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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A

Avengers

ASA College (New York City)

B

Banana Slugs

UC Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, California)^[1]

Battlers

Alderson Broaddus (Philippi, West Virginia)

Bears

Athens State, (Athens, Alabama)
Barclay (Haviland, Kansas)
Barnard (New York City)
Baylor (Waco, Texas)
Bridgewater State (Bridgewater, Massachusetts)
Brown (Providence, Rhode Island)
Central Arkansas (Conway, Arkansas) (Men's teams)
Coast Guard (New London, Connecticut)
Golden State Baptist (Santa Clara, California)
Lenoir-Rhyne (Hickory, North Carolina)
Livingstone (Salisbury, North Carolina)
Mercer (Macon, Georgia)
Missouri State (Springfield, Missouri)
Morgan State (Baltimore)
Northern Colorado (Greeley, Colorado)
NYIT (Old Westbury, New York)
Pikeville (Pikeville, Kentucky)
Rocky Mountain (Billings, Montana)
St. Joseph's (Brooklyn, New York)
Shaw (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Shawnee State (Portsmouth, Ohio)
SUNY-Potsdam (Potsdam, New York)
UC San Francisco (San Francisco, California)
Ursinus (Collegeville, Pennsylvania)
Washington (MO) (St. Louis, Missouri)

Bees

Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) discontinued athletics in 1983
St. Ambrose (Davenport, Iowa)
Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, Georgia)

Belles

Big Blues

Bluefield State (Bluefield, West Virginia)

Big Red

Cornell (Ithaca, New York)
Denison (Granville, Ohio)

Bison

Bethany (West Virginia) (Bethany, West Virginia)
Bucknell (Lewisburg, Pennsylvania)
Gallaudet (Washington, D.C.)
Harding (Searcy, Arkansas)
Howard (Washington, D.C.)
Nichols (Dudley, Massachusetts)
North Dakota State (Fargo, North Dakota)
Oklahoma Baptist (Shawnee, Oklahoma)

Black Knights

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

Blazers

Blue Angels

New Rochelle (New Rochelle, New York)
Kaskaskia (Kaskaskia, Illinois) Women's teams
Mount Mary (Milwaukee)

Blueboys and Lady Blues

Illinois College (Jacksonville, Illinois)

Blue Hawks

Dickinson State (Dickinson, North Dakota)

Blue Hose

Presbyterian (Clinton, South Carolina)

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)

Blues

Mississippi University for Women (Columbus, Mississippi)

Bluewave

Florida State College at Jacksonville (Jacksonville, Florida)

Blu golds

Wisconsin–Eau Claire (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

Boilermakers

Purdue (West Lafayette, Indiana)^[1]^[3]

Boll Weevils

Arkansas-Monticello (Monticello, Arkansas) (Men's teams)^[1]
Enterprise State Community College (Enterprise, Alabama)

Bonnies

St. Bonaventure (St. Bonaventure, New York)

Boxers

Pacific University (Forest Grove, Oregon)

Builders

The Apprentice School (Newport News, Virginia)

C

Caimans

Hostos Community College (Bronx, New York)

Capers

Cape Breton (Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Captains

Christopher Newport (Newport News, Virginia)

Carabins

Montréal (Montréal, Quebec, Canada)

Cascades

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

Centaurs

Purdue North Central (Westville, Indiana)

Chanticleers

Coastal Carolina (Conway, South Carolina)

Chippewas

Central Michigan (Mount Pleasant, Michigan)

Choctaws

Mississippi College (Clinton, Mississippi)

Citadins

UQAM (Montréal, Quebec, Canada)

Cobbers

Concordia (Moorhead) (Moorhead, Minnesota)

Colonials

George Washington (Washington, D.C.)
Robert Morris (Moon Township, Pennsylvania)
Southampton (Southampton, New York)
Western Connecticut State (Danbury, Connecticut)

Comets

Mayville State (Mayville, North Dakota)
Olivet (Olivet, Michigan)
Pillsbury Baptist (Owatonna, Minnesota) (defunct)
Texas-Dallas (Dallas)

