklin Springs, GA )
Florida Memorial (
Miami Gardens, FL )
Freed-Hardeman (
Henderson, TN )
Gateway CC (
New Haven, CT )
Georgian Court (
Lakewood Township, NJ )
Guadalajara (
Guadalajara ) – Leones Negros
King's (NY) (
New York City )
Lambton (
Sarnia, ON )
Langston (
Langston, OK )
Lincoln (PA) (
Chester County, PA )
Lincoln Christian (
Lincoln, IL ) (Red Lions)
Lindenwood (
Saint Charles, MO )
Loma Linda (
Loma Linda, CA )
Loyola Marymount (
Los Angeles )
Mars Hill (
Mars Hill, NC )
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Missouri Southern (
Joplin, MO )
Molloy (
Long Island )
Moreno Valley (
Moreno Valley, CA )
Mount St. Joseph (
Delhi Township, OH )
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Mountain View (
Dallas )
Multnomah (
Portland, OR )
Nassau CC (
Garden City, NY )
Normandale CC (
Bloomington, MN )
North Central Texas (
Gainesville, TX )
North Alabama (
Florence, AL )
Paine (
Augusta, GA )
Penn State (multicampus)
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Piedmont (
Demorest, GA )
Pierpont CC/Tech (
Fairmont, WV )
Puerto Rico-Ponce (
Ponce, Puerto Rico )
Red Deer Poly (
Red Deer, AB )
Saint Leo (
St. Leo, FL )
Soka (
Aliso Viejo, CA )
Southeastern Louisiana (
Hammond, LA )
Southwestern Assemblies of God (
Waxahachie, TX )
TCNJ (
Ewing, NJ )
Texas A&M-Commerce (
Commerce, TX )
Trinity Bible (
Ellendale, ND )
Vanguard (
Costa Mesa, CA )
Wallace State CC (
Hanceville, AL )
York (Toronto) (
Toronto )
Golden Lions
Lyons
Pride
Marine animals (larger category)
Alaska-Southeast (
Juneau, AK ) –
Humpback Whales
Coastal Pines Tech (
Waycross, GA ) –
Rays
Columbia Gorge CC (
The Dalles, OR ) –
Chinooks
ETS (
Montreal ) –
Piranhas
Evergreen State (
Olympia, WA ) –
Geoducks
The New School (
New York City ) –
Narwhals
Palm Beach Atlantic (
West Palm Beach, FL ) –
Sailfish
Point Loma Nazarene (
San Diego, CA ) –
Sea Lions
SCF Manatee (
Bradenton, FL ) –
Manatees
Virginia Wesleyan (
Norfolk, VA ) –
Marlins
South Carolina-Beaufort (
Beaufort, SC ) –
Sand Sharks
Whatcom CC (
Bellingham, WA ) –
Orcas
Albemarle (multicampus)
Alvin CC (
Alvin, TX )
Brunswick CC (
Bolivia, NC )
Cal State Channel Islands (
Camarillo, CA ) (no sports teams)
Carmen (
Ciudad del Carmen )
Coastline CC (
Fountain Valley, CA )
Delgado CC (
New Orleans )
Jacksonville (
Jacksonville, FL )
Le Moyne (
Syracuse, NY )
University of Mount Saint Vincent (
Riverdale, Bronx )
Sagrado Corazón (
San Juan, Puerto Rico )
Shoreline CC (
Shoreline, WA )
Staten Island (
Staten Island )
Tamaulipas (
Altamira, Mexico ) – Delfines
Wor-Wic CC (
Salisbury, MD )
Marsupials (larger category)
Prehistoric animals (larger category)
Angelo State (
San Angelo, TX ) – Rams and Rambelles
A.T. Still (
Kirksville, MO )
Bluefield (
Bluefield, VA )
Columbia International (
Columbia, SC )
Colorado State (
Fort Collins, CO )
Cornell College (
Mount Vernon, IA )
East Coast Poly (
Virginia Beach, VA )
Fordham (
The Bronx )
Framingham State (
Framingham, MA )
Fresno City (
Fresno, CA )
Gavilan (
Gilroy, CA )
Hampshire (
Amherst, MA ) – Black Sheep
Huston-Tillotson (
Austin, TX )
Mobile (
Mobile, AL )
Monterrey Tech (
Monterrey )
North Central University (
Minneapolis )
Rhode Island (
Kingston, RI )
San Francisco City College (
San Francisco )
Shepherd (
Shepherdstown, WV )
Southeastern CC (NC) (
Whiteville, NC )
Southwestern Christian College (
Terrell, TX )
Springfield Tech CC (
Springfield, MA )
Suffolk (
Boston )
SUNY Farmingdale (
Farmingdale, NY )
Toronto Metropolitan (
Toronto )
Texas Wesleyan (
Fort Worth )
Thomas Jefferson (
Philadelphia )
Unity (
Unity, ME )
VCU (
Richmond, VA )
Victor Valley (
Victorville, CA )
Wilbur Wright (
Chicago )
Winston-Salem State (
Winston-Salem )
Golden Rams
Rodents (larger category)
American River (
Sacramento, CA )
Babson (
Wellesley, MA )
Bemidji State (
Bemidji, MN )
Blackburn (
Carlinville, IL ) – Battlin' Beavers
Bluffton (
