List Of College Sports Team Nicknames - College Mascot

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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Aggies

Aigles Bleu (Blue Eagles)

Ambassadors

AMCats

Anchormen

Angels

• Meredith (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Anteaters

• UC Irvine (Irvine, California)

Antelopes

• Grand Canyon (Phoenix, Arizona)
• Kearney (Kearney, Nebraska)

See also Lopers.

Apaches

• Tyler (Tyler, Texas)
• Cochise (Douglas, Arizona)

Archers

• Moody Bible Institute (Chicago)

Argonauts

Arrows

• Ursuline (Pepper Pike, Ohio)

Artichokes

• Scottsdale (Scottsdale, Arizona)

Athenas

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

Athenians

• Mount St. Mary's (Los Angeles)

Axemen and Axewomen

• Acadia (Wolfville, Nova Scotia)

Auggies

• Augsburg (Minneapolis)

Avengers

• ASA College (New York City)

Aztecs

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Badgers

Bald Eagles

• Lock Haven (Lock Haven, Pennsylvania)

Banana Slugs

• UC Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, California)

Bantams

Barons

Battlers

• Alderson Broaddus (Philippi, West Virginia)

Battlin' Beavers

• Blackburn (Carlinville, Illinois)

Battling Bishops

Beacons

Bearcats

Bearkats

• Sam Houston State (Huntsville, Texas)

Bears

Beavers

Bees

• St. Ambrose (Davenport, Iowa)
• Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, Georgia)

Belles

Bengals

Big Blue

• Millikin (Decatur, Illinois)

Big Blues

• Bluefield State (Bluefield, West Virginia)

Big Green

• Dartmouth (Hanover, New Hampshire)

Big Red

Billikens

• Saint Louis (St. Louis, Missouri)

Bishops

• Ohio Wesleyan (Delaware, Ohio)

Bison

Bisons

• Manitoba (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
• Lipscomb (Nashville, Tennessee)

Black Bears

• Maine (Orono, Maine)

Blackbirds

• LIU Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York)

Black Knights

• U.S. Military Academy [Army] (West Point, New York)

Black Squirrels

• Haverford (Haverford, Pennsylvania)

Blazers

Bloodhounds

• John Jay (New York City)

Blue and variants

• Wellesley (Wellesley, Massachusetts) â€" Blue
• Whitman College (Walla Walla, Washington) â€" Blues

Blue Angels

Blueboys and Lady Blues

• Illinois College (Jacksonville, Illinois)

Blue Demons

• DePaul (Chicago)

Blue Devils

Blue Dragons

• Hutchinson (Hutchinson, Kansas)

Blue Hawks

• Dickinson State (Dickinson, North Dakota)

Blue Hens

• Delaware (Newark, Delaware)

Blue Hose

• Presbyterian (Clinton, South Carolina)

Blue Jays

See also Bluejays.

Blue Knights

Blue Raiders

Blue Streaks

• John Carroll (Cleveland, Ohio)

Blue Tigers

• Lincoln (Missouri) (Jefferson City, Missouri)

Blue Wave

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

Bluejays

Blues

• Mississippi University for Women (Columbus, Mississippi)

Bluewave

• Florida State College at Jacksonville (Jacksonville, Florida)

Blugolds

• Wisconsinâ€"Eau Claire (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

Bobcats

Boilermakers

• Purdue (West Lafayette, Indiana)

Boll Weevils

Bombers

• Ithaca (Ithaca, New York)

Bonnies

• St. Bonaventure (St. Bonaventure, New York)

Boxers

• Pacific University (Forest Grove, Oregon)

Braves

Brewers

• Vassar (Poughkeepsie, New York)

Bridges

• Brooklyn (Brooklyn, New York)

Britons

• Albion (Albion, Michigan)

Broncbusters

• Garden City (Garden City, Kansas)

Bronchos

• Central Oklahoma (Edmond, Oklahoma)

Broncos

Broncs

Bruins

Buccaneers

Buckeyes

• Ohio State (Columbus, Ohio)

Bucks

• Motlow State (Lynchburg, Tennessee)

