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The original mascot for the Kansas Jayhawks was a bulldog. In 1912, the Jayhawk was first seen in a cartoon by Henry Maloy in The University Daily Kansan. [4] In November 1958, the Jayhawk became the official mascot for Kansas University. [5] The "Jayhawk" idea came from the combination of a blue jay and a sparrow hawk. [4]
Big 12 logo in Kansas' colors. The Kansas Jayhawks, commonly referred to as simply KU or Kansas, are the athletic teams that represent the University of Kansas. KU is one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a member of the Big 12 Conference.
Jayhawker, originally a term for Free State or Union partisans during the Bleeding Kansas period and subsequently the United States Civil War, later applied generally to residents of Kansas; Jayhawk (mascot), the mascot of many schools and their sports teams, derived from the term Jayhawker Kansas Jayhawks, teams of the University of Kansas
In 2017, the Kansas football team unveiled uniforms with an American flag on the helmet, blue jerseys, and red pants which featured the words "Kansas Jay-Hawkers" above a seal featuring a sword and a rifle. Kansas Athletics stated that the red pants was an homage to the term "Redlegs," another name for Jayhawkers.
In 1970 Amy Hurst saw a Jayhawk bumper sticker depicting Big Jay and hatchlings, which inspired her to create a new mascot. [3] After talking to a co-worker who was a Big Jay and getting approval from the KU Alumni Association she created Baby Jay.
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Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA; Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference, a college athletic conference that is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association; Big Seven Conference (Kansas), a high school athletics league in Kansas