List of college sports team nicknames

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Here follows a list of college sports team nicknames.

These are the general, collective nicknames that various colleges and universities' athletic teams compete under. For specific names of live or costumed mascots, see List of U.S. college mascots.

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49ers

• Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)
• Long Beach State (Long Beach, CA)

A

Aggies

• Cameron (Lawton, OK)
• Delaware Valley (Doylestown, PA)
• New Mexico State (Las Cruces, NM)
• North Carolina A&T (Greensboro, NC)
• Panhandle State (Goodwell, OK)
• Texas A&M (College Station, TX)
• UC Davis (Davis, CA)
• Utah State (Logan, UT)

Ambassadors

• Multnomah Bible (Portland, OR) (formerly, now the Lions)
• Ozark Christian College (Joplin, MO)

AMCats

• Anna Maria (Paxton, MA)

Anchormen

• Puget Sound Christian (Edmonds, WA)
• Rhode Island College (Providence, RI)

Angels

• Lincoln Christian (Lincoln, IL) (Women's teams) 1944-2009 (Now the Red Lions)
• Meredith (Raleigh, NC)

Anteaters

• UC-Irvine (Irvine, CA) ^[1]

Antelopes

• Grand Canyon (Phoenix, AZ)

See also Lopers.

Archers

• Moody Bible Institute (Chicago, IL)

Argonauts

• Great Falls (Great Falls, MT)
• Notre Dame de Namur (Belmont, CA)
• West Florida (Pensacola, FL)

Armadillos

• Our Lady of the Lake (San Antonio, TX)

Arrows

• Ursuline (Pepper Pike, OH)

Artichokes

Scottsdale Community College (Scottsdale, AZ) ^[1]

Athenas

• Women's teams of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, the joint team of three of the five Claremont Colleges:
  • Harvey Mudd College
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • Scripps College

Athenians

• Mount St. Mary's (CA) (Los Angeles, CA)

Auggies

• Augsburg (Minneapolis, MN)

Aztecs

• San Diego State (San Diego, CA)
• Pima Community College (Tucson,AZ)

B

Badgers

• Johnson State (Johnson, VT)
• Spring Hill (Mobile, AL)
• Wisconsin (Madison, WI)

Bald Eagles

• Lock Haven (Lock Haven, PA)

Banana Slugs

• UC-Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA) ^[1]

Bantams

• USC-Union (Union, SC)
• Trinity (CT) (Hartford, CT)

Barons

• Brewton-Parker (Mt. Vernon, GA)
• Franciscan (Steubenville, OH)
• OSU-Lima (Lima, OH)

Battlers

• Alderson-Broaddus (Philippi, WV)

Battlin' Beavers

• Blackburn (Carlinville, IL)

Battling Bishops

• North Carolina Wesleyan (Rocky Mount, NC)
• Ohio Wesleyan (Delaware, OH)

Beacons

• Northwest Christian (Eugene, OR)
• UMass Boston (Boston, MA)

Bearcats

• Brescia (Owensboro, KY)
• Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)
• Lander (Greenwood, SC)
• McKendree (Lebanon, IL)
• Northwest Missouri State (Maryville, MO)
• Rust (Holly Springs, MS)
• Saint Vincent (Latrobe, PA)
• Southwest Baptist (Bolivar, MO)
• SUNY Binghamton (Binghamton, NY)
• UC-Raymond Walters (Blue Ash, OH)
• Willamette (Salem, OR)

Bearkats

• Sam Houston State (Huntsville, TX)

Bears

• Athens State, (Athens, AL)
• Barclay (Haviland, KS)
• Barnard (New York, NY)
• Baylor (Waco, TX)
• Bridgewater State (Bridgewater, MA)
• Brown (Providence, RI)
• Central Arkansas (Conway, AR) (Men's teams)
• Coast Guard (New London, CT)
• Golden State Baptist (Santa Clara, CA)
• Lenoir-Rhyne (Hickory, NC)
• Livingstone (Salisbury, NC)
• Mercer (Macon, GA)
• Missouri State (Springfield, MO)
• Morgan State
• Northern Colorado (Greeley, CO)
• NYIT (Old Westbury, NY)
• Pikeville (Pikeville, KY)
• Rocky Mountain (Billings, MT)
• St. Joseph's (NY) (Brooklyn Campus) (Brooklyn, NY)
• Shaw (Raleigh, NC)
• Shawnee State (Portsmouth, OH)
• SUNY-Potsdam (Potsdam, NY)
• Ursinus (Collegeville, PA)
• Washington (MO) (St. Louis, MO)

Beavers

• Babson (Wellesly, MA)
• Bemidji State (Bemidji, MN)
• Bluffton (Bluffton, OH)
• Buena Vista (Storm Lake, IA)
• Caltech (Pasadena, CA)
• CCNY (New York City, NY)
• Champlain (Burlington, VT)
• Maine-Farmington (Farmington, ME)
• Minot State (Minot, ND)
• MIT (Cambridge, MA)
• Oregon State (Corvallis, OR)

Bees

• St. Ambrose (Davenport, IA)
• Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA)