Bluffton, OH )
Buena Vista (
Storm Lake, IA )
Caltech (
Pasadena, CA )
City NY (
New York City )
Champlain (
Burlington, VT )
L.A. Trade-Tech (
Los Angeles, CA )
Maine Farmington (
Farmington, ME )
Minot State (
Minot, ND )
Oregon State (
Corvallis, OR )
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (
San Juan, Puerto Rico )
Pratt CC (
Pratt, KS )
Trenholm State CC (
Montgomery, AL )
Snakes (larger category)
Tigers (standalone category – multiple sub-categories)
Auburn (
Auburn, AL )
Benedict (
Columbia, SC )
Campbellsville (
Campbellsville, KY )
Casa Blanca (
Culiacán ) –
White Tigers
Central Christian Kansas (
McPherson, KS )
Champion Christian (
Hot Springs, AR )
Chattanooga State CC (
Chattanooga, TN )
Clemson (
Clemson, SC )
Coahoma CC (
Coahoma County, MS )
Colorado College (
Colorado Springs )
Cowley CC (
Arkansas City, KS )
Dakota Wesleyan (
Mitchell, SD )
Dalhousie (
Halifax, NS )
DePauw (
Greencastle, IN )
Doane (
Crete, NE )
East Central University (
Ada, OK )
East Texas Baptist (
Marshall, TX )
Edward Waters (
Jacksonville, FL )
Fairfax (
Fairfax, VA )
FIT (
New York City )
Fort Hays State (
Hays, KS )
Georgetown College (
Georgetown, KY )
Grace Christian (
Grand Rapids )
Grambling State (
Grambling, LA )
Hampden–Sydney (
Hampden Sydney, VA )
Holy Family (
Philadelphia )
Interamerican Puerto Rico (
San German, PR )
Jackson State (
Jackson, MS )
Lincoln (MO) (
Jefferson City, MO ) – Blue Tigers
LSU (
Baton Rouge ) – Tigers and Lady Tigers
Marion Military (
Marion, AL )
Marshalltown CC (
Marshalltown, IA )
Memphis (
Memphis, TN )
Missouri (
Columbia, MO )
Morehouse (
Atlanta ) – Maroon Tigers
Northeastern Mississippi CC (
Booneville, MS )
New England Tech (
East Greenwich, RI )
Nuevo León (
San Nicolás de los Garza )
Occidental (
Los Angeles )
Olivet Nazarene (
Bourbonnais, IL )
Ouachita Baptist (
Arkadelphia, AR )
Pacific (CA) (
Stockton, CA )
Paul Quinn (
Dallas )
Princeton (
Princeton, NJ )
Queensborough CC (
Queens )
Reedley (
Reedley, CA )
Riverside City (
Riverside, CA )
Rochester Tech (
Rochester, NY )
Roxbury CC (
Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts )
St. Philip's (
San Antonio )
Salem (
Salem, WV )
Savannah State (
Savannah, GA )
Sewanee (
Sewanee, TN )
Southern Crescent Tech (
Griffin, GA &
Thomaston, GA )
Sowela Tech CC (
Lake Charles, LA ) – Flying Tigers
Stillman (
Tuscaloosa, AL )
Tennessee State (
Nashville, TN )
Texas Southern (
Houston )
Towson (
Towson, MD )
Trinity (TX) (
San Antonio )
Trinity (FL) (
New Port Richey, FL )
Trinity Washington (
Washington D.C. )
Voorhees (
Denmark, SC )
West Alabama (
Livingston, AL )
Wittenberg (
Springfield, OH )
Zane State (
Zanesville, OH &
Cambridge, OH )
Fighting Tigers
Golden Tigers
Wolves (larger category)
Algonquin (
Ottawa )
Alvernia (
Reading, PA ) – Golden Wolves
Cheyney (
Cheyney, Pennsylvania )
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady (
Baton Rouge )
Front Range CC (
Westminster, CO )
Grande Prairie Regional (
Grande Prairie, AB )
Joliet Junior (
Joliet, IL )
Keuka (
Keuka Park, New York )
Lourdes (
Sylvania, OH ) – Gray Wolves
Metropolitan CC (MO) (multicampus)
Moraine Park Tech (
Fond du Lac, WI )
Nebraska Wesleyan (
Lincoln, NE ) – Prairie Wolves
Newberry (
Newberry, SC )
North Georgia Tech (
Clarkesville, GA )
Northern State (
Aberdeen, SD )
Puerto Rico-Arecibo (
Arecibo, Puerto Rico )
Virginia Highlands CC (
Abingdon, VA )
Walla Walla (
Walla Walla, WA )
Washtenaw CC (
Ann Arbor Charter Township, MI ) – Alphas
Western Oregon (
Monmouth, OR )
West Georgia (
Carrollton, GA )
Wesleyan College (
Macon, GA )
Thunderwolves
Wolf Pack/Wolfpack
Colors
Blue (larger category)
Blues
Gold (larger category)
Green (larger category)
Purple (larger category)
Red (larger category)
Big Red
Legendary, religious and supernatural figures
Aurora (
Aurora, IL )
Dubuque (
Dubuque, IA )
Case Western Reserve (
Cleveland )