Buffaloes

Builders

• The Apprentice School (Newport News, Virginia)

Bulldogs

Bullets

• Gettysburg (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)h

Bulls

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Cadets

• Norwich (Northfield, Vermont)

Caimans

• Hostos Community College (Bronx, New York)

Camels

• Connecticut College (New London, Connecticut)
• Campbell (Buies Creek, North Carolina)

Cannoneers

• Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, New York)

Capers

• Cape Breton (Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Captains

• Christopher Newport (Newport News, Virginia)

Carabins

• Montréal (Montréal, Quebec, Canada)

Cardinal

• Stanford (Palo Alto, California)

Cardinals

Cascades

• University of the Fraser Valley (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)

Catamounts

Cavaliers

Celtics

• Carlow (Pittsburgh)

Celts

• St. Thomas (Texas) (Houston)

Centaurs

• Purdue North Central (Westville, Indiana)

Chanticleers

• Coastal Carolina (Conway, South Carolina)

Chaparrals

• Lubbock Christian (Lubbock, Texas)

Chargers

Chippewas

• Central Michigan (Mount Pleasant, Michigan)

Choctaws

• Mississippi College (Clinton, Mississippi)

Citadins

• UQAM (Montréal, Quebec, Canada)

Claim Jumpers

• Columbia College (Columbia, California)

Clan

Clippers

Cobbers

• Concordia (Moorhead) (Moorhead, Minnesota)

Cobras

Colonials

Colonels

Comets

Commodores

Continentals

• Hamilton (Clinton, New York)

Conquerors

• Piedmont Baptist (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Conquistadors

Cornhuskers

• Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Corsairs

Cotton Blossoms

• Arkansas-Monticello (Monticello, Arkansas) (women's teams only)

Cougars

Cowboys

Coyotes

Crimson

• Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Crimson Hawks

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, Pennsylvania)

Crimson Storm

• Southern Nazarene (Bethany, Oklahoma)

Crimson Tide

• Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

Crusaders

Cyclones

• Iowa State (Ames, Iowa)
• University of Wisconsinâ€"Fox Valley (Menasha, Wisconsin)
• Centenary University (Hackettstown, New Jersey)

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Deacons

Defenders

Delta Devils

• Mississippi Valley State (Itta Bena, Mississippi; men's teams)

Demon Deacons

• Wake Forest (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Demons

• Northwestern State (Natchitoches, Louisiana)

Devilettes

• Mississippi Valley State (Itta Bena, Mississippi; women's teams)

Devils

• Kinki University (Higashiōsaka, Japan)
• USciences (Philadelphia)

Diplomats

• Franklin & Marshall (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

Dinos

• University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

Dolphins

Dons

Dragons

Drovers

• University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (Chickasha, Oklahoma)

Ducks

Duhawks

• Loras (Dubuque, Iowa)

Dukes

DustDevils

• TAMI (Laredo, Texas)

Dutch

• Central College (Pella, Iowa)

Dutchmen

• Union College (Schenectady, New York)

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Eagles

Engineers

Ephs

• Williams (Williamstown, Massachusetts)

Eutectics

• St. Louis College of Pharmacy (St. Louis, Missouri)

Evangels

Excalibur

• Trent (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)

Explorers

• La Salle (Philadelphia)

Express

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Falcons

Fighters

Fightin' Engineers

Fighting Camels

• Campbell (Buies Creek, North Carolina)

Fighting Christians

• Elon (longtime, original mascot)

Fighting Hawks

• North Dakota (Grand Forks, North Dakota)

Fighting Illini

• Illinois (Champaign, Illinois)

Fighting Irish

• Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana)

Fighting Knights

• Lynn (Boca Raton, Florida)

Fighting Muskies

• Muskingum (New Concord, Ohio)

Fighting Pickles

• UNC School of the Arts (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Fighting Radish

• Tokyo University of Agriculture (Abashiri, Hokkaido)

Fighting Saints

Fighting Scots

Fighting Tigers

• Andrew College (Cuthbert, Georgia)

Fire

• Southeastern (Lakeland, Florida)

Fire Ants

• USC-Sumter (Sumter, South Carolina)

Firebirds

• D.C. (Washington, D.C.)