Belles

• Bennett (Greensboro, NC)
• St. Mary's (IN) (Notre Dame, IN)

Bengals

• Buffalo State (Buffalo, NY)
• Idaho State (Pocatello, ID)
• Maine-Fort Kent (Fort Kent, ME)

Big Blue

• Millikin (Decatur, IL)

Big Blues

• Bluefield State (Bluefield, WV)

Big Green

• Dartmouth (Hanover, NH)

Big Red

• Cornell (Ithaca, NY)
• Denison (Granville, OH)

Billikens

• Saint Louis (St. Louis, MO)

Bishop

• Ohio Wesleyan (Ohio) ^[1]

Bison

• Bethany (WV) (Bethany, WV)
• Bucknell (Lewisburg, PA)
• Gallaudet (Washington, DC)
• Harding (Searcy, AR)
• Howard (Washington, DC)
• Lipscomb (Nashville, TN)
• Nichols (Dudley, MA)
• North Dakota State (Fargo, ND)
• Oklahoma Baptist (Shawnee, OK)

Bisons

• Harding (Searcy, AR)
• Lipscomb (Nashville, TN)

Black Bears

• Maine (Orono, ME)

Blackbirds

• LIU-Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY)

Black Flies

• College of the Atlantic (Bar Harbor, ME)

Black Knights

• Army (West Point, NY)

Black Squirrels

• Haverford (Haverford, PA) (Baseball team ONLY)

Blaze

• Alverno College (Wisconsin) ^[1]

Blazers

• Belhaven (Jackson, MS)
• Elms (Chicopee, MA)
• Hood (Frederick, MD)
• St. Benedict (Saint Joseph, MN)
• UAB (Birmingham, AL)
• Valdosta State (Valdosta, GA)

Bloodhounds

• John Jay (New York City, NY)

Blue

• Wellesley (Wellesley, MA)

Blue Angels

• New Rochelle (New Rochelle, NY)
• Mount Mary (Milwaukee, WI)

Blue Boys

• Illinois College (Jacksonville, IL)

Blue Demons

• DePaul (Chicago, IL)

Blue Devils

• Central Connecticut (New Britain, CT)
• Dillard (New Orleans, LA)
• Duke (Durham, NC)
• Kansas City Kansas CC (Kansas City, KS)
• Lawrence Tech (Southfield, MI)
• SUNY-Fredonia (Fredonia, NY)
• Wisconsin–Stout (Menominee, WI)
• University of King's College (Halifax, NS)

Blue Hawks

• Dickinson State (Dickinson, ND)

Blue Hens

• Delaware (Newark, DE)

Blue Hose

• Presbyterian (Clinton, SC)

Blue Jays

• Elizabethtown (Eliabethtown, PA)
• Johns Hopkins (Baltimore, MD)
• Polytechnic (Brooklyn, NY)
• Saint Joseph (CT) (West Hartford, CT)
• Westminster (MO) (Fulton, MO)

See also Bluejays.

Blue Knights

• SUNY-Geneseo (Geneseo, NY)
• Urbana (Urbana, OH)

Blue Raiders

• Lindsey Wilson (Columbia, KY)
• Middle Tennessee (Murfreesboro, TN)

Blue Streaks

• John Carroll (Cleveland, OH)

Blue Tigers

• Lincoln (MO) (Jefferson City, MO)

Blue Wave

• Florida Atlantic (Boca Raton, FL) (baseball team only)

Bluejays

• Creighton (Omaha, NE)
• Elmhurst (Elmhurst, IL)
• Tabor (Hillsboro, KS)
• Elizabethtown College (Elizabethtown, PA)

Blues

• Mississippi Women (Columbus, MS)

Blugolds

• Wisconsin–Eau Claire (Eau Claire, WI)

Bobcats

• Bates (Lewiston, ME)
• College of the Ozarks (Point Lookout, MO)
• Frostburg State (Frostburg, MD)
• GC&SU (Milledgeville, GA)
• Lees-McRae (Banner Elk, NC)
• Montana State (Bozeman, MT)
• Ohio (Athens, OH)
• Peru State (Peru, NE)
• Quinnipiac (Hamden, CT)
• St. Thomas (FL) (Miami, FL)
• Texas State (San Marcos, TX)
• UC Merced (Merced, CA)
• Pitt-Greensburg (Greensburg, PA)
• West Virginia Wesleyan (Buckhannon, WV)
• Bryant & Stratton College (Syracuse, NY and Buffalo, NY)

Boilermakers

• Purdue (West Lafayette, IN) ^[1]

Boll Weevils

• Arkansas-Monticello (Men's teams) ^[1]

Enterprise Community College (Enterprise, AL)

Bombers

• Ithaca (Ithaca, NY)

Bonnies

• St. Bonaventure (St. Bonaventure, NY)

Boxers

• Pacific (OR) (Forest Grove, OR)

Braves

• Alcorn State (Lorman, MS) (men's teams only; women's teams have no mascot or nickname)
• Bradley (Peoria, IL)
• Chowan (Murfreesboro, NC)
• Goldey-Beacom (Wilmington, DE)
• Husson (Bangor, ME)
• Ottawa (Ottawa, KS)
• UNC-Pembroke (Pembroke, NC)