Cayuga CC (
Auburn, NY )
Colorado Northwestern CC (
Craig , and
Rangely, CO )
Elgin CC (
Elgin, IL )
James Sprunt CC (
Kenansville, NC )
Manchester (
North Manchester, IN )
MiraCosta (
Oceanside, CA )
Michigan State (
East Lansing )
Minnesota State CC/Tech (multicampus)
Missouri Baptist (
Creve Coeur, MO )
Norfolk State (
Norfolk, VA )
Northampton CC (
Bethlehem, PA )
Northeastern Tech (
Cheraw, SC )
San Jose State (
San Jose, CA )
Stark State (
Jackson Township, Ohio )
St. Thomas Aquinas (
Sparkill, New York )
Southwestern CC (IA) (
Creston, IA )
Tampa (
Tampa, FL )
Trinity Western (
Langley, BC )
UNC Greensboro (
Greensboro, NC )
South Carolina Upstate (
Spartanburg, SC )
Vermont State-Castleton (
Castleton, VT )
Vieux Montréal (
Montreal ) – Spartiates
York Pennsylvania (
Spring Garden Township, PA )
Albany Tech (
Albany, GA )
Cal State Fullerton (
Fullerton, CA )
CC Morris (
Randolph, NJ )
Central Carolina Tech (
Sumter, SC )
Central Georgia Tech (
Warner Robins, GA )
Central Ohio Tech (
Newark, OH )
Detroit Mercy (
Detroit )
Eastern Florida State (
Melbourne, FL )
Guilford Tech CC (
Piedmont Triad )
IU South Bend (
South Bend, IN )
Illinois Wesleyan (
Bloomington, IL )
Lane CC (
Eugene, OR )
Ohio State–Newark (
Newark, OH )
St Pete (
St. Petersburg, FL )
Tacoma CC (
Tacoma, WA )
Terra State CC (
Fremont, OH )
UW-Oshkosh (
Oshkosh, WI )
Westminster (PA) (
New Wilmington, PA )
CC Beaver County (
Monaca, PA )
Allegany Maryland (
Cumberland, MD )
Anderson (
Anderson, SC )
Central Alabama CC (
Alexander City, AL )
Colby CC (
Colby, KS )
Dakota State (
Madison, SD )
Everett CC (
Everett, WA )
Fayetteville Tech CC (
Fayetteville, NC )
Hannibal-LaGrange (
Hannibal, MO )
Little Rock (
Little Rock, Arkansas )
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Monterrey (
Monterrey ) – Troyanos
Mount Olive (
Mount Olive, NC )
Mississippi Delta CC (
Moorhead, MS )
North Iowa Area CC (
Mason City, IA )
Seminole State (
Seminole, OK )
Skyline (
San Bruno, CA )
Southern Alberta Tech (
Calgary, AB )
Taylor (
Upland, IN )
Trevecca Nazarene (
Nashville )
Trinidad State (
Trinidad, CO &
Alamosa, CO )
Trinity International (
Deerfield, IL )
Triton (
River Grove, IL )
Troy (
Troy, AL )
USC (
Los Angeles )
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Virginia State (
Petersburg, VA )
Belmont Abbey (
Belmont, NC )
Capital (
Columbus, OH )
Christendom (
Front Royal, VA )
Dallas (
Irving, TX )
Dallas Christian (
Farmers Branch, TX )
Evangel (
Springfield, MO )
Great Lakes Christian (
Delta Township, Michigan )
College of the Holy Cross (
Worcester, MA )
Madonna (
Livonia, MI )
Mary Hardin-Baylor (
Belton, TX )
North Greenville (
Tigerville, SC )
Northwest Nazarene (
Nampa, ID ) – replaced by Nighthawks
William Carey (
Hattiesburg, MS )
Fighting Saints
Aquinas (MI) (
Grand Rapids )
Ashford (
San Diego, CA )
Central Christian Bible (
Moberly, MO )
Emmanuel (MA) (
Boston )
Flagler (
St. Augustine, FL )
Holy Cross College (
Notre Dame, IN )
Limestone (
Gaffney, SC )
Lurleen B. Wallace CC (
Andalusia, AL )
Marymount (
Arlington, VA )
Mission (CA) (
Santa Clara, CA )
Mt. Hood CC (
Gresham, OR )
North Country CC (
Saranac Lake, NY )
Our Lady of the Lake (
San Antonio, TX )
Saint Lawrence (
Canton, NY )
Saint Martin's (
Lacey, WA )
Santa Fe (
Gainesville, FL )
Santa Fe CC (
Santa Fe, NM )
Seward County CC (
Liberal, KS )
Shawnee CC (
Ullin, IL )
Siena Heights (
Adrian, MI )
St. Scholastica (
Duluth, MN )
Thomas More (
Crestview Hills, KY )
Blue Demons
Blue Devils
Red Devils
Cambrian (
Greater Sudbury )
Donnelly (
Kansas City, KS )
Drexel (
Philadelphia )
Howard (
Columbia, MD )
Hutchinson CC (
Hutchinson, KS ) – Blue Dragons
Lane (
Jackson, TN )
Minnesota State–Moorhead (
Moorhead, MN )
Paris Junior (
Paris, TX )
Quinsigamond CC (
Worcester, MA ) –
Wyverns
Sainte-Anne (
Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia )
Silicon Valley (