Conquerors

Piedmont Baptist (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Cotton Blossoms

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

Crimson Hawks

Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, Pennsylvania)

D

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)

Drovers

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

Duhawks

Loras (Dubuque, Iowa)

E

Eagles

AIB (Des Moines, Iowa)
Alabama Southern (Monroeville, Alabama)
Alice Lloyd (Pippa Passes, Kentucky)
American (Washington, D.C.)
Arizona Christian University (Phoenix, Arizona)
Asbury (Wilmore, Kentucky)
Ashland (Ashland, Ohio)
Biola (La Mirada, California)
Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts)
Bridgewater College (Bridgewater, Virginia)
Carson Newman College (Jefferson City, Tennessee)
Chadron State (Chadron, Nebraska)
Coppin State (Baltimore)
Dayspring (Mundelein, Illinois)
Eastern Michigan (Ypsilanti, Michigan)
Eastern Washington (Cheney, Washington)
Edgewood College Madison, Wisconsin
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, at both the Daytona Beach, Florida and Prescott, Arizona campuses
Emmaus (Dubuque, Iowa)
Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia)
Faith Baptist (Ankeny, Iowa)
Faulkner University (Montgomery, Alabama)
Florida Gulf Coast University (Fort Myers, Florida)
Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, Georgia)
Heritage Bible College (Franklin, Indiana)
Houston Community College (Houston, Texas)
Juniata (Huntingdon, Pennsylvania)
Morehead State (Morehead, Kentucky)
North Carolina Central (Durham, North Carolina)
North Texas (Denton, Texas)
Northwest University (Washington) (Kirkland, Washington)
Oklahoma Christian (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Pensacola Christian College (Pensacola, Florida)
Polk State College (Winter Haven, Florida)
Reinhardt University (Waleska, Georgia)
Tallahassee Community College (Tallahassee, Florida)
Trinity Baptist College (Jacksonville, Florida)
University of Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
University of Northwestern – St. Paul (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Victory University (Memphis, Tennessee)
West Coast Baptist College (Lancaster, California)
Winthrop (Rock Hill, South Carolina)

Eutectics

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

Evangels

Johnson (Knoxville, Tennessee) (Women's Teams)
Mid-America Christian (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

F

Fighters

Kwansei Gakuin University (Nishinomiya, Japan)

Fighting Hawks

North Dakota (Grand Forks, North Dakota)

Fighting Illini

Illinois (Champaign, Illinois)

Fighting Knights

Lynn (Boca Raton, Florida)

Fighting Saints

Fighting Scots

Fighting Sioux

~~North Dakota (Grand Forks, North Dakota)~~ Note: In 2012, North Dakota was forced by the NCAA to transition away from the nickname of Fighting Sioux.^[5] They are now known as the Fighting Hawks ^[6]

Fighting Tigers

Andrew College (Cuthbert, Georgia)

Firebirds

D.C. (Washington, D.C.)

Flyers

Dayton (Dayton, Ohio)
Lewis (Romeoville, Illinois)

Flying Dutchmen

Hope (Holland, Michigan) (women's teams are the Flying Dutch)
Lebanon Valley (Annville, Pennsylvania)
Hofstra (Hempstead, New York) (original mascot, they are currently the Pride)

Flying Fleet

Erskine (Due West, South Carolina)

Fords

Haverford (Ardmore, Pennsylvania)

G

Geckos

Gateway Community College (Phoenix, Arizona)

Gee-Gees

Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

Geese

Gainesville State (Gainesville, Georgia)

Gentlemen

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

Geoducks

Evergreen State (Olympia, Washington)^[1]

Golden Bears

Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta) (men's teams only)
UC Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
Concordia University, Saint Paul (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Kutztown (Kutztown, Pennsylvania)
Western New England (Springfield, Massachusetts)
West Virginia Tech (Montgomery, West Virginia)
Miles (Fairfield, Alabama)

