# What's your mascot? (High School and College) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 6, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805 "2004-10-06T04:21:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/41 "2004-10-06T17:39:26Z")
My high school was the Mercyhurst Lakers, college was the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, grad school was the William & Mary I Never Went To A Sporting Event So I Don’t Knows. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/42 "2004-10-06T18:07:53Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Elementary School: Eagles > Middle and High School: Blue Raiders Can someone explain the practice of elementary school mascots? They seem superfluous, since I’m assuming they don’t field teams that play against other schools. We didn’t have them when I was there (LAUSD–1964 - 1969), but now when the local weather reporter used to do his grade school visits, you’d see a group of 8-year-olds being introduced as the 10th Street Bears, or whatever. Seems kind of silly, but if the kids think it’s cool maybe it makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/43 "2004-10-06T18:41:32Z")
Elem, K-2: Warriors. 3-6: Wild_kittens_. 7: Panthers 8: Bearcats 9-12: Wildcats. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/44 "2004-10-06T21:23:57Z")
High school: the Rebels (though we weren’t allowed to have a mascot, since that would be racially offensive). College: Wolfpack ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/45 "2004-10-06T21:34:02Z")
These aren’t the worst possible, but they are both lame: High school: Comets College: Toreros ---
**Author:** ![Greasy\_Stain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@Greasy\_Stain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greasy_Stain)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/46 "2004-10-06T21:55:02Z")
El Cerrito High: Gauchos UC San Diego: Tritons ---
**Author:** ![Elvez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Elvez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elvez)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/47 "2004-10-06T22:21:35Z")
Junipero Serra **Padres** WSU **Cougars** There’s a town near here with a treatment center for the mentally ill. The local highschool team name is the **Maniacs**. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/48 "2004-10-06T22:43:19Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > High school: Eagles…most overused team name ever. Including my alma mater – North Olmsted (OH) High. > [@](#): > > College: Waves. Well, that’s the name anyway. I haven’t actually seen a real mascot yet, but the emblem has a Poseidon-like character on it. His name is [King Neptune.](http://pepperdinesports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/092904aac.html) My college also went with a nautical theme – our teams were/are known as the [Blue Marlins.](http://www.vwc.edu/athletics/) **Grant** : The “Galloping Ghosts” nickname may have been inspired by football legend [Red Grange.](http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014213.html) **JerH** : William and Mary’s teams used to be known as the Indians, but the school now uses the less-racially-specific [Tribe](http://www.tribeathletics.com/). **Spectre of Pithecanthropus** : My elementary school (which no longer exists) fielded a football team known as the Coe Cougars. Coe played other elementaries in North Olmsted, at least circa 1970. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/49 "2004-10-06T22:46:55Z")
Both high school and college: Bulldogs. Goooooo you hairy DAWGS! Sic 'em! WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/50 "2004-10-06T23:11:57Z")
Guess I’m showing my age - both Jr. high and high school mascots were pre-PC era indians. Jr. High was the Algonquin Indians (a bit redundant as “Algonquin” is a tribal name) High school was the Maine West Warriors ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/51 "2004-10-06T23:16:18Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > High School: Indians (the city was named for a local chief.) > > University: Purple Aces. Evansville’s a river town, and the mascot, Ace Purple, is a riverboat gambler. You didn’t mean it like this but, :crosses fingers: how are the shopping carts this time of year? Cheat Lake Elm: The Dolphins (Morgantown [far, far, inland] West Virginia… figure that one out) Nathanel Greene Elm: Uh, Nathanel Greene… we really, really liked him… Shadybrook Elm: The… Bankrobbers and Junkies? (ghetto/projects, inner-city school…) Southeast Guilford High/Middle-school: The… Falcons College: Not there just yet. Tech? Forty Niners? Spartans? Pygmies? A college with absolutely no sports affiliation? ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/52 "2004-10-06T23:28:29Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > Can someone explain the practice of elementary school mascots? They seem superfluous, since I’m assuming they don’t field teams that play against other schools. Though my elementary school didn’t actually have a mascot, each year the Grade 6 students took part in a soccer and a floor hockey tournament against 2-3 others schools nearby (which all feed into the same high school). I don’t know how common this is though. High school: The **Barons** –a roman warrior with a broomhead on his (actually, her, usually the person in the costume was female) helmet. University: The **Blue Devils** ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/53 "2004-10-06T23:33:28Z")
> [@Caricci](#): > > High school was a ship, college was lions - boring. > > However, I say _however_ where is work is another story. We have intramural hockey and their mascot is a penis and testicles and his name is Scrotie. :dubious: High school=none (NYC; our only teams to speak of were ultimate frisbree, chess, and debate. No football, little basketball, no place to practice anything anyway). College-none (women’s Div III place in New England). I feel so…Australian. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/54 "2004-10-07T01:17:22Z")
Well, we used to be the **Indians**. Then one woman complained to the Board of Education. Keep in mind though that my school for the last eighty odd years had been cool with the name, even had the permission of the local tribes. The local tribes even helped design the mascot so it wouldn’t be offensive. But it was changed. And now we’re the **Phoenix**. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/55 "2004-10-07T01:26:15Z")
High School: Lions College: Trojans (what’re the odds, Manatee :D) College (the one I attended after getting kicked out of the first): Bulldogs ---
**Author:** ![Grant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grant)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/56 "2004-10-07T01:47:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Posted by Sternvogel > **Grant** : The “Galloping Ghosts” nickname may have been inspired by football legend [Red Grange.](http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014213.html) It may be and that was always the story that was told when the question was asked but as far as I know Red Grange has no connection to Abington Pa (suburb of Philly). It says in your link that he was born in Forksville PA which is north east of State College almost to the New York border. He moved from there to Illinois when he was 5. Maybe it’s just a tribute to Red. No idea. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/57 "2004-10-07T04:37:10Z")
High Scool #1 - Admirals High School #2 - Fighting Scots College - Pirates ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/58 "2004-10-07T05:11:32Z")
In West Jordan, I believe, the HS team mascot is the Turnip Diggers. The mighty, fighting _Turnip Diggers_. Another town in Utah is **The Rabbits** , but I’ll be damned if I can remember the name of the town. ---
**Author:** ![brix11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@brix11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brix11)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/59 "2004-10-07T12:49:27Z")
Pine Grove Area (High School) Cardinals Franklin & Marshall (College) Diplomats ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805/60 "2004-10-07T14:58:09Z")
High School: Breakers. Possibly the only wave-related mascot, other than Pepperdine U’s Waves. We had a cheerleader walk around with a papier-mache wave on their head at football games. College: Golden Bears. Cool name; [dorky mascot](http://calbears.collegesports.com/trads/cal-m-fb-mas.html) . To krys92gp and Nametag – Go Bears! Beat the Trojans! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-mascot-high-school-and-college/267805.md?page=4)