JEFFERSON COLLEGE CANNONEERS
Location: Watertown, NY
Division: NJCAA
Conference Affiliation: Mid-State Athletic Conference
Comment: How can any man, woman or child NOT like a name as cool and original as the Cannoneers? Plus their logo features a cartoon cannon that looks ready to sing Be Our Guest at any moment! Continue reading
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CONVERSE COLLEGE VALKYRIES
Location: Spartanburg, SC
Division: NCAA Division 2
Conference Affiliation: Conference Carolinas
Comment: As we’ve seen I’m a sucker for team nicknames that combine my passion for college sports with my passion for mythology so this institution’s teams were a natural for this blog! Continue reading
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ALVERNO COLLEGE INFERNO
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: Northern Athletics Conference
Comment: There is absolutely no truth to the stories that Alverno’s teams used to be called The Disco Inferno and had a character in a Saturday Night Fever outfit as a mascot.
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OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE BRAVE HEARTS
Location: Kyle, SD
Division: AIHEC (American Indian Higher Education Consortium)
Comment: Oglala Lakota College was chartered by the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council in 1971. Continue reading
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RED LAKE NATION COLLEGE MIGIZI
Location: Red Lake, MN
Division: AIHEC (American Indian Higher Education Consortium)
Comment: Red Lake Nation College’s mascot animal for their sports teams is the Migizi (Bald Eagle). Not only that, but: Continue reading
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NEBRASKA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE PARSONS
Location: Papillion, NE
Division: Association of Christian College Athletics
Conference Affiliation: Midwest Christian College Conference
Comment: How can you not love a cool and nearly unique nickname like the Parsons? Continue reading
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Six new college sports teams will be joining the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics). Those teams, in descending order of nickname awesomeness, are:
PROVIDENCE (CA) CHRISTIAN COLLEGE SEA BEGGARS
Location: Pasadena, CA
Comment: How can you not love a nickname as cool and unique as Sea Beggars? And when you combine that nickname with this terrific logo it’s a safe bet PCC’s teams will become nationwide favorites in no time. Continue reading
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TURTLE MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MIGHTY MIKINOCKS
Location: Belcourt, ND
Division: AIHEC
Conference Affiliation: Northern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Comment: This tribal college was established by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. Continue reading
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CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA STEELS
Location: Hyde Park, New York
Conference Affiliation: Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Comment: Presenting the academic institution where students, faculty and administrators can all honestly say “I’m with the CIA.” This school, known as “The World’s Premier Culinary College”, was founded in 1946 as a successor to the Office of Strategic Skilletry (I’m kidding. But not about the year it was founded.) Continue reading
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GOLDEY-BEACOM COLLEGE LIGHTNING
Location: Wilmington, DE
Conference Affiliation: Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
Comment: This highly-regarded educational institution from Delaware is also known for its cool-named sports teams. The Lightning stand out tall and proud in a collegiate sports landscape littered with WAY too many teams called Eagles, Tigers, Bulldogs and Wildcats. Continue reading
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