Mascots & Nicknames

Some individual teams within a school program have adopted a nickname for a particular team only, regardless of a school’s nickname. Some schools involved in co-operative sharing programs have created a hybrid nickname. The problems in these cases relate to uniform requirements for nicknames and mascots, and their placement. When one school has various nicknames from sport to sport, confusion exists for other schools and officials when a supposed “nickname” appears on a uniform. Further, some of these adopted nicknames and mascots (such as a banana, etc.) do nothing to identify a school. Rather, they attempt to make a “statement” about the team or program.

Thus, schools may utilize only one official mascot / nickname. For example, if the school nickname is “Lions”, it may not be “Sea Lions” in swimming or “Tigers” in cross country.