Brewers

• Vassar (Poughkeepsie, NY)

Bridges

• Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY)

Britons

• Albion (Albion, MI)

Bronchos

• Central Oklahoma (Edmond, OK)

Broncos

• Boise State (Boise, ID)
• Cal Poly Pomona (Pomona, CA)
• Fayetteville State (Fayetteville, NC)
• Hastings (Hastings, NE)
• Santa Clara (Santa Clara, CA)
• SUNY-Delhi (Delhi, NY)
• Western Michigan (Kalamazoo, MI)

Broncs

• Rider (Lawrenceville, NJ)
• Texas-Pan American (Edinburgh, TX)

Bruins

• Bellevue (Bellevue, NE)
• Belmont (Nashville, TN)
• Bethany (CA) (South Valley, CA)
• George Fox (Newburg, OR)
• UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)

Buccaneers

• Barry (Miami Shores, FL)
• Beloit (Beloit, WI)
• Charleston Southern (Charleston, SC)
• Christian Brothers (Memphis, TN)
• East Tennessee State (Johnson City, TN)
• Massachusetts Maritime (Buzzards Bay, MA)
• Virgin Islands (St. Croix & St. Thomas, VI)

Buckeyes

• Ohio State (Columbus, OH)
• OSU-Mansfield (Mansfield, OH)
• OSU-Marion (Marion, OH)

Buffaloes

• Arkansas Baptist (Little Rock, AR)
• Colorado (Boulder, CO)
• Colorado-Denver (Denver, CO)
• Milligan (Johnson City, TN)
• West Texas A&M (Canyon, TX)

Bulldogs

• Adrian (Adrian, MI)
• Alabama A&M (Normal, AL)
• Barton (Wilson, NC)
• Bowie State (Bowie, MD)
• Bryant (Smithfield, RI)
• Butler (Indianapolis, IN)
• The Citadel (Charleston, SC)
• El Colegio (Mayagüez, PR)
• Concordia (NE) (Seward, NE)
• Cumberland (Lebanon, TN)
• Dean (Franklin, MA)
• DeSales (Center Valley, PA)
• Drake (Des Moines, IA)
• Ferris State (Big Rapids, MI)
• Fisk (Nashville, TN)
• Fresno State (Fresno, CA)
• Gardner-Webb
• Georgia (Athens, GA)
• Gonzaga (Spokane, WA)
• Kettering (Flint, MI)
• Knoxville (Knoxville, TN)
• Louisiana Tech (Ruston, LA) (men's teams)
• McPherson (McPherson, KS)
• Minnesota-Duluth (Duluth, MN)
• Mississippi State (Starkville, MS)
• Montana Western (Dillon, MT)
• Redlands (Redlands, CA)
• Samford (Birmingham, AL)
• South Carolina State (Orangeburg, SC)
• Southwestern Oklahoma (Weatherford, OK)
• Springfield (IL) (Springfield, IL)
• Tennessee Wesleyan (Athens, TN)
• Texas Lutheran (Seguin, TX)
• 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) (1 of 2 official mascots)

Bullets

• Gettysburg (Gettysburg, PA)

Bulls

• Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
• South Florida (Tampa, FL)

C

Cadets

• Norwich (Northfield, VT)

Camels

• Campbell (Buies Creek, NC)
• Connecticut College (New London, CT)

Canoneers

• Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY)

Captains

• Christopher Newport (Newport News, VA)

Cardinal

• Stanford (Palo Alto, CA)

Cardinals

• Ball State (Muncie, IN)
• Catholic (Washington, DC)
• Concordia (MI) (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Incarnate Word (San Antonia, TX)
• Lamar (Beaumont, TX)
• Louisville (Louisville, KY)
• Massachusetts Pharmacy (Boston, MA)
• North Central (Naperville, IL)
• Otterbein (Westerville, OH)
• Saginaw Valley State (University Center, MI)
• St. John Fisher (Rochester, NY)
• St. Mary's (MN) (Winona, MN)
• SUNY-Plattsburgh (Plattsburgh, NY)
• Wesleyan (Middletown, CT)
• Wheeling Jesuit (Wheeling, WV)
• William Jewell (Liberty, MO)
• York College (Jamaica, NY)

Catamounts

• Vermont (Burlington, VT)
• Western Carolina (Cullowhee, NC)

Cavaliers

• Cabrini (Radnor, PA)
• Concordia (OR) (Portland, OR)
• Johnson County CC (Overland Park, KS)
• Montreat (Montreat, NC)
• St. Gregory's (Shawnee, OK)
• Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
• Walsh (Canton, OH)

Celtics

• Carlow (Pittsburgh, PA)

Celts

• St. Thomas (TX) (Houston, TX)

Centaurs

• Purdue North Central (Westville, IN)

Chanticleers

• Coastal Carolina (Conway, SC)

Chaparrals

• Lubbock Christian (Lubbock, TX)