San Jose, CA )
Tiffin (
Tiffin, OH )
Virginia Lynchburg (
Lynchburg, VA )
Red Dragons
Griffons
Gryphons
Firebirds
Spirits
Spirit
Miscellaneous
Blazers
Nickname based upon college name
Augsburg (
Minneapolis ) –
Auggies
Cape Breton (
Sydney, NS ) –
Capers
Gustavus Adolphus (
St. Peter, MN ) –
Gusties
Immaculata (
Chester County, PA ) –
Mighty Macs
Jamestown (
Jamestown, ND ) – Jimmies
Lincoln Memorial (
Harrogate, TN ) – Railsplitters (derived from a nickname of university namesake
Abraham Lincoln )
Pacific Lutheran (
Tacoma, WA ) –
Lutes
Saint Benedict (
St. Joseph, MN ) –
Bennies
St. Bonaventure (
St. Bonaventure, NY ) –
Bonnies
Saint John's (MN) (
Collegeville, MN ) –
Johnnies
St. Olaf (
Northfield, MN ) –
Oles
Webb (
Glen Cove, NY ) –
Webbies
Tecnológico Autónomo México (
Mexico City ) – Itamitas
Western Texas (
Snyder, TX ) – Westerners
Nickname based upon college tradition/figure
Akron (
Akron, OH )
[2] – Zips
Arkansas Tech (
Russellville, AR ) – Wonder Boys
Charlotte (
Charlotte, NC ) – 49ers
[h]
Georgetown University (
Washington, D.C. ) – Hoyas
James Madison (
Harrisonburg, VA ) – Dukes
[i]
Manhattan (
Riverdale, Bronx ) – Jaspers
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN ) – Pomeroys
Vanderbilt (
Nashville, TN ) – Commodores
[j]
Virginia Tech (
Blacksburg, VA ) – Hokies
Washburn (
Topeka, KS ) – Ichabods
Williams (
Williamstown, MA ) – Ephs
Winnipeg (
Winnipeg ) – Wesmen
Vehicles (larger category)
Nature/outer space
Lightning
Mounties
Note: "Mounties" can refer to either the
geographic feature or, in Canada, the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police . Mount Allison's nickname may possibly come from either source; U.S. schools would use the geographic feature.
Plants (larger category)
Storm
Arizona Christian (
Phoenix, AZ ) Firestorm
Chemeketa CC (
Salem, OR )
Davidson-Davie CC (
Lexington, NC )
Eston (
Eston, Saskatchewan )
Harrisburg Science/Tech (
Harrisburg, PA )
Napa Valley (
Napa, CA )
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish (
New Town, ND )
Simpson College (
Indianola, IA )
Southeast CC (multicampus)
Southeastern Oklahoma State (
Durant, OK ) – Savage Storm
Southern Nazarene (
Bethany, OK ) – Crimson Storm
Southwestern Illinois (
Belleville, IL )
Tidewater CC (multicampus)
Red Storm
People
Arkansas CC-Batesville (
Batesville, AR ) – River Bandits
Blue Mountain (
Blue Mountain, MS ) – Toppers
Centenary Louisiana (
Shreveport, LA ) – Gentlemen & Ladies
Clatsop CC (
Astoria, OR ) –
Bandits
Columbia (CA) (
Columbia, CA ) –
Claim Jumpers
Columbia-Greene CC (
Hudson, NY ) – Twins
Drummondville (
Drummondville, QC ) – Voltigeurs
Iowa Western CC (
Council Bluffs, IA ) –
Reivers
Louisiana Tech (
Ruston, LA ) (women's teams only) – Lady Techsters
LeMoyne-Owen (
Memphis, TN ) –
Magicians
Loyola Chicago (
Chicago ) – Ramblers
Northwestern Ohio (
Lima, OH ) – Racers
Oberlin (
Oberlin, OH ) –
Yeomen
Ohio-Zanesville (
Zanesville, OH ) – Tracers
Pacific (OR) (
Forest Grove, OR ) –
Boxers
Pitt CC (
Winterville, NC ) – Bruisers
UQAM (
Montreal ) – Citadins
St. Francis Xavier (
Antigonish, NS ) – X-Men and X-Women
Sussex County CC (
Newton, NJ ) – Skylanders
Academic occupations (larger category)
Agricultural occupations (larger category)
Cameron (
Lawton, OK )
Delaware Valley (
Doylestown, PA )
Doña Ana CC (
Las Cruces, NM )
Nebraska Tech Agriculture (
Curtis, NE )
New Mexico State (
Las Cruces, NM )
North Carolina A&T (
Greensboro, NC )
Oklahoma Panhandle State (
Goodwell, OK )
Texas A&M (
College Station, TX )
Texas A&M-Galveston (
Galveston, TX ) – Sea Aggies
UC Davis (
Davis, CA )
Utah State (
Logan, UT )
Belles
Cowboys (larger category)
Connors State (
Warner, OK )
Garden City CC (
Garden City, KS ) – Broncbusters
Hardin-Simmons (
Abilene, TX )
McNeese (
Lake Charles, LA )
New Mexico Highlands (
Las Vegas, New Mexico )
Oklahoma State-Stillwater (
Stillwater, OK )