Flames

Flyers

Flying Dutchmen

Flying Fleet

• Erskine (Due West, South Carolina)

Fords

• Haverford (Ardmore, Pennsylvania)

Foresters

Friars

• Providence (Providence, Rhode Island)

Frogs

• Hampshire (Amherst, Massachusetts)

Fury

• St. Louis CC (Ferguson, Missouri)

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Gaels

Gaiters

• Bishop's (Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada)

Gamecocks

Gators

Gauchos

Geckos

• GateWay (Phoenix, Arizona)

Gee-Gees

• Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

Geese

• Gainesville State (Gainesville, Georgia)

Generals

• Louisiana State University of Alexandria (Alexandria, Louisiana)
• Washington & Lee (Lexington, Virginia)

Gentlemen

• Centenary (Shreveport, Louisiana) (men's teams only)

Geoducks

• Evergreen State (Olympia, Washington)

Giants

• Keystone (La Plume, Pennsylvania)

Gila Monsters

• Eastern Arizona (Thatcher, Arizona)

Gladiators

• Chabot (Hayward, California)

Golden Bears

Golden Bulls

• Johnson C. Smith (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Golden Eagles

Golden Flashes

• Kent State (Kent, Ohio)

Golden Flyers

• Nazareth (Pittsford, New York)

Golden Gaels

• Queen's (Kingston, Ontario, Canada)

Golden Gophers

• Minnesota (Minneapolis) and (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

Grenadiers

• Indiana University Southeast (New Albany, Indiana)

Golden Griffins

• Canisius (Buffalo, New York)

Golden Grizzlies

• Oakland (Rochester, Michigan)

Golden Hawks

• Wilfrid Laurier (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)

Golden Hurricane

• Tulsa (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

Golden Knights

Golden Lions

• Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Pine Bluff, Arkansas)

Gold Nuggets

• Xavier (New Orleans) Women's teams

Golden Rams

Gold Rush

• Xavier (New Orleans) Men's teams

Golden Seals

• Sheldon Jackson (defunct) (Sitka, Alaska)

Golden Suns

• Arkansas Tech (Russellville, Arkansas) (women's teams only)

Golden Tigers

• Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, Alabama)

Golden Tornadoes

• Geneva (Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania)

Gophers

• Goucher College (Towson, Maryland)

Gorillas

• Pittsburg State (Pittsburg, Kansas)

Gorloks

• Webster (St. Louis, Missouri)

Gothic Knights

• New Jersey City (Jersey City, New Jersey)

Governors

• Austin Peay (Clarksville, Tennessee)

Great Danes

• Albany (Albany, New York)

Great Lakers

• SUNY Oswego (Oswego, New York)

Green Knights

• St. Norbert (De Pere, Wisconsin)

Green Terror

• McDaniel (Westminster, Maryland)

Green Wave

• Tulane (New Orleans)

Greyhounds

Griffins

Griffons

• Missouri Western State University (Saint Joseph, Missouri)

Grizzlies

Gryphons

• Guelph (Guelph, Ontario, Canada)

Gulls

• Endicott College (Beverly, Massachusetts)

Gusties

• Gustavus Adolphus (St. Peter, Minnesota)

Gyrenes

• Ave Maria University (Ave Maria, Florida)

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Harriers

• Miami-Hamilton (Hamilton, Ohio)

Hardrockers

• South Dakota Mines (Rapid City, South Dakota)

Harvesters

• Eastfield College (Mesquite, Texas)

Hatters

• Stetson (DeLand, Florida)

Hawkeyes

• Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa)

Hawks

Heat

• UBC Okanagan (Kelowna, British Columbia)

Herons

• William Smith (Geneva, New York)

Highlanders

Hillcats

• Rogers State (Claremore, Oklahoma)

Hilltoppers

Hokies

• Virginia Tech (Blacksburg)

Hoosiers

• Indiana (Bloomington, Indiana)

Horned Frogs

• Texas Christian (Fort Worth, Texas)

Hornets

Hoyas

• Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)