Chargers

• Alabama-Huntsville (also UAH)
• Atlanta Christian (Atlanta, GA)
• Briar Cliff (Sioux City, IA)
• Capitol (MD) (Laurel, MD)
• Colby-Sawyer (New London, NH)
• Dominican (Orangeburg, NY)
• Hillsdale (Hillsdale, MI)
• Lancaster Bible (Lancaster, PA)
• New Haven (New Haven, CT)

Chippewas

• Central Michigan (Mount Pleasant, MI)

Choctaws

• Mississippi College (Clinton, MS)

Claim Jumpers

• Columbia College (Columbia, CA)

Clan

• Simon Fraser (Burnaby, BC)

Classics

• Cedar Crest (Allentown, PA)

Clippers

• Concordia (NY) (Bronxville, NY)
• Maine-Machias (Machias, ME)
• Webb Institute (Glen Cove, NY)

Cobbers

• Concordia (MN) (Moorhead, MN)

Cobras

• Coker (Hartsville, SC)
• Virginia Intermont (Bristol, VA)

Colonials

• George Washington (Washington, DC)
• Robert Morris (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Southampton (Southampton, NY)
• Western Connecticut State (Danbury, CT)

Colonels

• Centre (Danville, KY)
• Curry (Milton, MA)
• Eastern Kentucky (Richmond, KY)
• Nicholls State (Thibodaux, LA)
• Wilkes (Wilkes-Barre, PA)

Comets

• Mayville State (Mayville, ND)
• Olivet (Olivet, MI)
• Pillsbury Baptist (Owatonna, MN)
• Texas-Dallas (Dallas, TX)

Commodores

• Vanderbilt (Nashville, TN)

Continentals

• Hamilton (Clinton, NY)

Conquerors

• Piedmont Baptist (Winston-Salem, NC)

Cornhuskers

• Nebraska (Lincoln, NE)

Corsairs

• UMass Dartmouth (Dartmouth, MA)

Cotton Blossoms

• Arkansas-Monticello (women's teams only)

Cougars

• Averett (Danville, VA)
• Azusa Pacific (Azusa, CA)
• BYU (Provo, UT)
• Caldwell (Caldwell, NJ)
• Cal State-San Marcos (San Marcos, CA)
• Chicago State (Chicago, IL)
• Clark University (Worcester, MA)
• Clinton CC (IA)
• Genesee CC (NY)
• College of Charleston
• Houston
• Kean
• Minnesota Morris
• Misericordia (Dallas, PA)
• Mount Vernon Nazarene (Mount Vernon, OH)
• Sioux Falls
• SIU-Edwardsville
• Spring Arbor University
• Washington State
• Kalamazoo Valley CC (Kalamazoo, MI)
• University of Saint Francis @ Fort Wayne, IN

Cowboys and Cowgirls

• McNeese State
• Oklahoma State
• Wyoming
• Highlands

Coyotes

• Cal State San Bernardino
• College of Southern Nevada (Las Vegas) (Website)
• South Dakota

Crimson

• Harvard (Cambridge, MA)

Crimson Hawks

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, PA)

Crimson Storm

• Southern Nazarene (Bethany, OK)

Crimson Tide

• Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Crusaders

• Evangel University
• Holy Cross
• Mary Hardin-Baylor
• North Greenville University (Tigerville, SC)
• Northwest Nazarene (Nampa, ID)
• Valparaiso
• Capital (Columbus, OH)

Cyclones

• Iowa State

D

Deacons

• Bloomfield College (Bloomfield, NJ)

Delta Devils

• Mississippi Valley State

Demon Deacons

• Wake Forest (Winston Salem, NC)

Demons

• Northwestern State

Diamond Reddies

• Henderson State University (softball team only)

Diplomats

• Franklin & Marshall (Lancaster, PA)

Dirtbags

• Long Beach State (Baseball)

Dolphins

• Cal State Channel Islands
• Jacksonville
• Le Moyne
• College of Mount Saint Vincent

Dons

• San Francisco

Dragons

• Drexel
• Minnesota State-Moorhead
• Tiffin University

Ducks

• Oregon
• Stevens Tech

Duhawks

• Loras

Dukes

• Duquesne
• James Madison

Dutch

• Central College

Dutchmen

• Union College

E

Eagles

• AIB
• Alice Lloyd
• American
• Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky
• Ashland
• Boston College
• Bridgewater College
• Coppin State
• Eastern Michigan
• Eastern Washington
• Emory
• Juniata
• Georgia Southern
• Morehead State
• North Carolina Central
• Northwestern (MN)
• Oklahoma Christian
• Mary Washington
• Winthrop

Egrets

• Houston–Clear Lake

Elephant

• Alabama (Tuscaloosa)

Engineers

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, formerly Rose Polytechnic Institute
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Ephs

• Williams

Evangels

• Johnson Bible College (Knoxville, TN) (Women's Teams)
• Mid-America Christian (Oklahoma City, OK)

Explorers

• La Salle

F

Falcons

• Air Force
• Bentley
• Bowling Green
• Fairmont State
• Fitchburg State
• Wisconsin–River Falls
• Florida College

Fighting Camels

• Campbell

Fighting Christians

• Elon University (longtime, original mascot)