Puerto Rico-Bayamón (
Bayamón, Puerto Rico )
Southern Arkansas (
Magnolia, AR ) – Muleriders
Southwest Texas Junior (
Uvalde, TX )
Wyoming (
Laramie, WY )
Rough Riders/Roughriders
Hilltoppers
Knights (standalone category – large quantity)
Academy of Art (
San Francisco ) – Urban Knights
Aiken Tech (
Graniteville, SC )
Arcadia (
Glenside, PA )
Army (
West Point, NY ) – Black Knights
Bellarmine (
Louisville, KY )
Berkeley (
New York City )
Calvin (
Grand Rapids )
Carleton College (
Northfield, MN )
CC Baltimore County-Essex (
Essex, MD )
Central Penn (
Summerdale, PA )
Columbia Southern (
Orange Beach, AL )
CC Rhode Island (multicampus)
Crossroads (
Rochester, MN )
Danville CC (
Danville, VA )
Fairleigh Dickinson (
Teaneck, NJ )
Halifax CC (
Weldon, NC )
Kentucky Christian (
Grayson, KY )
Louisiana Delta CC (
Monroe, LA )
Lanier Tech (
Gainesville, GA )
Lynn (
Boca Raton, FL ) – Fighting Knights
Marian (IN) (
Indianapolis )
Martin Luther (
New Ulm, MN )
Middle Georgia State (
Macon, GA )
Mount Saint Mary (
Newburgh, NY )
Neumann (
Aston, PA )
New Jersey City (
Jersey City, NJ ) – Gothic Knights
Niagara College (multicampus)
North Platte CC (part of
Mid-Plains Community College ) (
North Platte, NE )
Northern Essex CC (
Haverhill, MA &
Lawrence, MA )
Northwood (
Cedar Hill, TX )
Queens (
Queens )
Rutgers (
New Brunswick, NJ ) – Scarlet Knights
San Diego City (
San Diego, CA )
Shasta (
Redding, CA )
Southern-New Orleans (
New Orleans )
Southern Virginia (
Buena Vista, VA )
Southwestern Adventist (
Keene, TX )
St. Andrews (
Laurinburg, NC )
Stanislas (
Quebec City )
Surry CC (
Dobson, NC )
UCF (
Orlando, FL )
Warner Pacific (
Portland, OR )
Wenatchee Valley (
Wenatchee, WA )
Wartburg (
Waverly, IA )
Blue Knights
Golden Knights
Green Knights
Purple Knights
Maritime (larger category)
Atlantic Cape CC (multicampus)
Barry (
Miami Shores, FL )
Beloit (
Beloit, WI )
Blinn (
Brenham, TX )
Charleston Southern (
Charleston, SC )
Christian Brothers (
Memphis, TN )
Dawson CC (
Glendive, MT )
East Tennessee State (
Johnson City, TN )
Florida SouthWestern State (multicampus)
Massachusetts Bay CC (multicampus)
Massachusetts Maritime (
Buzzards Bay, MA )
Park Gilbert (
Gilbert, AZ )
Shelton State CC (
Tuscaloosa, AL )
Virgin Islands (
St. Croix &
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands )
UW–Marinette (
Marinette, WI )
Lakers
[k]
Clayton State (
Morrow, GA )
Finger Lakes CC (
Canandaigua, NY )
Garrett (
McHenry, MD )
Grand Valley State (
Allendale, MI )
[l]
Iowa Lakes CC (
Estherville, IA )
Lake Land (
Mattoon, IL )
Lakeland CC (
Kirtland, OH )
Lake Superior State (
Sault Ste. Marie, MI )
[m]
Mercyhurst (
Erie, PA )
Mid Michigan CC (
Harrison, MI &
Mount Pleasant, MI )
Nipissing (
North Bay, ON )
Roosevelt (
Chicago )
Southwestern Oregon CC (
Coos Bay, OR )
SUNY Oswego (
Oswego, NY )
Chattahoochee Valley CC (
Phenix City, AL )
East Carolina (
Greenville, NC )
Georgia Southern-Armstrong (
Savannah, GA )
Hampton (
Hampton, VA )
Independence CC (
Independence, KS )
Modesto Junior (
Modesto, CA )
North Central Missouri (
Trenton, MO )
Orange Coast (
Costa Mesa, CA )
Palo Verde (
Blythe, CA )
Park (MO) (
Parkville, MO )
Peninsula (
Port Angeles, WA )
Pensacola State (
Pensacola, FL )
Porterville (
Porterville, CA )
Seton Hall (
South Orange, NJ )
Southwestern University (
Georgetown, TX )
Ventura (
Ventura, CA )
Whitworth (
Spokane, WA )
Military (larger category)
Alderson Broaddus (
Philippi, WV ) – Battlers
Ave Maria (
Ave Maria, FL ) –
Gyrenes
Gettysburg (
Gettysburg, PA ) –
Bullets
Hamilton (
Clinton, NY ) –
Continentals
Ithaca (
Ithaca, NY ) –
Bombers
IU Southeast (
New Albany, IN ) –
Grenadiers
Manhattanville (
Purchase, NY ) – Valiants
Millsaps (
Jackson, MS ) –
Majors
Montréal (
Montreal ) – Carabins
UMass (
Amherst, MA ) –
Minutemen and Minutewomen
Ursuline (
Pepper Pike, OH ) –
Arrows
VMI (
Lexington, VA ) – Keydets
Xavier (OH) (