Humpback Whales

• Alaska Southeast until sports were eliminated in 1990 (Juneau, Alaska)

Hurricanes

Huskies

Hustlin' Owls

• Oregon Institute of Technology (Klamath Falls, Oregon)

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Ice Dogs

• Assumption (Worcester, Massachusetts) (hockey only)

Ichabods

• Washburn (Topeka, Kansas)

Indians

Inferno

• Alverno (Milwaukee)

Ironmen

• Vermilion (Ely, Minnesota)

Islanders

• Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

J

Jackrabbits

• South Dakota State (Brookings, South Dakota)

Jaguars

Jaspers

• Manhattan (Riverdale, New York)

Javelinas

• Texas A&M-Kingsville (Kingsville, Texas)

Jayhawks

• Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas)

Jennies

• Central Missouri (Warrensburg, Missouri) (women's teams only)

Jets

• South Georgia Technical College (Americus, Georgia)

Jimmies

• Jamestown (Jamestown, North Dakota)

Johnnies

• St. John's (Collegeville, Minnesota)

Judges

• Brandeis (Waltham, Massachusetts)

Jumbos

• Tufts (Medford, Massachusetts)/(Somerville, Massachusetts)

K

Kaisers

• Kansai University (Suita, Osaka, Japan)

Kangaroos

Koalas

• Columbia (Columbia, South Carolina)

Keelhaulers

• California Maritime Academy (Vallejo)

Keydets

• VMI (Lexington, Virginia)

Kingsmen

• Cal Lutheran (Thousand Oaks) â€" men's teams only

Knights

Kohawks

• Coe (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

Kougars

• Kishwaukee College (Malta, Illinois)

L

Ladies

Lady Blues

Lady Griz

• Montana (Missoula, Montana) (women's basketball only)

Lady Lions

• Penn State (State College, Pennsylvania) (women's basketball only)

Lady Macs

• Stern College for Women (New York)

Lady Raiders

• Texas Tech (Lubbock, Texas) (women's basketball only)

Lady Reds

• Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisconsin)

Lady Techsters

• Louisiana Tech (Ruston, Louisiana) (women's teams)

Lady Tigers

• LSU (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (some women's teams)

Ladyjacks

• Dakota College at Bottineau (Bottineau, North Dakota) (women's teams)
• Stephen F. Austin (Nacogdoches, Texas) (women's teams)

Lakers

Note: "Laker" can also be a term for a lake freighter, a ship designed and built for the Great Lakes trade. The two Michigan schools listed here explicitly use maritime imagery in their athletic brandingâ€"Grand Valley State's mascot is a caricatured maritime captain, and Lake Superior State's athletic logo prominently features an anchor.

Lakehawks

• Lakeâ€"Sumter (Leesburg, Florida)

Lancers

Larks

• Hesston (Hesston, Kansas)

Lasers

• Lasell (Newton, Massachusetts)
• Irvine Valley College (Irvine, California)

Lazers

• Onondaga CC (Syracuse, New York)

Leathernecks

• Western Illinois (Macomb, Illinois)

Lemmings

• Bryant & Stratton (Cleveland, Ohio)

Leopards

Lightning

• Lehman (The Bronx, New York)

Lions

Little Giants

• Wabash (Crawfordsville, Indiana)

Little Johns

• Abington (Abington, Pennsylvania)

Llama

• Bard College at Simon's Rock (Great Barrington, Massachusetts)

Lobos

• New Mexico (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Loggers

• Puget Sound (Tacoma, Washington)

Longhorns

• Texas-Austin (Austin, Texas)

Lopers

• Nebraska-Kearney (Kearney, Nebraska)

Lords

• Kenyon (Gambier, Ohio) (men's teams only)

Los Libros

• St. John's College (Santa Fe, New Mexico)

Lumberjacks

LumberJacks

• Northland College (Ashland, Wisconsin) (men's teams only)

LumberJills

• Northland College (Ashland, Wisconsin) (women's teams only)

Lutes

• Pacific Lutheran (Tacoma, Washington)

Lynx

Lyons

M

Maccabees

• Yeshiva (New York)