Fighting Illini

• Illinois

Fighting Irish

• Notre Dame

Fighting Leathernecks

• Western Illinois (men's teams only)

Fighting Scots

• Edinboro
• Gordon (Wenham, MA)
• Macalester
• Monmouth College
• Ohio Valley
• Wooster

Fighting Sioux

• North Dakota

Fighting Knights

• Lynn

Flames

• Liberty
• UIC

Flyers

• Dayton
• Lewis

Flying Dutchmen

• Hope (women's teams are the Flying Dutch)
• Lebanon Valley College

Fords

• Haverford College

Friars

• Providence

G

Gaels

• Iona
• Saint Mary's
• Queen's University

Gamecocks

• Jacksonville State
• South Carolina

Gators

• Allegheny
• Florida
• Houston–Downtown
• San Francisco State

Gauchos

• UC Santa Barbara

Geese

• Gainesville State College

Generals

• Washington & Lee

Gentlemen

• Centenary (men's teams only)

Geoducks

• Evergreen State (Washington) ^[1]

Golden Bears

• Alberta (men's teams only)
• University of California, Berkeley
• Concordia University, Saint Paul
• Kutztown
• West Virginia Tech
• Miles College (Fairfield, AL)

Golden Bulls

• Johnson C. Smith

Golden Eagles

• Cal State Los Angeles
• Charleston (WV)
• Cornerstone University
• Marquette
• UM Crookston
• Oral Roberts
• Southern Miss
• Tennessee Tech

Golden Flashes

• Kent State

Golden Flyers

• Nazareth (Pittsford, NY)

Golden Gophers

• Minnesota

Golden Griffins

• Canisius

Golden Grizzlies

• Oakland

Golden Hurricane

• Tulsa

Golden Knights

• Clarkson (Potsdam, NY)
• Gannon (Erie, PA)
• College of Saint Rose (Albany, NY)

Golden Lions

• Arkansas-Pine Blulff

Golden Panthers

• FIU

Golden Suns

• Arkansas Tech (women's teams only)

Golden Tornadoes

• Geneva

Gophers

• Goucher College

Gorillas

• Pittsburg State

Gorloks

• Webster

Gothic Knights

• New Jersey City

Governors

• Austin Peay

Great Danes

• Albany

Great Lakers

• SUNY Oswego

Green Knights

• St. Norbert

Green Terror

• McDaniel

Green Wave

• Tulane

Greyhounds

• Indianapolis
• Loyola (MD)
• Assumption College
• Eastern New Mexico (men's team only)
• Moravian College

Griffins

• Seton Hill
• Westminster (UT)

Grizzlies

• Montana
• Georgia Gwinnett

Gusties

• Gustavus Adolphus

H

Hatters

• Stetson

Hawkeyes

• Iowa

Hawks

• Hartford
• Hartwick
• Holy Names
• Huntingdon
• Maryland-Eastern Shore (also UMES)
• Monmouth University
• Quincy
• Rockhurst
• Saint Joseph's
• SUNY New Paltz
• William Rainey Harper Community College

Herons

• William Smith

Highlanders

• McLennan Community College
• NJIT
• Radford
• UC Riverside

Hillcats

• Rogers State

Hilltoppers

• West Liberty State
• Western Kentucky
• St. Edward's University

Hokies

• Virginia Tech

Hoosiers

• Indiana

Horned Frogs

• Texas Christian

Hornets

• Alabama State
• Delaware State
• Emporia State
• Fullerton College
• Kalamazoo
• Sacramento State
• Southern Polytechnic State University

Hoyas

• Georgetown

Hurricanes

• Miami (FL)
• Georgia Southwestern State University

Huskies

• Connecticut
• Houston Baptist
• Michigan Tech
• Northeastern
• Northern Illinois
• St. Cloud State
• Washington

Huskers

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

I

Ichabods

• Washburn (men's teams only)

Indians

• Catawba College

Islanders

• Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

J

Jackrabbits

• South Dakota State University

Jaguars

• Houston–Victoria
• IUPUI
• South Alabama
• Southern

Jaspers

• Manhattan

Javelinas

• Texas A&M-Kingsville

Jayhawks

• Kansas

Jennies

• Central Missouri (women's teams only)

Jimmies

• Jamestown

Johnnies

• St. John's (MN)

Judges

• Brandeis

Jumbos

• Tufts

K

Kangaroos

• Austin
• Missouri–Kansas City

Keelhaulers

• California Maritime

Keydets

• VMI

Knights

• Bellarmine
• Calvin
• Carleton
• Central Florida
• Fairleigh Dickinson
• Martin Luther
• Wartburg
• Nova Southeastern University (formerly used the Knights but changed mascots in 2005 to the Sharks.)