Golden Bulls

Johnson C. Smith (Charlotte, North Carolina)

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 Hawks

Wilfrid Laurier (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)

Golden Lions

Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Pine Bluff, Arkansas)

Golden Rams

Golden Seals

Sheldon Jackson (defunct) (Sitka, Alaska)

Golden Suns

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

Golden Tigers

Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, Alabama)

Gothic Knights

New Jersey City (Jersey City, New Jersey)

Green Knights

St. Norbert (De Pere, Wisconsin)

Green Terror

McDaniel (Westminster, Maryland)

Green Wave

Tulane (New Orleans)

Greyhounds

Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
Loyola (Maryland) (Baltimore)
Assumption College (Worcester, Massachusetts)
Eastern New Mexico (Portales, New Mexico) (men's team only)
Moberly (Moberly, Missouri)
Moravian (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
Fort Scott (Fort Scott, Kansas)

Griffons

Missouri Western State University (Saint Joseph, Missouri)

Gulls

Endicott College (Beverly, Massachusetts)

Gusties

Gustavus Adolphus (St. Peter, Minnesota)

Gyrenes

Ave Maria University (Ave Maria, Florida)

H

Hardrockers

South Dakota Mines (Rapid City, South Dakota)

Heat

UBC Okanagan (Kelowna, British Columbia)

Highlanders

Hillcats

Rogers State (Claremore, Oklahoma)

Hilltoppers

Humpback Whales

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

Hustlin' Owls

Oregon Institute of Technology (Klamath Falls, Oregon)

I

Ice Dogs

Assumption (Worcester, Massachusetts) (hockey only)

Ironmen

Vermilion (Ely, Minnesota)

Islanders

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

J

Jackrabbits

South Dakota State (Brookings, South Dakota)

Javelinas

Texas A&M-Kingsville (Kingsville, Texas)

Jennies

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

Jets

South Georgia Technical College (Americus, Georgia)

Jimmies

Jamestown (Jamestown, North Dakota)

Jumbos

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

K

Kaisers

Kansai University (Suita, Osaka, Japan)

Keydets

VMI (Lexington, Virginia)

Kingsmen

Cal Lutheran (Thousand Oaks) — men's teams only

Kohawks^[7]

Coe (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

L

Ladies

Centenary (Shreveport, Louisiana) (women's teams only)
Kenyon (Gambier, Ohio) (women's teams only)

Lady Blues

Bluefield State (Bluefield, West Virginia) (women's teams)
Illinois College (Jacksonville, Illinois) (women's teams)

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)

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 branding—Grand Valley State's mascot is a caricatured maritime captain, and Lake Superior State's athletic logo prominently features an anchor.

Lakehawks

Lake–Sumter (Leesburg, Florida)

Lancers

Larks

Hesston (Hesston, Kansas)

Lasers

Lasell (Newton, Massachusetts)

Lazers

Onondaga CC (Syracuse, New York)

Leathernecks

Western Illinois (Macomb, Illinois)

Lemmings

Bryant & Stratton (Cleveland, Ohio)

Leopards

Lightning

Lehman (The Bronx, New York)

Lions

Bryan College (Dayton, Tennessee)
College of New Jersey (Ewing, New Jersey)
Columbia (New York City)
Eastern Mennonite (Harrisonburg, Virginia)
Eastern Nazarene (Quincy, Massachusetts)
Emmanuel (GA) (Franklin Springs, Georgia)
Florida Memorial (Miami Gardens, Florida)
The King's College (New York City)
Langston (Langston, Oklahoma)
Lincoln (Chester County, Pennsylvania)
Lindenwood (Saint Charles, Missouri)
Loyola Marymount (Los Angeles)
Missouri Southern State University (Joplin, Missouri)
Mount St. Joseph University (Delhi Township, Ohio; postal address Cincinnati)
Multnomah University (Portland, Oregon)
North Alabama (Florence, Alabama)
Piedmont (Demorest, Georgia)
Raritan Valley Community College (Branchburg, New Jersey)
Saint Leo University (St. Leo, Florida)
Soka University of America (Aliso Viejo, California)
Southeastern Louisiana (Hammond, Louisiana)
Southwestern Assemblies of God (Waxahachie, Texas)
Texas A&M University-Commerce (Commerce, Texas)
Trinity Bible College (Ellendale, North Dakota)
Vanguard (Costa Mesa, California)
York University (Toronto, Ontario)