Cincinnati ) –
Musketeers
Western Illinois (
Macomb ) –
Leathernecks
Alabama–Huntsville (
Huntsville, AL )
Briar Cliff (
Sioux City, IA )
Camosun (
Saanich, BC )
Capitol (
Laurel, MD )
Carl Sandburg (
Galesburg, IL )
Colby-Sawyer (
New London, NH )
Columbia State CC (
Columbia, TN )
Crandall (
Moncton )
Cypress (
Cypress, CA )
Dominican New York (
Orangeburg, NY )
Edison State CC (
Piqua, OH )
Georgia Highlands (multicampus)
Hillsdale (
Hillsdale, MI )
Lancaster Bible (
Lancaster, PA )
New Haven (
West Haven, CT )
Point (
Atlanta )
Southeastern Baptist (
Laurel, MS )
UW–Barron County (
Rice Lake, WI )
Conquerors
Defenders
California Baptist (
Riverside, CA )
Eastern Wyoming (
Torrington, WY )
Grace (
Winona Lake, IN )
Lake County (
Grayslake, IL )
Lenoir CC (
Kinston, NC )
Longwood (
Farmville, VA )
Loyalist (
Belleville, ON )
Mount Marty (
Yankton, SD )
South Carolina-Lancaster (
Lancaster, SC )
Windsor (
Windsor, ON )
Worcester State (
Worcester, MA )
Pasadena City (
Pasadena, CA )
Sentinels
Miners (larger category)
Appalachian State (
Boone, NC )
Berea (
Berea, KY )
Eastern Oklahoma State (
Wilburton, OK )
Eastern Oregon (
La Grande, OR )
Mansfield (
Mansfield, PA )
Mohawk (
Hamilton, ON )
Mount St. Mary's (
Emmitsburg, MD )
[n]
Schreiner (
Kerrville, TX )
West Virginia (
Morgantown, WV )
Western Colorado (
Gunnison, CO )
Central Michigan (
Mount Pleasant, MI ) –
Chippewas
Florida State (
Tallahassee, FL ) –
Seminoles
Haskell Indian Nations (
Lawrence, KS ) – Fighting Indians
[o]
Illinois (
Champaign, IL ) – Fighting Illini (
Illinois Confederation )
Mississippi College (
Clinton, MS ) –
Choctaws
Oglala Lakota (
Kyle, SD ) – Bravehearts
[o]
Mendez (
Gurabo, Puerto Rico ) –
Tainos
Southwestern (KS) (
Winfield, KS ) –
Moundbuilders
Utah (
Salt Lake City ) –
Utes
Turtle Mountain CC (
Belcourt, ND ) – Mighty Mickinocks
Williston State (
Williston, ND ) –
Tetons
William & Mary (
Williamsburg, VA ) – Tribe
Chiefs
Nickname based on cultures/peoples (not Indigenous American)
Islanders
U.S. state nicknames
Western European groups
Augustana College (
Rock Island, IL )
Augustana University (
Sioux Falls, SD )
Barstow CC (
Barstow, CA )
Bethany Lutheran (
Mankato, MN )
Berry (
Mount Berry, GA )
Big Bend CC (
Moses Lake, WA )
BYU–Idaho (
Rexburg )
Carl Albert State (
Poteau, OK )
Cleveland State (
Cleveland )
Del Mar (
Corpus Christi, TX )
Diablo Valley (
Pleasant Hill, CA )
Elizabeth City State (
Elizabeth City, NC )
Glen Oaks CC (
Centreville, MI )
Grand View (
Des Moines )
Grayson (
Denison, TX )
Hudson Valley CC (
Troy, NY )
Itasca CC (
Grand Rapids, MN )
Jefferson College (
Hillsboro, MO )
Lawrence (
Appleton, WI )
Long Beach City (
Long Beach, CA )
Maisonneuve (
Montreal )
Mercer County CC (
Trenton, NJ &
West Windsor, NJ )
Missouri Valley (
Marshall, MO )
North Park (
Chicago )
Northwest-Shoals CC (
Phil Campbell, AL )
Ocean County (
Toms River, NJ )
Portland State (
Portland, OR )
Salem State (
Salem, MA )
Sampson CC (
Clinton, NC )
St. Johns River State (
Palatka, FL )
St. Lawrence (
Kingston, ON )
UAlberta Augustana (
Camrose, Alberta )
Valley City State (
Valley City, ND )
Victoria (
Victoria, BC ) – Vikes
Villa Maria (
Buffalo, NY )
Westchester CC (
Valhalla, NY )
West Valley (
Saratoga, CA )
Western Washington (
Bellingham, WA )
Pilots
Flyers
Alfred State (
Alfred, NY )
Antelope Valley (
Lancaster, CA )
Butler County CC (
Butler, PA )
Cal State East Bay (
Hayward, CA )
Carroll University (
Waukesha, WI )
Crowley's Ridge (
Paragould, AR )
Delta College (
University Center, MI )
Denver (
Denver )
Glenville State (
Glenville, WV )
Grinnell (
Grinnell, IA )
Indian River State (
Fort Pierce, FL )
Lewis & Clark (
Portland, OR )
Malone (
Canton, OH )
Marietta (
Marietta, OH )
MidAmerica Nazarene (
Olathe, KS )
Miles CC (
Miles City, MT )
North Arkansas (
Harrison, AR )
Northland CC/Tech (
Thief River Falls, MN &
