TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM – NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY VIOLETS

Location: New York, NY

Division: NCAA Division 3

Conference Affiliation: University Athletic Association

Major sports: basketball, soccer, volleyball, fencing, tennis 

Site: http://www.gonyuathletics.com/

Comment: How can you not love this name for your teams? Though this institution’s sports teams are called the Violets they use a bobcat with a violet collar as a logo since they wanted a mascot they could use at games. Still, I don’t see what would have been wrong with using a cartoonish Violet mascot in a college sports world where Stanford uses a tree mascot at games and Scottsdale has a Fighting Artichoke for Pete’s sake! The precedent for vegetative mascots has been well established. And I’m guessing it would cost too much to use Violet from Peanuts as a mascot so she’s out.   

MORE COOL STUFF

 The 20 Coolest-Named USCAA and NCCAA Sports Teams – https://glitternight.com/2010/11/24/the-20-coolest-named-uscaa-and-nccaa-sports-teams/

The 20 Coolest-Named JUCO Sports Teams: https://glitternight.com/2010/10/18/the-20-coolest-named-juco-sports-teams/

For Cool-Named Teams that weren’t on any Top 20 List click here: https://glitternight.com/classic-cool/

For the NCAA Division 3′s Coolest-Named Teams click here: https://glitternight.com/d3-20-coolest/      

 For the NAIA edition of The 20 Coolest College Sports Teams You May Never Have Heard Of click here: https://glitternight.com/2010/06/21/the-20-coolest-named-college-sports-teams-you-may-have-never-heard-of-naia-edition/ 

 For The 20 Coolest College Sports Logos click here: https://glitternight.com/2010/07/20/the-20-coolest-college-sports-logos/ 

 For The 20 Coolest Football Helmets In NCAA Division 3 click here: https://glitternight.com/2010/08/23/the-20-coolest-football-helmets-in-ncaa-division-3/    

 For the 20 Coolest-Named Sports Teams In NCAA Division 2 click here: https://glitternight.com/d2-20-coolest/  

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