Pounce (mascot)

Pounce
Pounce, the current Georgia State University mascot.
University	Georgia State University
Conference	Sun Belt
Description	Panther
First seen	1993 (updated in 2009)

Pounce is the official mascot of Georgia State University. Pounce is usually represented as a stylized panther with blue fur, sharp white teeth with protruding canines, and black whiskers. He usually wears either the men's basketball outfit (during basketball season) or the University football uniform. Pounce has existed in his current form since 2009, but has existed in two previous forms. Prior to that, a host of other mascots represented Georgia State University.

Tradition

Like many mascots, Pounce communicates via hand gestures and sign language, rather than speech. Pounce is often used in different community projects either sponsored by or held by the University.^[1] While Pounce is considered a Panther, a specific definition of which species he is not elaborated on, although he shows considerable likeness to the Florida Panther, which was once native to Georgia.^[2] Pounce is 6'0 with a 3 foot tail and favors the colors royal blue and white.^[3]

History

Georgia State University has had multiple names and mascots (under its various names), beginning with an Owl in 1940 when the school was Georgia Evening College (due to it being a night school). In 1947, the school would, for no apparent reason, change the athletics teams' names to the Ramblers. This would again change in 1955 to the Panthers, however at that time no mascot existed for the school. Claws the Panther, the first personified blue panther, was created in the early 1980s to support the GSU basketball team. Both the school's student newspaper, the Signal, and the yearbook, The Cauldron, identified the mascot as being played by Jay Black who would later become a professor at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. In 1989, Urbie, a crimson panther was created, but would only remain until 1993 when a new mascot, Pounce, was unveiled. The original Pounce was a cartoonish, muscular blue panther with yellow eyes, a red nose and four fingers on each hand with yellow claws on each. This remained the university's mascot with slight variations (including more ferocious facial gestures) up until 2009. As the university unveiled its new football team, it also unveiled a new Pounce, complete with a sleeker design. This is the current mascot in use.^[4]

References

↑ "Pounce". Georgia State Athletics. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
↑ "Florida Panther". Defenders of Wildlife. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
↑ "Pounce Facts". Georgia State Athletics. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
↑ "From the Owls to the Panthers". The Signal. Retrieved 2011-10-06.

External links

Official site

Georgia State University
Located in: Atlanta, Georgia
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Athletics	Sun Belt Conference Fight Song Football Season Men's Basketball Season Women's Basketball Season Beach Volleyball Season Softball Season Baseball Season Georgia State Panthers Georgia State Stadium GSU Sports Arena Pounce Georgia Southern–Georgia State rivalry
Campus	Campus expansion Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant Municipal Auditorium Images Rialto Center for the Arts J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building
Student life	Greek life GSTV New South Rampway Online The Signal WRAS / Album 88
People	Alumni Faculty
Founded: 1913 Students: 53,000 Endowment: 186.0 million

Georgia State Panthers football
Venues	Georgia Dome (2010–2016) Georgia State Stadium (2017–future)
Bowls & rivalries	2015 Cure Bowl Georgia Southern
Culture & lore	Pounce Fight Panthers
People	Head coaches NFL players Statistical leaders
Seasons	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Georgia State Panthers men's basketball
Venues	GSU Sports Arena (1973–present)
Rivalries	Georgia Southern
Culture & lore	"Fight Panthers" Pounce
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Mascots of the Sun Belt Conference
Yosef (Appalachian State) The Trojan (Little Rock) Howl (Arkansas State) Freedom and GUS (Georgia Southern) Pounce (Georgia State) Cayenne (Louisiana–Lafayette) Ace the Warhawk (Louisiana–Monroe) SouthPaw (South Alabama) Blaze (Texas–Arlington) Boko the Bobcat (Texas State) T-Roy (Troy)

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