Kohawks

• Coe

L

Ladies

• Centenary (women's teams)
• Kenyon (women's teams)

Lady Blues

• Bluefield State (women's teams)
• Illinois College (women's teams)
• Washburn (women's teams)

Lady Reddies

• Henderson State University (women's teams)

Lady Techsters

• Louisiana Tech (women's teams)

Ladyjacks

• Stephen F. Austin (women's teams)

Lakers

• Grand Valley State
• Lake Superior State
• Mercyhurst
• SUNY Oswego

Lancers

• Longwood
• Mount Marty
• Worcester State College

Leathernecks

• Western Illinois

Leopards

• Lafayette

Lions

• Bryan College
• College of New Jersey
• Columbia
• Eastern Mennonite
• Eastern Nazarene
• Lincoln (Pennsylvania)
• Lindenwood University
• Loyola Marymount
• Multnomah University
• North Alabama
• Piedmont College
• Southeastern Louisiana
• Southwestern Assemblies of God
• Vanguard University of Southern California

See also Red Lions.

Little Giants

• Wabash College

Lobos

• New Mexico

Loggers

• Puget Sound

Longhorns

• Texas

Lopers

• Nebraska-Kearney (Kearney, NE)

Lord Jeffs

• Amherst College

Lords

• Kenyon (men's teams only)

Los Libros

• St. John's College (Santa Fe, NM)

Lumberjacks

• Humboldt State
• Northern Arizona
• Stephen F. Austin (men's teams only)

LumberJacks

• Northland (Wisc.) (men's team only)

LumberJills

• Northland (Wisc.) (women's team only)

Lutes

• Pacific Lutheran

Lynx

• Rhodes

Lyons

• Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

M

Magicians

• LeMoyne-Owen

Marauders

• Central State
• Millersville (PA)

Mariners

• Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, NY)

Marlins

• Virginia Wesleyan

Maroons

• Chicago
• Morningside College (Sioux City, IA)
• Roanoke

Maroon Tigers

• Morehouse

Mastodons

• IPFW^[1]

Matadors

• Cal State Northridge

Mavericks

• Minnesota State
• Nebraska-Omaha
• Texas-Arlington

Mean Green

• North Texas

Midshipmen

• Navy

Mighty Macs

• Immaculata

Miners

• Missouri S&T
• Texas at El Paso

Minutemen and Minutewomen

• UMass Amherst

Moccasins (Water Moccasins)

• Florida Southern College

Mockingbirds

• Chattanooga

Monarchs

• King's (PA)
• Old Dominion

Moundbuilders

• Southwestern (KS)

The Mount

• Mount St. Mary's

Mountain Cats

• Pitt-Johnstown

Mountaineers

• Appalachian State
• Berea
• Eastern Oregon
• Southern Vermont College
• West Virginia

Mountain Hawks

• Lehigh

Mountain Lions

• Concord (Athens, WV)

Mules

• Central Missouri (men's teams only)
• Muhlenberg College
• United States Military Academy (New York) ^[1]

Musketeers

• Xavier

Mustangs

• California Polytechnic State (or Cal Poly SLO), (San Luis Obispo, CA)
• Morningside, (Sioux City, IA)
• Southern Methodist (SMU), (University Park, TX)
• SW Minnesota State (Marshall, MN)
• Western Ontario (UWO), (London, ON)
• Western New Mexico(WNMU), (Silver City, NM)

N

Nanooks

• Alaska

Nittany Lions

• Penn State

Norse

• Luther (IA)
• Northern Kentucky

O

Oilers

• Findlay

Okra

• Delta State University (Mississippi, unofficial mascot) ^[1]

Oles

• St. Olaf

Orange

• Syracuse

Orediggers

• Colorado Mines

Ospreys

• North Florida
• Richard Stockton

Otters

• Cal State Monterey Bay

Owls

• Florida Atlantic
• Kennesaw State
• Temple
• Rice
• Warren Wilson
• Westfield State
• Keene State College

P

Paladins

• Furman

Pandas

• Alberta (women's teams only)

Panthers

• Adelphi
• Birmingham-Southern
• Chaffey
• Chapman
• Drury
• Eastern Illinois
• Ferrum
• Georgia State
• High Point
• Kentucky Wesleyan
• Middlebury
• Milwaukee
• Northern Iowa
• Ohio Dominican
• Pitt
• Plymouth State
• Prairie View
• Purchase
• Virginia Union

Patriots

• Cumberlands
• Francis Marion
• George Mason

Peacocks and Peahens

• Saint Peter's

Penguins

• Clark College (Washington)
• Dominican University of California
• Youngstown State

Penmen

• Southern New Hampshire University

Phoenix

• Elon
• Olin
• Wisconsin–Green Bay
• Swarthmore College

Pickles

• University of North Carolina School of the Arts (North Carolina) ^[1]

Pilots

• Portland
• LSU-Shreveport

Pipers

• Hamline

Pirates

• Armstrong Atlantic State
• East Carolina
• Hampton
• Seton Hall
• Southwestern (TX)
• Whitworth

Pioneers

• Alfred State College
• Cal State East Bay
• Carroll (WI)
• Denver
• Glenville State
• Grinnell
• Lewis & Clark
• CW Post
• Marietta
• MidAmerica Nazarene (Olathe, KS)
• Sacred Heart
• Spartanburg Methodist College (junior college, Spartanburg, SC)
• Transylvania
• William Patterson
• Wisconsin–Platteville