Magic

• St. Louis CC (Kirkwood, Missouri)

Magicians

• LeMoyne-Owen (Memphis, Tennessee)

Majors

• Millsaps (Jackson, Mississippi)

Mammoths

• Amherst College (Amherst, Massachusetts)

Manatees

• SCF Manatee (Bradenton, Florida)

Maple Leafs

• Goshen (Goshen, Indiana)

Marauders

Mariners

Marlins

• Virginia Wesleyan (Norfolk, Virginia)

Maroons

• Chicago (Chicago)
• Morningside (Sioux City, Iowa)
• Roanoke (Salem, Virginia)

Maroon Tigers

• Morehouse (Atlanta)

Mastodons

• IPFW (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

Matadors

• Cal State Northridge (Northridge, California)

Mavericks

Mean Green

• North Texas (Denton, Texas)

Mechanics

• Williamson (Media, Pennsylvania)

Midshipmen

• U.S. Naval Academy [Navy] (Annapolis, Maryland)

Mighty Macs

• Immaculata (Chester County, Pennsylvania)

Mighty Oaks

• SUNYâ€"ESF, (Syracuse, New York)

Mighty Sabers

• Barber-Scotia (Concord, North Carolina)

Miners

Minutemen and Minutewomen

• Massachusetts [UMass] (Amherst, Massachusetts)

Moccasins

• Florida Southern (Lakeland, Florida)

Mocs

• Chattanooga (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

Monarchs

Monks

• St. Joseph's (Maine) (Standish, Maine)

Moose

• Maine-Augusta (Augusta, Maine)

Moundbuilders

• Southwestern College (Winfield, Kansas)

Mountain Cats

• Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)

Mountaineers

Mountain Hawks

• Lehigh (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)

Mountain Lions

Mounties

Note: "Mounties" can refer to either the geographic feature or, in Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Mount Allison's nickname may possibly come from either source; U.S. schools would use the geographic feature.

Mudcats

• Spoon River (Canton, Illinois)

Mules

Muleriders

• Southern Arkansas (Magnolia, Arkansas)

Musketeers

• Xavier (Cincinnati)

Muskies

• Lakeland College (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)
• Muskingum (New Concord, Ohio)

Mustangs

Mystics

• Bismarck State College (Bismarck, North Dakota)

Mount Saint Vincent University

N

Nads

• Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, Rhode Island) (ice hockey)

Nanooks

• Alaska-Fairbanks (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Nighthawks

Nittany Lions

• Penn State (multicampus)

Nor'easters

• University of New England (Biddeford, Maine)

Norse

Northern Lights

• Montana State Universityâ€"Northern (Havre, Montana)

O

Oaks

• Menlo College (Menlo Park, California)

Ocelots

• Schoolcraft College (Garden City, Michigan)

Oilers

• Findlay (Findlay, Ohio)

Fighting Okra

• Delta State (Cleveland, Mississippi) (unofficial)

Oles

• St. Olaf (Northfield, Minnesota)

Olympians

• San Diego Mesa (San Diego, California)

Orange

• Syracuse (Syracuse, New York)

Orediggers

Ospreys

Otters

• Cal State Monterey Bay (Marina/Seaside, California)

Owls

P

Pacers

Paladins

Pandas

• Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta) (women's teams only)

Panthers

Parsons

• Snead State (Boaz, Alabama)

Patriotes

• Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (Trois-Rivières, Québec)

Patriots

Peacocks and Peahens

Penguins

Penmen

• Southern New Hampshire (Manchester, New Hampshire)

Phoenix

Pilots

Note: "Pilots" can refer to either the maritime or aeronautic profession. Portland and LSU-Shreveport's nicknames refer to the former, while Providence Seminary's refers to the latter.

