What college mascots are not animals?

There are several schools with human or human-like mascots, such as Sparty (Michigan State), the Demon Deacon (Wake Forest), the leprechaun (Notre Dame) and the masked rider of the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

How many college mascots are human?

GlobalSport Matters looked at all 353 school mascots and categorized them into animal, human, inanimate object, mythical creature or evil spirit categories. The results below showed 242 mascots being some form of animal with the next most being 81 human characters.

Does a mascot have to be an animal?

A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, sports team, society, military unit, or brand name. Mascots are also used as fictional, representative spokespeople for consumer products.

What HBCU does not have an animal as their mascot?

Among the listed Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Bennett College is the institution that does not have an animal as their mascot. Their mascot is the Belles, which represents the students of the college.

What college mascot is a fish?

Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi

In the early days of the university, students chose a tarpon as a mascot, a hefty fish that can grow up to six feet long.

PETA calls for colleges to stop using live animals as mascots

What college mascot is an axolotl?

' A Brief History of How the Storied Salamander Became Synonymous with St. John's College. The axolotl is a valuable component of Freshman Laboratory—and a beloved mascot among Johnnies.

What college mascot is a penguin?

Oswald the Penguin has been Clark College's mascot since the college was first founded—in fact, he was donated by the college's very first student—and he has been embraced by the college community ever since.

What college mascot is an insect?

There is a tremendous variety to these schools as they run the gamut from NCAA Division I institutions, such as the University of Richmond Spiders in Virginia, down to junior colleges, like California's Fullerton Hornets.

What college mascot is a shark?

The sharks will become Cal State Long Beach's new mascot, the university announced Friday, May 10. After a months-long process to replace Prospector Pete, sharks came out on top in a student vote earlier this week.

What college has a unicorn mascot?

For several years, UArts students have requested that the unicorn be officially recognized as the university's mascot. Now, those wishes have been granted!

Do the New York Rangers have a mascot?

Bizarrely the New York Rangers have never had a mascot in their illustrious history. Founded in 1926, the Rangers remain the only NHL franchise to steer clear of a club symbol.

Can a girl be a mascot?

There are a staggering fewer amount of female mascots than male at universities nationwide and, when they do make an appearance, they are usually the female counterpart to their male partner.

What is Alabama's mascot?

Big Al is the costumed elephant mascot of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

What college has a giraffe mascot?

By morning, over 50 pink and blue flyers were posted throughout campus calling for the giraffe as Long Beach State's new mascot.

What college mascot is koalas?

Prior to the 1970s, Columbia College was without a mascot until the student-athletes came together to decide. The choices? The Koalas or the Crickets. CeCe won by a landslide and is forever known as our beloved furry face of the school.

Whose college mascot is a turtle?

The diamondback terrapin is Maryland's state reptile. A terrapin is a turtle native to Chesapeake Bay. The University of Maryland has two terrapin bronze statues on its campus: one overlooking the McKeldin Mall by the McKeldin Library, and the other placed outside of the Football Complex locker room by SECU Stadium.

What college mascot is Polar Bear?

The Polar Bear Mascot | Bowdoin College.

What colleges mascot is a spider?

There's Only One Spider

Richmond is the only university with a spider mascot, and we find that fitting. In nature, spiders are known for their tenacity and grit, their unexpected sociability, and the strength of the webs they work so diligently to create. Turns out UR Spiders aren't much different.

What college has a butterfly mascot?

Maria College celebrates 65 years with Monarch butterfly mascot reveal - Maria College.

What college mascot is a skunk?

When students adopted the skunk as their symbol for Phillips University is not exactly known.

What college has a rabbit mascot?

The Jackrabbit is a unique symbol to South Dakota State University and has been the SDSU mascot since at least 1907 and perhaps as early as 1904.