Platypi

• St. John's College (Annapolis, MD)

Poets

• Whittier College (California) ^[1]

Pointers

• Wisconsin–Stevens Point

Polar Bears

• Bowdoin
• Montana State University-Northern
• Ohio Northern

Prairie Dogs

• College of Santa Fe

Prairie Fire

• Knox

Preachers

• Johnson Bible College (Knoxville, TN) (Men's teams)
• Lincoln Christian (Lincoln, IL) (Men's teams) 1944-2009 (Now the Red Lions)

Pride

• Greensboro
• Hofstra
• Springfield MA

Privateers

• New Orleans

Profs

• Rowan

Pumas

• St. Joseph's (Rennsalear, IN)
• Paradise Valley CC
• National Autonomous University of Mexico

Purple Aces

• Evansville

Purple Eagles

• Niagara

Purple Raiders

• Mount Union

Q

Quakers

• Earlham
• Guilford
• Penn

R

Racers

• Murray State

Ragin' Cajuns

• Louisiana-Lafayette

Raiders

• Colgate
• Wright State

Railsplitters

• Lincoln Memorial

Rainbow Wahine

• Hawaiʻi (all women's teams)^[1]

Rainbow Warriors

• Hawaiʻi (men's basketball, men's swimming and diving, men's tennis)^[1]

Rainbows

• Hawaiʻi (baseball)^[1]

Ramblers

• Loyola (Chicago)

Rams

• Angelo State
• Colorado State
• Cornell (IA)
• Fordham
• North Central (MN)
• Philadelphia
• Rhode Island
• Shepherd
• Virginia Commonwealth (Richmond, VA)
• Winston-Salem State
• Framingham State College

Rangers

• Wisconsin–Parkside

Rattlers

• Florida A&M
• St. Mary's (TX)

Ravens

• Benedictine, Atchison, Kansas

Razorbacks

• Arkansas

Rebels

• Ole Miss
• UNLV

Redbirds

• Illinois State

Red Devils

• Dickinson

Red Dragons

• SUNY Cortland
• SUNY Oneonta

Red Flash

• Saint Francis (PA)

Red Foxes

• Marist

Red Hawks

• Montclair State
• Ripon

See also Redhawks and RedHawks.

Red Lions

• Lincoln Christian (Lincoln, IL)

See also Lions.

Red Raiders

• Northwestern (IA)
• Shippensburg
• Texas Tech

Red Storm

• St. John's (NY)

Reddies

Henderson State University (men's teams)

Redhawks

• Seattle
• Southeast Missouri

RedHawks

• Miami (OH)

Red Wolves

• Arkansas State

Retrievers

• UMBC

River Hawks

• UMass Lowell

Riverhawks

• Northeastern State (OK)

Roadrunners

• Cal State Bakersfield
• Ramapo
• Texas-San Antonio

Rockets

• Slippery Rock
• Toledo

Roughnecks

• Findlay (wrestling only)

Royals

• Bethel (Minnesota)
• Scranton
• Eastern Mennonite

S

Sagehens

• Pomona-Pitzer, a joint team of two of the Claremont Colleges:
  • Pitzer College
  • Pomona College

Sailfish

• Palm Beach Atlantic University

Saints

• Aquinas
• Presentation (SD)
• Saint Martin's
• St. Scholastica
• Siena
• Thomas More

Salukis

• Southern Illinois

Sasquatch

• Community Colleges of Spokane

Savage Storm

• Southeastern Oklahoma

Saxons

• Alfred University

Scarlet Knights

• Rutgers

Scarlet Raiders

• Rutgers-Newark

Scarlet Raptors

• Rutgers-Camden

Scots

• Alma
• Covenant College
• Macalester
• Presbyterian College (South Carolina) ^[1]

Scottish Terriers

• Agnes Scott

Screaming Eagles

• Southern Indiana

Sea Warriors

• Hawaii Pacific

Seagulls

• Salisbury

Seahawks

• St. Mary's (MD) (St. Mary's City, MD)
• UNC-Wilmington (Wilmington, NC)
• Salve Regina University (Newport, RI)
• Wagner College (Staten Island, NY)

Sealions

• Point Loma (San Diego, CA)

Seasiders

• BYU-Hawaii

Seawolves

• Alaska-Anchorage
• Sonoma State
• Stony Brook

Seminoles

• Florida State

Senators

• Davis & Elkins (Elkins, WV)

Setters

Sharks

• Nova Southeastern University

Shockers

• Wichita State

Shoremen

• Washington (MD)

Silverswords

• Chaminade

Skyhawks

• Tennessee-Martin

Sooners

• Oklahoma

Spartans

• Case Western Reserve
• Michigan State
• Norfolk State
• North Carolina–Greensboro
• St. Thomas Aquinas College
• San Jose State
• South Carolina Upstate
• Tampa

Spiders

• Richmond (Virginia) ^[1]

Squirrels

• Mary Baldwin College (Virginia) ^[1]

Stags

• Men's teams of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, the joint team of three of the five Claremont Colleges:
  • Harvey Mudd College
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • Scripps College (enrolls only women)
• Fairfield