Pioneers

Pipers

Pirates

Platypi

• St. John's College (Annapolis, Maryland) (unofficial)

Poets

• Whittier (Whittier, California)

Pointers

• Wisconsinâ€"Stevens Point (Stevens Point, Wisconsin)

Polar Bears

Pomeroys

• Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana)

Ponies

• Panola College (Carthage, Texas)

Prairie Fire

• Knox (Galesburg, Illinois)

Prairie Wolves

• Nebraska Wesleyan (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Prairie Stars

• Illinoisâ€"Springfield (Springfield, Illinois)

Preachers

• Concordia Seminary (St. Louis, Missouri) (men's teams only)
• Johnson (Knoxville, Tennessee) (men's teams only)

Presidents

• Washington & Jefferson (Washington, Pennsylvania)

Pride

Privateers

Profs

• Rowan (Glassboro, New Jersey)

Pronghorns

• Lethbridge (Lethbridge, Alberta)

Pumas

Purple Aces

• Evansville (Evansville, Indiana)

Purple Eagles

• Niagara (Lewiston, New York)

Purple Knights

• Bridgeport (Bridgeport, Connecticut)

Purple Raiders

• Mount Union (Alliance, Ohio)

Q

Quakers

R

Racers

• Murray State (Murray, Kentucky)

Radicals

• Antioch (Yellow Springs, Ohio)

Ragin' Cajuns

• Louisiana-Lafayette (Lafayette, Louisiana)

Raiders

Railsplitters

• Lincoln Memorial (Harrogate, Tennessee)

Rainbow Wahine

• HawaiÊ»i (Honolulu, HawaiÊ»i) (all women's teams)

Rainbow Warriors

• HawaiÊ»i (Honolulu, HawaiÊ»i) (all men's teams since 2013â€"14)

Ramblers

• Loyola Chicago (Chicago)

Rams

Rangers

Raptors

• Bard (Annandale-on-Hudson, New York)

Rattlers

Ravens

Razorbacks

• Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas)

Rebels

Redbirds

• Illinois State (Normal, Illinois)

Red Barons

• Corning Community College (Corning, New York

Red Devils

• Allen CC (Iola, Kansas)
• Dickinson (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)

Red Dragons

Red Flash

• Saint Francis (PA) (Loretto, Pennsylvania)

Red Foxes

• Marist (Poughkeepsie, New York)

Red Hawks and variants

Red Lions

• Lincoln Christian (Lincoln, Illinois)

Red Men

• Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisconsin)

Redmen

• McGill University (Montréal, Quebec, Canada)

Red Raiders

Red Ravens

• Coffeyville (Coffeyville, Kansas)

Red Storm and variants

Reddies and Lady Reddies

• Henderson State (Arkadelphia, Arkansas)

Red Wolves

Regals

• Cal Lutheran (Thousand Oaks) â€" women's teams only

Regents

• Rockford (Rockford, Illinois)

Reivers

• Iowa Western (Council Bluffs)

Renegades

• Bakersfield (Bakersfield, California)

Retrievers

• Marylandâ€"Baltimore County [UMBC] (Catonsville, Maryland)

Ridgebacks

• University of Ontario Institute of Technology (Oshawa, Ontario)

Riverbats

• Austin Community College (Austin, Texas)

River Hawks

• UMassâ€"Lowell (Lowell, Massachusetts)

Riverhawks

Roadrunners

The Rock

• Slippery Rock (Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania)

Rockets

• Toledo (Toledo, Ohio)

Rouge et Or (Red and Gold)

• Laval (Québec City, Québec)

Roughnecks

• Findlay (Findlay, Ohio) (wrestling only)

Rough Riders

• Yavapai (Prescott, Arizona)

Royals

Runnin' Rebels

• UNLV (Paradise, Nevada) (men's basketball only)

Runnin' Bulldogs

• Gardnerâ€"Webb (Boiling Springs, North Carolina)

Running Eagles

• Life (Marietta, Georgia)

Rustlers

S

Sabercats

• Maranatha Baptist (Watertown, Wisconsin)

Sagehens

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

Sailfish

• Palm Beach Atlantic (West Palm Beach, Florida)

Saints

Salukis, Saluqis

• Southern Illinois (Carbondale, Illinois) Salukis
• SW Tennessee (Memphis, Tennessee) Saluqis

Samsons

• Gogebic Community College (Ironwood, Michigan)

Sand Sharks

• USCâ€"Beaufort (Beaufort, South Carolina)

