Get to Know Hannon Hill's Client Mascots

By Blaine Herman

Monday, June 9th, 2008 at 1:00pm

I have always loved college mascots.  I grew up a fan of the Lobos from the University of New Mexico, (where I was born and raised), and I was a RedHawk in college at Miami University. The first thing that I do when I start speaking to a new college about content management, is to look up the college's mascot (hey, at least I am being honest).  I decided that I would provide some notable details on just some of the mascots of our respective clients.

Turns out, as the mascot of Gonzaga, Southwest Oklahoma State, and Gardner-Webb universities, the Bulldog is the most popular mascot amongst Hannon Hill clients. I should note that Gardner-Webb's Bulldogs are actually "Runnin' Bulldogs," so please don't think that I overlooked their hustle. Speaking of hustle, Earlham College are the "Hustlin' Quakers," so if you are looking for a lazy mascot, Gardner-Webb and Earlham are likely not the places to look.

We also have three types of hawks: the Saint Joseph's University Hawks, the Skyhawks of Sauk Valley, and the Saint Mary's College of Maryland, Seahawks.  That is a lot of hawks.

Surprisingly, we also have two types of Griffins represented.  Reed College are the Griffins; Sarah Lawrence College are the Gryphons.  Mythology has never been my thing, so I am not going to even attempt to explain the difference.

In addition to the bulldogs, hawks, and griffins represented amongst our Hannon Hill clients, we're fortunate enough to have some very creative mascots. For example, Harvey Mudd's mascot is "Wally the Wart".  The "warts" are actually bulges on bricks and walls around the HMC campus (I was fortunate enough to see them in person).  The Evergreen State College mascot is the Geoduck, which are actually large saltwater clams.  (You should probably look that one up).

The biggest mascot of any Hannon Hill client is the Humpback Whale, the mascot of the University of Alaska, Southeast.  The smallest mascot are the University of Richmond Spiders, or possibly the Yellow Jackets/Yellowjackets of Georgia Tech College of Management and the University of Rochester, respectively.

Of all our client mascots, the ones that I would least like to run into in a dark alley are-- the Polar Bear of Bowdoin College, the George Fox University Bruin, or the Belmont Bear. The mascot that I would most like to run into in a dark alley is the Brewer from Vassar College.  (I am guessing I might get some free beer out of that run in).

The most intelligent sounding Hannon Hill client mascot has to be the Owls of Brandeis University.  The most elite sounding mascot is likely the University of Scranton Royals.

Some of my other notable favorites:  Tribe (William and Mary), Anteaters (UC Irvine), Sagehens (Pomona College), Tars (Rollins College), Lutes (Pacifc Lutheran), Dooley the Skeleton (Emory University's 2nd mascot), and Cobbers (Concordia College). All in all, I'd say we have a pretty diverse range of mascots, and I look forward to learning of and working with many more.

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