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B. Baby Blue – secondary mascot of the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens. Baby Jay and Big Jay – co-mascots of the Kansas Jayhawks. Baldwin and Gladys – co-mascots of the Mary Baldwin University Fighting Squirrels. Baldwin the Eagle – mascot of the Boston College Eagles. Baldwin Jr – inflatable version of Baldwin the Eagle at Boston College.
From 1997 to 2007, Purdue Pete had a sidekick named Rowdy. Rowdy was a ten-foot-tall inflatable mascot who represented a young "future Boilermaker". He was the idea of Jan Winger, Purdue's administrative assistant of athletic public relations, who was inspired by Nebraska's Lil' Red. [6]
Big Red is the mascot of Western Kentucky University's sports teams, the "Hilltoppers" and "Lady Toppers". It is a red, furry being created by Ralph Carey in 1979. Big Red is meant to symbolize the spirit of WKU students and alumni as well as the sports teams' nickname, the "Hilltoppers," a name chosen because the school's campus sits atop a hill 232 feet above the Barren River flowing through ...
Nittany Lion. Origin of name. Named after Mount Nittany in Pennsylvania. First seen. 1904. The Nittany Lion is the eastern mountain lion mascot of the athletic teams of the Pennsylvania State University, known as the Penn State Nittany Lions. Created in 1907, the "Nittany" forename refers to the local Mount Nittany, which overlooks the university.
The HokieBird is the official mascot of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ( Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia . The successor to Virginia Tech's Fighting Gobblers, the HokieBird was created in 1981 and has retained its current appearance since 1987. A large anthropomorphic turkey, the HokieBird has become a cultural ...
Costumed Mascot. Willie Wildcat at a baseball game. The first costumed Willie mascot appeared in 1947. Willie has changed many times, and currently, has an appearance that is heavily influenced by the team's Powercat logo: 1947: K-State's first costumed mascot, "Sparky," appeared at the September football game against Oklahoma A&M.
Norm the Niner is the athletics mascot of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Norm is a student dressed in appropriate Charlotte 49ers athletics uniforms with a headpiece. Norm made his debut in 1962 after a student vote in November 1961 to change the mascot, with periodic updates to design and wardrobe occurring in the years since.
The familiar caricature of "Pistol Pete" was officially sanctioned in 1984 by Oklahoma State University as a licensed symbol. Each year, an average of 15 Oklahoma State students audition to portray Pistol Pete. A panel of former "Petes" conduct the tryouts and select two replacements based largely on an interview.