Sasquatch

• Community Colleges of Spokane (Spokane, Washington)

Savage Storm

• Southeastern Oklahoma (Durant, Oklahoma)

Saxons

• Alfred (Alfred, New York)

Scarlet Knights

• Rutgers (New Brunswick, New Jersey)

Scarlet Raiders

• Rutgersâ€"Newark (Newark, New Jersey)

Scarlet Raptors

• Rutgersâ€"Camden (Camden, New Jersey)

Scarlet Wave

• Ohio Stateâ€"Marion (Marion, Ohio)

Scots

Scotties

• Highland (Highland, Kansas)

Scorpions

• UT-Brownsville (Brownsville, Texas)

Scottish Terriers

• Agnes Scott (Decatur, Georgia)

Screaming Eagles

• Southern Indiana (Evansville, Indiana)
• Toccoa Falls College (Toccoa Falls, Georgia)

Sea Aggies

• Texas A&M University-Galveston (Galveston, Texas)

Sea Beggars

• Providence Christian College (Pasadena, California)

Sea Devils

• Cape Fear Community College (Wilmington, North Carolina)

Sea Warriors

• HawaiÊ»i Pacific (Honolulu, HawaiÊ»i)

Seagulls

• Salisbury (Salisbury, Maryland)

Seahawks and variants

Seahorse

• Ryukoku University (Kyoto, Japan)

Sea Lions

• Point Loma Nazarene (San Diego)

Seasiders

• BYU-HawaiÊ»i (Laie, HawaiÊ»i)

Seawolves

Seminoles

• Florida State (Tallahassee, Florida)

Senators

• AUM (Montgomery, Alabama)
• Davis & Elkins (Elkins, West Virginia)

Sentinels

• North Florida Community College (Madison, Florida)

Setters

• Pace (New York

Sharks

Shock

• Washington Adventist University (Takoma Park, Maryland)

Shockers

• Wichita State (Wichita, Kansas)

Shoremen

• Washington College (Chestertown, Maryland)

Silverswords

• Chaminade (Honolulu, HawaiÊ»i)

Skipjacks

• Chesapeake College (Wye Mills, Maryland)

Skippers

• St. Clair County Community College (Port Huron, Michigan)

Skyhawks

Skylanders

• Sussex County Community College (Newton, New Jersey)

Skylights

• Montana State University-Northern (Havre, Montana)

Soldiers

• Saint Louis Christian (St. Louis, Missouri)

Sooners

• Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma)

Spartans

Spiders

• Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)

Spires

• Saint Mary (Leavenworth, Kansas)

Spirits

• Salem College (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
• University of Wisconsinâ€"Baraboo/Sauk County (Baraboo, Wisconsin)

Squirrels

• Mary Baldwin College (Staunton, Virginia)
• Union (Richmond, Virginia)

Stags

• Men's teams of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, the joint team of three of the five Claremont Colleges, although Scripps College is female-only (Claremont, California):
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • Harvey Mudd College
• Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut)

Stallions

Stars

Statesmen

Steels

• Culinary Institute of America (Hyde Park, New York)

Steers

• Texas College (Tyler, Texas)

Stingers

• Concordia (Montreal)

Storm

Stormy Petrels

• Oglethorpe University (Atlanta)

Student Princes

• Heidelberg University (Tiffin, Ohio)

Sugar Bears

• Central Arkansas (Conway, Arkansas) women's teams.

Sunbirds

• Fresno Pacific University (Fresno, California)

Suns

• Cedar Valley College Lancaster, Texas

Sun Chiefs

• Faulkner State (Gulf Shores, Alabama)

Sun Devils

• Arizona State (Tempe, Arizona)

Surge

• Cincinnati State Technical & Community College (Cincinnati)

Swamp Foxes

• Waycross College (Waycross, Georgia)

Sycamores

• Indiana State (Terre Haute, Indiana)

T

Tar Heels

• North Carolina (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)

Tars

• Rollins College (Winter Park, Florida)

Tartans

Tartars

• Compton College (Compton, California)

Terrapins

• Maryland (College Park, Maryland)