East Grand Forks, MN )
Pacific Union (
Angwin, CA )
Point Park (
Pittsburgh )
Pontifical Catholic-Mayagüez (
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico )
Prairie State (
Chicago Heights, IL )
Sacred Heart (
Fairfield, CT )
Smith (
Northampton, MA )
Spartanburg Methodist (
Spartanburg, SC )
Texas Woman's (
Denton, TX )
Transylvania (
Lexington, KY )
Tusculum (
Greeneville, TN )
Utica (
Utica, NY )
Volunteer State CC (
Gallatin, TN )
Wayland Baptist (
Plainview, TX )
Western Oklahoma State (
Altus, OK )
Western Piedmont CC (
Morganton, NC )
Wharton County Junior (
Wharton, TX )
William Paterson (
Wayne, NJ )
UW-Platteville (
Platteville, WI )
Plainsmen
Political movements (larger category)
Arlington Baptist (
Arlington, TX )
College of Central Florida (
Ocala, FL )
Cumberlands (
Williamsburg, KY )
Dallas Baptist (
Dallas )
Francis Marion (
Florence, SC )
George Mason (
Fairfax, VA )
Isothermal CC (
Spindale, NC )
Mission (MO) (
Springfield, MO )
Northwest-Shoals CC (
Muscle Shoals, AL )
Patrick & Henry CC (
Martinsville, VA )
South Piedmont CC (multicampus)
Southeastern Tech (
Vidalia, GA )
Southern State CC (
Hillsboro, OH )
UT Tyler (
Tyler, TX )
Valley Forge (
Phoenixville, PA )
Wallace Selma CC (
Selma, AL )
Rebels
Political/royal occupations (larger category)
Bethel (MN) (
Arden Hills, MN )
Douglas (
New Westminster, BC )
Eastern Mennonite (
Harrisonburg, VA )
Ecclesia (
Springdale, AR )
Hope International (
Fullerton, CA )
Lake Region State (
Devils Lake, ND )
Nipawin Bible (
Nipawin, SK )
Queens Charlotte (
Charlotte, NC )
Redeemer (
Hamilton, ON )
Regent (
Virginia Beach, VA )
Scranton (
Scranton, PA )
Warner (
Lake Wales, FL )
Raiders
Central CC (multicampus)
Central Lakes (
Brainerd, MN )
Colgate (
Hamilton, NY )
Franklin University (
Columbus, OH )
Fulton-Montgomery CC (
Johnstown, NY )
Grand Rapids CC (
Grand Rapids
Milwaukee Engineering (
Milwaukee )
Moorpark (
Moorpark, CA )
Mount Union (
Alliance, OH ) – Purple Raiders
Northwest Florida State (
Niceville, FL )
Oakland CC (
Oakland County, MI )
Oakton CC (
Des Plaines, IL )
Pierce (
Lakewood, WA &
Puyallup, WA )
Rivier (
Nashua, NH )
Roane State CC (
Harriman, TN )
Rose State (
Midwest City, OK )
Rutgers–Newark (
Newark, NJ ) – Scarlet Raiders
Seminole State (
Sanford, FL )
Shippensburg (
Shippensburg, PA )
Southern Oregon (
Ashland, OR )
Three Rivers CC (MO) (
Poplar Bluff, MO )
Wright State (
Dayton, OH )
Blue Raiders
Red Raiders
Rangers
Trailblazers
Arkansas State-Mountain Home (
Mountain Home, AR )
Asheville-Buncombe Tech CC (
Asheville, NC )
Atlanta Metropolitan (
Atlanta )
Brightpoint CC (
Chester, VA )
Centralia (
Centralia, WA )
Forsyth Tech CC (
Winston-Salem )
John Wood CC (
Quincy, IL )
Lewis & Clark CC (
Godfrey, IL )
Louisville Bible (
Louisville, KY )
Luzerne County CC (
Nanticoke, PA )
MCLA (
North Adams, MA )
North Central Kansas Tech (
Beloit, KS )
North Texas-Dallas (
Dallas, TX )
Ohio Christian (
Circleville, OH )
Utah Tech (
St. George, UT )
Vincennes (
Vincennes, IN )
Trades (larger category)
Warriors
Alliance (
Manhattan, NY )
Appalachian Bible (
Mount Hope, WV )
American Indian (
Phoenix, AZ )
Bacone (
Muskogee, OK )
Cal State Stanislaus (
Turlock, CA )
Corban (
Salem, OR )
Diné (
Tsaile, AZ )
East Central CC (
Decatur, MS )
Eastern Connecticut State (
Willimantic, CT )
East Stroudsburg (
East Stroudsburg, PA )
El Camino (
Alondra Park, CA )
Hawaiʻi (
Honolulu ) – Rainbow Warrors & Rainbow Wahine
Hendrix (
Conway, AR )
Indian Hills CC (
Ottumwa, IA &
Centerville, IA )
Indiana Tech (
Fort Wayne, IN )
Jessup (
Rocklin, CA )
Lewis-Clark State (
Lewiston, ID )
Life Pacific (
San Dimas, CA )
Little Priest (
Winnebago, NE )
Lycoming (
Williamsport, PA )
Massasoit CC (
Brockton, MA )
Merrimack (
North Andover, MA )
Midland University (
Fremont, NE )
Rend Lake (
Ina, IL )
Ridgewater (
Willmar, MN &
Hutchinson, MN )
Rochester Christian (