See also Red 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

Dakota College at Bottineau (Bottineau, North Dakota) (men's teams)
Humboldt State (Arcata, California)
Northern Arizona (Flagstaff, Arizona)
Stephen F. Austin (Nacogdoches, Texas) (men's teams)

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)

Manatees

SCF Manatee (Bradenton, Florida)

Maple Leafs

Goshen (Goshen, Indiana)

Marauders

Mariners

Marlins

Virginia Wesleyan (Norfolk, Virginia)

Maroons

Maroon Tigers

Morehouse (Atlanta)

Mastodons

IPFW (Fort Wayne, Indiana)^[1]

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

SUNY–ESF, (Syracuse, New York)

Mighty Sabers

Barber-Scotia (Concord, North Carolina)

Miners

Minutemen and Minutewomen

Massachusetts [UMass] (Amherst, Massachusetts)

Missionaries

Whitman College (Walla Walla, Washington)

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

Central Missouri (Warrensburg, Missouri) (men's teams only)
Colby College (Waterville, Maine)
Muhlenberg (Allentown, Pennsylvania)

Muleriders

Southern Arkansas (Magnolia, Arkansas)

Musketeers

Xavier (Cincinnati)

Muskies

Mustangs

Mystics

Bismarck State College (Bismarck, North Dakota)

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 University–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)^[1]

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

Maritime

Aeronautics

Providence Seminary (Otterburne, Manitoba)

Pioneers

Alfred State (Alfred, New York)
Cal State East Bay (Hayward, California)
Carroll (Waukesha, Wisconsin)
Crowley's Ridge (Paragould, Arkansas)
Denver (Denver, Colorado)
Glenville State (Glenville, West Virginia)
Grinnell (Grinnell, Iowa)
Indian River (Fort Pierce, Florida)
Lewis & Clark (Portland, Oregon)
LIU Post (Brookville, New York)
Malone (Canton, Ohio)
Marietta College (Marietta, Ohio)
MidAmerica Nazarene (Olathe, Kansas)
Pacific Union College (Angwin, California)
Sacred Heart (Fairfield, Connecticut)
Smith College (Northampton, Massachusetts)
Spartanburg Methodist College (Spartanburg, South Carolina)
Transylvania (Lexington, Kentucky)
Tusculum (Greenevillle, Tennessee)
Utica College (Utica, New York)
Wayland Baptist (Plainview, Texas) (all teams except women's basketball)
William Paterson (Wayne, New Jersey)
Wisconsin–Platteville (Platteville, Wisconsin)

Pipers

Hamline (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Lyon College (Batesville, Arkansas) (women's teams only)

Pirates

Platypi

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

Poets

Whittier (Whittier, California)^[1]

Pointers

Wisconsin–Stevens Point (Stevens Point, Wisconsin)

Polar Bears

Bowdoin (Brunswick, Maine)
Ohio Northern (Ada, Ohio)

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

Illinois–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

Hawaiʻi (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) (all women's teams)^[1]

Rainbow Warriors

Hawaiʻi (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) (all men's teams since 2013–14)^[8]

Ramblers

Loyola Chicago (Chicago)

Rams

Angelo State (San Angelo, Texas) (women's' teams are called Rambelles)
Colorado State (Fort Collins, Colorado)
Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa)
Fordham (New York City)
Framingham State (Framingham, Massachusetts)
Huston Tillotson (Austin, Texas)
Mobile (Mobile, Alabama)
North Central (Minneapolis)
Philadelphia (Philadelphia)
Regina (Regina, Saskatchewan) (football only)
Rhode Island (Kingston, Rhode Island)
Ryerson (Toronto, Ontario)
Shepherd (Shepherdstown, West Virginia)
Virginia Commonwealth (Richmond, Virginia)
Winston-Salem State (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Rangers

