List of college sports team nicknames

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)
• Ohio State University, Lima Campus (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 University in St. Louis (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)
• 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)

Bishops

• Ohio Wesleyan (Ohio) ^[1]

Bison

• Bethany (WV) (Bethany, WV)
• Bucknell (Lewisburg, PA)
• Gallaudet (Washington, DC)
• Harding (Searcy, AR)
• Howard (Washington, DC)
• 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)

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 (Edinburg, TX)

Bruins

• Bellevue (Bellevue, NE)
• Belmont (Nashville, TN)
• Bethany (CA) (South Valley, CA)
• George Fox (Newberg, 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)

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)

Bullets

• Gettysburg (Gettysburg, PA)

Bulls

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

C

Cadets

• Norwich (Northfield, VT)

Camels

• 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 Antonio, 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

• Alvernia (Reading, PA)
• Capital (Columbus, OH)
• Clarke University (Dubuque, IA)
• Evangel University
• Holy Cross
• Mary Hardin-Baylor
• Maranatha Baptist Bible College (Watertown, WI)
• North Greenville University (Tigerville, SC)
• Northwest Nazarene (Nampa, ID)
• Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA)
• Valparaiso
• William Carey University (Hattiesburg, MS)

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, Wilmore, Kentucky
• Ashland
• Boston College
• Bridgewater College
• Carson Newman College
• Coppin State
• Eastern Michigan
• Eastern Washington
• Embry–Riddle Aeronautical, at both the Daytona Beach, FL and Prescott, AZ campuses
• Emory
• Florida Gulf Coast University
• Juniata
• Georgia Southern
• Morehead State
• North Carolina Central
• Northwestern (MN)
• Oklahoma Christian
• Mary Washington
• Winthrop

Egrets

• Houston–Clear Lake

Engineers

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, formerly Rose Polytechnic Institute
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA)

Ephs

• Williams

Evangels

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

Explorers

• La Salle

F

Falcons

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

Fighting Camels

• Campbell

Fighting Christians

• Elon University (longtime, original mascot)

Fighting Illini

• Illinois

Fighting Irish

• Notre Dame

Fighting Knights

• Lynn

Fighting Leathernecks

• Western Illinois (men's teams only)

Fighting Scots

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

Fighting Sioux

• North Dakota

Flames

• Liberty
• UIC

Flyers

• Dayton
• Lewis

Flying Dutchmen

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

Flying Fleet

• Erskine 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]

Giants

• Keystone College

Golden Bears

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

Golden Bulls

• Johnson C. Smith

Golden Eagles

• Cal State Los Angeles
• Charleston (WV)
• Clarion (PA)
• College at Brockport: SUNY
• Cornerstone University
• John Brown University
• Marquette
• Minnesota, 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 Bluff

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)
• Gwynedd-Mercy College
• The College of William and Mary

Griffons

• Missouri Western State University

Grizzlies

• Montana
• Georgia Gwinnett

Gusties

• Gustavus Adolphus

H

Hardrockers

• South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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
• Evergreen Valley Community College

Herons

• William Smith

Highlanders

• MacMurray College (Jacksonville, IL)
• McLennan Community College (Waco, TX)
• NJIT (Newark, NJ)
• Radford (Radford, VA)
• UC Riverside (Riverside, CA)

Hillcats

• Rogers State (Claremore, OK)

Hilltoppers

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

Hokies

• Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA)

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

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
• Spelman College

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

Koalas

• Columbia (SC)

Keelhaulers

• California Maritime

Keydets

• VMI

Knights

• Arcadia University (formerly Beaver College)
• 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.)
• Southern Virginia University

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 (Topeka, KS; women's teams)

Lady Reddies

• Henderson State University (women's teams)

Lady Reds

• Carthage College (Kenosha, WI)

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

• California Baptist
• Lenoir Community College (Kinston, NC)
• Longwood
• Mount Marty
• Worcester State College

Leathernecks

• Western Illinois

Leopards

• Lafayette

Lions

• Bryan College
• College of New Jersey
• College of Mount St. Joseph
• Columbia
• Eastern Mennonite
• Eastern Nazarene
• Lincoln (Pennsylvania)
• Lindenwood University
• Loyola Marymount
• Multnomah University
• Missouri Southern State University
• North Alabama
• Piedmont College
• Raritan Valley Community College
• Southeastern Louisiana
• Southwestern Assemblies of God
• Vanguard University of Southern California
• Texas A&M University-Commerce

See also Red Lions.