Stars

• Oklahoma City University

Statesmen

• Delta State
• Hobart
• William Penn

Storm

• Crown
• Simpson

Sun Devils

• Arizona State

Student Princes

• Heidelberg University (Tiffin, Ohio)

Sycamores

• Indiana State

T

Tar Heels

• North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC)

Tartans

• Carnegie Mellon

Terrapins

• Maryland (College Park, MD)

Terriers

• Boston University (Boston, MA)
• Hiram (Hiram, OH)
• St. Francis (NY) (Brooklyn, NY)
• Thomas College (Waterville, ME)
• Wofford (Spartanburg, SC)

Thorobreds

• Kentucky State

Thoroughbreds

• Murray State (Baseball)

Thunder

• Tri-State
• Wheaton College (Illinois)

Thunderbirds

• Cloud County CC
• Southern Utah
• New Mexico JC

Thundering Herd

• Marshall

ThunderWolves

• Colorado State University-Pueblo (formerly University of Southern Colorado, 2003)

Tigers

• Auburn (Auburn, AL)
• Clemson (Clemson, SC)
• Colorado College
• DePauw
• Doane
• East Central (Ada, OK)
• East Texas Baptist (Marshall, TX)
• Georgetown (KY)
• Grambling State
• Fort Hays State
• Hampden-Sydney
• Jackson State
• LSU (Baton Rouge, LA)
• Memphis
• Missouri (Columbia, MO)
• Occidental
• Olivet (Bourbonnais, IL)
• Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, AR)
• Pacific
• Princeton (Princeton, NJ)
• Riverside CC
• Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) (Rochester, NY)
• Saint Paul's
• Salem International
• Savannah State
• Sewanee
• Tennessee State
• Towson
• Trinity (TX)
• West Alabama
• Wittenberg

Timberwolves

• Northwood (Midland, MI)

Titans

• Cal State Fullerton
• Detroit
• Westminster (PA)
• Wisconsin–Oshkosh

Tommies

• St. Thomas (MN)

Toreros

• San Diego

Tornado

• King (TN)

Toros

• Cal State Dominguez Hills

Tree

• Stanford (California) ^[1]

Tribe

• William & Mary (Williamsburg, VA)

Tritons

• Eckerd
• UC San Diego
• Missouri-St. Louis (or UMSL) Formerly the Rivermen and Riverwomen^[2]

Trojans

• Arkansas-Little Rock
• Mount Olive College
• Southern California
• Taylor
• Trinity International
• Troy
• Virginia State

Trolls

• Trinity Christian College

U

Utes

• Utah

V

Valkyries

• Converse (Spartanburg, SC)

Vandals

• Idaho

Vaqueros

• Santa Barbara CC

Vikings

• Augustana College (Sioux Falls, SD)
• Bethany Lutheran
• Berry
• Cleveland State
• Dana
• Del Mar (Community College) (Corpus Christi, TX)
• Diablo Valley (Community College) (Pleasant Hill, CA)
• Elizabeth City State
• Lawrence
• Portland State
• Valley City State
• Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA)

Violets

• NYU

Volunteers

• Tennessee

Vulcans

• Hawaiʻi-Hilo
• California University of Pennsylvania (California, PA)

W

War Eagle

• Auburn (Auburn, AL) (alternate mascot)

Warhawks

• Louisiana-Monroe
• Wisconsin–Whitewater

Warriors

• Cal State Stanislaus
• Eastern Connecticut State
• East Stroudsburg (East Stroudsburg, PA)
• Hawaiʻi (football, men's golf, men's volleyball) ^[1]
• Hendrix
• Lewis-Clark State
• Lycoming
• Merrimack
• Midland Lutheran
• Wayne State
• Winona State

Wasps

• Emory & Henry

Waves

• Pepperdine (California) ^[1]

Westerwinds

• Western Illinois (women's teams only)

White Mules

• Colby

Wildcats

• Abilene Christian (Abilene, TX)
• Arizona
• Baker (Baldwin City, KS)
• Bethel College (McKenzie, TN)
• Bethune-Cookman
• Cazenovia College (Cazenovia, NY)
• Chico State
• Davidson
• Indiana Wesleyan
• Kansas State
• Kentucky
• Linfield College (McMinnville, OR)
• New Hampshire
• Randolph College
• Northern Michigan
• Northwestern
• Penn College
• St. Catherine
• Villanova
• Weber State

Wolf Pack

• Nevada

Wolfpack

• NC State (Raleigh, NC)

Wolverines

• Grove City
• Michigan
• Utah Valley

Women of Troy

• USC (women's teams only)

Wonderboys

• Arkansas Tech (men's teams only)

X

Y

Yellow Jackets

• American International (Springfield, MA)
• Baldwin-Wallace
• Cedarville
• Georgia Tech
• Graceland
• LeTourneau
• Randolph-Macon
• Rochester
• Waynesburg
• West Virginia State
• Wisconsin–Superior

Yeomen

• Oberlin

Z

Zias

• Eastern New Mexico (women's teams only)

Zips

• Akron

References

See also

• List of U.S. college mascots
• Native American Mascot Controversy