Rattlers

Ravens

Razorbacks

Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas)

Rebels

Redbirds

Illinois State (Normal, Illinois)

Red Barons

Corning Community College (Corning, New York

Red Devils

Red Dragons

Red Flash

Saint Francis (PA) (Loretto, Pennsylvania)

Red Foxes

Marist (Poughkeepsie, New York)

Red Hawks and variants

Martin Methodist (Pulaski, Tennessee) – RedHawks
Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) – RedHawks
Montclair State (Montclair, New Jersey) – Red Hawks
Ripon (Ripon, Wisconsin) – Red Hawks
Seattle (Seattle, Washington) – Redhawks
Simpson (Redding, California) – Red Hawks
Southeast Missouri (Cape Girardeau) – Redhawks

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

St. John's (Jamaica, New York) – Red Storm
Rio Grande (Rio Grande, Ohio) – RedStorm
Southern Nazarene (Bethany, Oklahoma) – Red Storm

Reddies and Lady Reddies

Henderson State (Arkadelphia, Arkansas)

Red Wolves

Regals

Cal Lutheran (Thousand Oaks) — women's teams only

Regents

Rockford (Rockford, Illinois)

Reivers

Iowa Western (Council Bluffs)

Renegades

Bakersfield (Bakersfield, California)

Retrievers

Maryland–Baltimore County [UMBC] (Catonsville, Maryland)

Ridgebacks

University of Ontario Institute of Technology (Oshawa, Ontario)

Riverbats

Austin Community College (Austin, Texas)

River Hawks

UMass–Lowell (Lowell, Massachusetts)

Riverhawks

Roadrunners

The Rock

Slippery Rock (Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania)

They were the Rockets but are now the Pride

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

Gardner-Webb (Boiling Springs, North Carolina)

Running Eagles

Life (Marietta, Georgia)

Rustlers

Central Wyoming College (Riverton, Wyoming)

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

Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Ashford (San Diego, California)
Flagler (St. Augustine, Florida)
Marymount (Arlington, Virginia)
Our Lady of the Lake (San Antonio, Texas)
Presentation (Aberdeen, South Dakota)
Saint Lawrence University (Canton, New York)
Saint Martin's (Lacey, Washington)
Santa Fe (Gainesville, Florida)
St. Scholastica (Duluth, Minnesota)
Siena (Loudonville, New York)
Thomas More (Crestview Hills, Kentucky)

Salukis, Saluqis

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

Samsons

Gogebic Community College (Ironwood, Michigan)

Sand Sharks

USC–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

Rutgers–Newark (Newark, New Jersey)

Scarlet Raptors

Rutgers–Camden (Camden, New Jersey)

Scarlet Wave

Ohio State–Marion (Marion, Ohio)

Scots

Alma (Alma, Michigan)
Covenant College (Lookout Mountain, Georgia)
Edinboro (Edinboro, Pennsylvania)
Lyon (Batesville, Arkansas) (men's teams only)
Macalester (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Maryville (Maryville, Tennessee)
Presbyterian (Clinton, South Carolina)^[1]
Wooster (Wooster, Ohio)

Scotties

Highland (Highland, Kansas)

Scorpions

UT-Brownsville (Brownsville, Texas)

Scottish Terriers

Agnes Scott (Decatur, Georgia)

Screaming Eagles

Southern Indiana (Evansville, Indiana)

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

Hawaiʻi Pacific (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi)

Seagulls

Salisbury (Salisbury, Maryland)

Sea-Hawks

Memorial (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador)

Seahawks

Seahorse

Ryukoku University (Kyoto, Japan)

Sea Lions

Point Loma Nazarene (San Diego, California)

Seasiders

BYU-Hawaiʻi (Laie, Hawaiʻi)

Seawolves

Seminoles

Florida State (Tallahassee, Florida)