Terrible Swedes

• Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kansas)

Terriers

Tetons

• Williston State College (Williston, North Dakota)

Texans and Texanns

• Tarleton State (Stephenville, Texas)

Thoroughbreds and variants

Thunder

Thunderbirds

Thunderducks

• Richland College (Dallas, Texas)

Thunderhawks

• Miami University Middletown (Middletown, Ohio)

Thundering Herd

• Marshall (Huntington, West Virginia)

Thundering Legion Lions

• Momoyama Gakuin University (Izumi, Osaka, Japan)

Thunder Wolves and variants

• Colorado Stateâ€"Pueblo (Pueblo, Colorado) â€" ThunderWolves
• Lakehead (Thunder Bay, Ontario) â€" Thunderwolves

Tigers

Timberwolves

Titans

Tomcats

• Thiel College (Greenville, Pennsylvania)

Tommies

Toppers

• Blue Mountain College (Blue Mountain, Mississippi)

Toreros

• San Diego (San Diego)

Tornado

• King (Bristol, Tennessee)

Tornadoes

• Talladega College (Talladega, Alabama)

Concordia University- Austin (Austin, Texas)

Toros

• Cal State Dominguez Hills

Tracers

• Ohio University-Zanesville (Zanesville, Ohio)

Trailblazers

Trappers

• Northwest College (Powell, Wyoming)

Tribe

• William & Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia)

Tribunes

• Monroe Community College (Rochester, New York)

Tritons

Trojans

Trolls

• Trinity Christian College (Palos Heights, Illinois)

Tuks and Tukkies

• University of Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa)

Twins

• Columbia-Greene (Hudson, New York)

U

Urban Knights

• Academy of Art (San Francisco, California)

Utes

• Utah (Salt Lake City)

V

V-Hawks

• Viterbo (La Crosse, Wisconsin)

Valiants

• Manhattanville College (Purchase, New York)

Valkyries

• Converse (Spartanburg, South Carolina)

Vandals

• Idaho (Moscow, Idaho)

Vaqueros

• Santa Barbara City College (Santa Barbara, California)
• University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Rio Grande Valley, Texas)
• Glendale Community College (Glendale, California)

Varsity Blues

• University of Toronto (Toronto)

Varsity Reds

• University of New Brunswick (Fredericton, New Brunswick)

Vert et Or (Green and Gold)

• Université de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke/Longueuil, Quebec)

Vikes

• University of Victoria (Victoria, British Columbia)

Vikings

Vixens

• Sweet Briar (Sweet Briar, Virginia)

Violets

• NYU (New York City)

Volunteers

Voyageurs

• Laurentian University (Sudbury, Ontario)

Vulcans

W

Warhawks

Warriors

Wasps

• Emory and Henry (Emory, Virginia)

Waves

• Pepperdine (Malibu, California)

Webbies

• Webb Institute (Glen Cove, New York)

Wesmen

• Winnipeg (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

Westerners

• Western Texas College (Snyder, Texas)

White Mules

• Colby (Waterville, Maine)

Wildcats

Wolf Pack and variants

Wolverines

Wolves

Wombats

• Wisconsinâ€"Sheboygan (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)

Women of Troy

• USC (women's teams only; used interchangeably with men's nickname of Trojans)

Wonder Boys

• Arkansas Tech (Russellville, Arkansas)

Wood Ducks

• Century (White Bear Lake, Minnesota)

Wyverns

Quinsigamond (Worcester MA)

X

X-Men and X-Women

• St. Francis Xavier University (Antigonish, Nova Scotia)

Y

Yellow Jackets

Yotes

• College of Idaho (Caldwell, Idaho)

Yeomen

• Oberlin (Oberlin, Ohio)

Z

Zias

• Eastern New Mexico (Portales, New Mexico) (women's teams only)

Zips

• Akron (Akron, Ohio)

See also

• List of college team nicknames in the United States
• List of college nickname changes in the United States
• List of college sports teams in the United States with different nicknames for men's and women's teams
• List of college mascots in the United States
• Native American mascot controversy
• Religious symbolism in U.S. sports team names and mascots

References