Little Giants

• Wabash College

Llama

• Bard College at Simon's Rock

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

• Mount Holyoke College
• 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-Mankato
• Nebraska-Omaha
• Ohio State University, Mansfield Campus
• 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

Mocs

• 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
• Western State College of Colorado

Mountain Hawks

• Lehigh

Mountain Lions

• Concord (Athens, WV)

Mules

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

Muleriders

• Southern Arkansas University

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

Fighting Okra

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

Oles

• St. Olaf

Orange

• Syracuse

Orediggers

• Colorado Mines
• Montana Tech

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
• Royal Military College of Canada

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
• Greenville

Patriots

• Cumberlands
• Dallas Baptist
• Francis Marion
• George Mason

Peacocks and Peahens

• Saint Peter's College
• Upper Iowa University

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
• Lyon College (Women's Teams)

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
• Smith College (Northampton, MA)
• Spartanburg Methodist College (junior college, Spartanburg, SC)
• Transylvania
• Tusculum (Greenville, TN)
• ((Utica College))
• Wayland Baptist (All teams except women's basketball)
• 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 (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
• Shippensburg
• 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 (women's' teams are called Rambelles)
• Colorado State
• Cornell (IA)
• Fordham
• Framingham State College
• Houston Tillotson
• North Central (MN)
• Philadelphia
• Rhode Island
• Shepherd
• Virginia Commonwealth (Richmond, VA)
• West Chester University of PA
• Winston-Salem State

Rangers

• Wisconsin–Parkside

Rattlers

• Florida A&M
• St. Mary's (TX)

Ravens

• Anderson University (Indiana)
• Benedictine

Razorbacks

• Arkansas

Rebels

• UNLV
• Mississippi (Oxford, MS)

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 Men

• Carthage College (Kenosha, WI)

Red Raiders

• Northwestern (IA)
• Texas Tech

Red Storm

• St. John's (NY)
• Dixie State College (St. George, UT)
• Southern Nazarene (Bethany, OK)

Reddies

Henderson State University (men's teams)

Redhawks

• Seattle
• Southeast Missouri

RedHawks

• Miami (OH)

Red Wolves

• Arkansas State

Retrievers

• UMBC

Riverbats

• Austin Community College

River Hawks

• UMass Lowell

Riverhawks

• Northeastern State (OK)

Roadrunners

• Cal State Bakersfield
• Ramapo
• Texas-San Antonio

Delaware Technical Community College Owens Campus

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 (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Marymount (Arlington, VA)
• Presentation (Aberdeen, SD)
• Saint Martin's (Lacey, WA)
• St. Scholastica (Duluth, MN)
• Siena (Loudonville, NY)
• Thomas More (Crestview Hills, KY)

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

Scarlet Wave

• Ohio State University, Marion Campus

Scots

• Alma
• Covenant College
• Edinboro
• Lyon College (Men's Teams)
• Macalester
• Maryville College
• Presbyterian College (South Carolina) ^[1]

Scottish Terriers

• Agnes Scott

Screaming Eagles

• Southern Indiana

Sea Devils

Cape Fear Community College (Wilmington, NC)

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

• Pace University

Sharks

• Nova Southeastern University
• Simmons College

Shockers

• Wichita State

Shoremen

• Washington (MD)

Silverswords

• Chaminade

Skyhawks

• Tennessee-Martin
• Stonehill College (Easton, MA)

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

Sunbirds

Fresno Pacific University (Fresno, California)

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)

Terrible Swedes

• Bethany College (Lindsborg, KS)

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)
• Skidmore

Thunder

• Lake Erie College (Painesville, OH)
• Trine (Angola, IN)
• Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL)

Thunderbirds

• Cloud County CC (Concordia, KS)
• Southern Utah (Cedar City, UT)
• New Mexico JC (Hobbs, NM)

Thundering Herd

• Marshall (Huntington, WV)

ThunderWolves

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

Lakehead University Thunder Wolves (Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada)

Tigers

• Auburn (Auburn, AL)
• Campbellsville University
• Clemson (Clemson, SC)
• Colorado College
• DePauw
• Doane
• East Central (Ada, OK)
• East Texas Baptist (Marshall, TX)
• Fort Hays State (Hays, KS)
• Georgetown (KY)
• Grambling State
• Hampden-Sydney
• Jackson State
• LSU (Baton Rouge, LA; formally the Fightin' Tigers)
• 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
• Texas Southern
• Towson
• Trinity (TX)
• West Alabama
• Wittenberg

Timberwolves

• Northwood (Midland, MI)

Titans

• Cal State Fullerton
• Detroit
• Lane Community College (Eugene, OR)
• Ohio State University, Newark Campus
• Westminster (PA)
• Wisconsin–Oshkosh

Tommies

• St. Thomas (MN)

Toreros

• San Diego

Tornado

• King (TN)

Toros

• Cal State Dominguez Hills

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)
• Augustana College (Rock Island, IL)
• 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

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
• Indiana Tech
• 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 (McKenzie, TN)
• Bethune-Cookman
• Cazenovia College (Cazenovia, NY)
• Chico State
• Central Washington (Ellensburg, WA)
• Culver-Stockton College (Canton, MO)
• Davidson
• Indiana Wesleyan
• Kansas State
• Kentucky
• Linfield College (McMinnville, OR)
• New Hampshire
• Northern Michigan
• Northwestern
• Penn College
• Randolph College
• St. Catherine
• SUNY Institute of Technology (Utica, NY)
• 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)

Wonder Boys

• Arkansas Tech (men's teams only)

X

Y

Yellow Jackets

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

Yeomen

• Oberlin

Z

Zias

• Eastern New Mexico (women's teams only)

Zips

• Akron

See also

• List of U.S. college mascots
• Native American Mascot Controversy
• Occurrence of Religious Symbolism in U.S. Sports Team Names and Mascots

References