Senators

Sentinels

North Florida Community College (Madison, Florida)

Setters

Pace (New York

Sharks

Landmark College, Vermont

Shock

Washington Adventist University (Takoma Park, Maryland)

Shockers

Wichita State (Wichita, Kansas)

Shoremen

Washington College (Chestertown, Maryland)

Silverswords

Chaminade (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi)

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)^[1]

Spires

Saint Mary (Leavenworth, Kansas)

Spirits

Squirrels

Stags

Men's teams of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, the joint team of three of the five Claremont Colleges (Claremont, California):
- Harvey Mudd College
- Claremont McKenna College
- Scripps College (women only)
Women's teams of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps are the Athenas
Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut)

Stallions

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (Tifton, Georgia)

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

Kentucky State (Frankfort, Kentucky) – Thorobreds (men) and Thorobrettes (women)
Murray State (Murray, Kentucky) (baseball only) – Thoroughbreds
Skidmore (Saratoga Springs, New York) – Thoroughbreds

Thunder

Thunderbirds

Thunderducks

Richland College (Dallas, Texas)^[9]

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 State–Pueblo (Pueblo, Colorado) – ThunderWolves
Lakehead (Thunder Bay, Ontario) – Thunderwolves

Tigers

Auburn (Auburn, Alabama)
Campbellsville University (Campbellsville, Kentucky)
Clemson (Clemson, South Carolina)
Colorado College (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
DePauw (Greencastle, Indiana)
Doane (Crete, Nebraska)
East Central (Ada, Oklahoma)
East Texas Baptist (Marshall, Texas)
Edward Waters College (Jacksonville, Florida)
Fort Hays State (Hays, Kansas)
Georgetown (Georgetown, Kentucky)
Grambling State (Grambling, Louisiana)
Hampden-Sydney (Hampden Sydney, Virginia)
Hiwassee (Madisonville, Tennessee)
Jackson State (Jackson, Mississippi)
LSU (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (all men's teams and some women's teams)
Memphis (Memphis, Tennessee)
Missouri (Columbia, Missouri)
Occidental (Los Angeles)
Olivet (Bourbonnais, Illinois)
Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Arkansas)
Pacific (Stockton, California)
Princeton (Princeton, New Jersey)
Riverside Community College (Riverside, California)
Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York)
Saint Paul's (Lawrenceville, Virginia)
Salem International (Salem, West Virginia)
Savannah State (Savannah, Georgia)
Sewanee (Sewanee, Tennessee)
Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
Tennessee State (Nashville, Tennessee)
Texas Southern (Houston, Texas)
Towson (Towson, Maryland)
Trinity (Florida) (New Port Richey, Florida)^[10]
Trinity (San Antonio, Texas)
Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, Alabama)
West Alabama (Livingston, Alabama)
Wittenberg (Springfield, Ohio)

Timberwolves

Titans

Tomcats

Thiel College (Greenville, Pennsylvania)

Tommies

Toppers

Blue Mountain College (Blue Mountain, Mississippi)

Toreros

San Diego (San Diego, California)

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 Community College (Hudson, New York)

U

Urban Knights

Academy of Art (San Francisco, California)

Utes

Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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, Ontario)

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)^[1]

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

Loyola New Orleans (New Orleans) – Wolfpack
Nevada (Reno, Nevada) – Wolf Pack
North Carolina State (Raleigh, North Carolina) – Wolfpack
Thompson Rivers (Kamloops, British Columbia) – WolfPack
Keuka College, New York (Keuka Park, New York) = Wolfpack

Wolverines

Wolves

Wombats

University of Wisconsin–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)^[11]

References

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↑ http://www.coeathletics.com/f/Kohawk_Traditions.php
↑ "Hawaii to keep 'Rainbow' in name". ESPN.com. Associated Press. May 14, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
↑ "The Story of the Thunderduck". Richland College. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
↑ "History". Trinity College. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
↑ http://www.gozips.com/zippy/AboutZippy

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