Posted in Background on Oct 18th, 2009 Comments Off
The Mascot Search Committee welcomes three new members who are student athletes at William & Mary. We are very fortunate to have a total of seven students on our committee. Sarah Louie ’10 represents Field Hockey. From Women’s Tennis, say hello to Carmen Pop ’10. And, from Men’s Cross Country, we now have graduate student [...]
Posted in Communication on Oct 15th, 2009 1 Comment »
Professor Katherine Kulick was kind enough to send me a link to a blog post from The Chronicle of Higher Education. The post could serve as useful data for a mascot search committee. Entitled “When Picking Mascots, Go Inanimate,” the post provides evidence that teams with inanimate mascots have a higher percentage of victories. I [...]
Posted in Communication on Oct 15th, 2009 Comments Off
Thanks @lskravy. I found out from her tweet that William & Mary’s mascot search is currently featured on the msn.com home page. Nice. Here’s the more permanent link – Search: College mascot updates Follow @williamandmary, @wmnews and @wmmascot – you’ll find out all kinds of stuff. – Susan T. Evans
Posted in Background, Communication on Oct 8th, 2009 Comments Off
Earlier this week, we infused the Mascot Search Committee with four new students. There’s nothing better for a campus committee than adding William & Mary students to the mix. Our newest members are: Brittany Fallon ’11 Brian Focarino ’11 Chase Hathaway ’10 Sarah Rojas ’10 Shout out to Sara Greene ’09 and Tom Yake ’09! [...]
Posted in Communication on Oct 5th, 2009 Comments Off
There is some crazy mascot stuff out there. If you’re bored, need a good laugh, want to waste some time … College Football’s Top Ten Mascots (Bleacher Report blog) Mascot Madness: a look at some of college football’s best mascots (NBC Sports) The Fifteen Worst Mascots in America (College Hoops Heaven blog) The Ten Worst [...]