SALT LAKE CITY — Earlier this month, Utah Utes mascot Swoop did his usual job of pumping up the home crowd at the Huntsman Center for the Utes’ home game against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, but he did so with a new partner at his side.
“Mini Swoop” stepped out on the court, donned entirely in red, with his own identical swoop mask. The crowd clapped and screamed with excitement; there were even a few signs made for Mini Swoop: one reading “We Love Mini Swoop!”
One should never reveal a mascot’s identity but 13-year-old Ryan Chapman is the boy behind the mask.