Rochester Hills, MI )
Rowan-Cabarrus CC (multicampus)
Southern Wesleyan (
Central, SC )
Sterling (
Sterling, KS )
TX A&M-Central TX (
Killeen, TX )
Union (NE) (
Lincoln, NE )
Vaughn (
Flushing, Queens )
Valor Christian
Columbus, OH )
Wabash Valley (
Mt. Carmel, IL )
Waterloo (
Waterloo, ON )
Waldorf (
Forest City, IA )
Walla Walla CC (
Walla Walla, WA )
Wayne State (MI) (
Detroit )
Webber International (
Babson Park, FL )
Westcliff (
Irvine, CA )
Westmont (
Montecito, CA )
Winona State (
Winona, MN )
Wisconsin Lutheran (
Milwaukee )
See also
^ San Francisco State's nickname is not derived from the alligator, but rather the
Golden Gate Bridge . The current nickname evolved from an earlier nickname of "Golden Gaters".
^ The school's formal name is University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, but it brands its athletic program solely as Chattanooga. The nickname of "Mocs" is a contraction of the former nickname of "Moccasins". While the city is located in the Tennessee River's
Moccasin Bend , the school's athletic branding had long alluded to Native American stereotypes. The current nickname and athletic imagery strongly emphasize the
northern mockingbird , the official state bird of Tennessee.
^ Evolved from a former nickname of Thoroughbreds; the baseball team was the last to abandon that nickname, doing so in 2014.
^
a
b While this school's nickname is "Lions", its athletic imagery depicts a cougar, also known as "mountain lion".
^ While the athletic nicknames of all Penn State campuses incorporate the word "Lions" in some way—most notably the Nittany Lions nickname of the main campus—this refers in all cases to the cougar (aka "mountain lion"). The main campus uses a stylized cougar's head in its athletic logo, and one of that campus' most prominent landmarks is a
larger-than-life sculpture of a cougar . Most other Penn State campuses feature a replica of this sculpture.
^ Formally the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, academically branded as "UA Little Rock", but athletically known as Little Rock.
^ The former women's nickname of "Women of Troy" is still officially acceptable, but has mostly been superseded by Trojans.
^ Derived from the fact that the institution, which had opened in 1946, was saved from closure in 1949 when it was taken over by the city of Charlotte. The only relation to the mining term is that the university's founder felt the school embodied the "49er spirit" of California Gold Rush settlers.
^ Not derived from the title of nobility, but instead from the university's second president,
Samuel Page Duke .
^ Nickname specifically honors 19th-century transportation mogul "Commodore"
Cornelius Vanderbilt , who supplied the university's initial endowment.
^ Usually refers to the geographic feature, but can also refer to a
lake freighter , a ship designed and built for the Great Lakes trade, and by extension to an individual who serves on such a ship.
^ This school's mascot is a
caricatured maritime captain .
^ This school's athletic logo consists primarily of an anchor.
^ Sports teams also branded as "The Mount".
^
a
b
c Tribal college or university.
^ Originally founded to educate Native Americans, with longstanding historic ties to the local
Lumbee people.
^ Not a culturally based nickname, but rather on the school's location on
Ward Island , a peninsula between
Corpus Christi Bay and
Oso Bay that is locally treated as an island.
^
a
b Here, the nickname of "Pilots" refers to the
maritime profession .
^ Franciscan's nickname specifically references its city's namesake, Baron
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben .
^ The university's formal name is University of Wisconsin–Parkside, but it has branded its athletic program as "Parkside" since 2018.
^ The nickname is one of the most famous nicknames of the university's namesake,
Abraham Lincoln .
References