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When the University of Tampa was founded as Tampa Junior College in 1931, [3] St. Petersburg Junior College was expected to be their top athletic rival. Since St. Pete JC's mascot was the Trojans, founding Tampa Junior College president Frederic H. Spaulding decided that his school's mascot would be the Spartans in reference to the Trojan War between Troy and Sparta in Homer's the Iliad.
UT's first athletic rival was St. Petersburg College. [8] UT even adopted the Spartan as its mascot in the 1930s because SPC were known as the Trojans at the time (though they have since changed to the Titans). As SPC is a junior college, the schools rarely (if ever) meet nowadays.
The University of Tampa (UTampa, ... The school's mascot is the Spartan. Spartan teams have won a combined total of 20 NCAA Division II National Titles, as follows ...
Spirit - mascot of the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves; Spirit Leader - mascot of the San Diego State Aztecs; changed from Monty Montezuma, represented by a student wearing inaccurate Indigenous garments [45] Spiro and Minerva – Spartan and Goddess, co-mascots of the UNC Greensboro Spartans
The University of Tampa has the oldest collegiate sports program in the area, dating to 1933, when the school first fielded a football team. The "Tampa U" Spartans played at Plant Field for three seasons before moving to Phillips Field in 1936. They were the first team to call Tampa Stadium home when it opened in 1967.
A Florida school board sided with student leaders who asked to change the school's Native American mascot despite emotional testimony from alumni and an online petition with more than 6,000 ...
Ohio State Buckeyes mascot Brutus cheers during the second half of the NCAA men's basketball game against the Green Bay Phoenix at Value City Arena in Columbus on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
University of Georgia (mascot name: Uga, costumed mascot: Hairy Dawg) Gonzaga University (mascot name: Spike Q. Gonzaga) James Madison University (mascot name: Duke Dog) Kettering University (mascot name: General Determination) Louisiana Tech University (mascot names: Tech XXII and Champ) McPherson College (mascot name: Ben the Bulldog ...