When faced with the task of making a mascot for a school who calls themselves the Waves, one could only think of so many options.
Pepperdine’s current edition is Willie the Wave. Since the beginning of Pepperdine Athletics, the school was known as the Waves, but the mascot who represented the Waves has a long history of switching between characters.
Sam Perrin, a Pepperdine historian also known as the Ghost of George Pepperdine, has done extensive research on the costumed representative of Pepperdine’s mascot.
“The thing I love about all the iterations of Willie is that they showcase how decades of students combined creativity and commitment to school spirit,” Perrin wrote.