Next up in NCAA Women’s Volleyball mascotory, is the Weber State University Wildcats.
Following a four set victory over Bowling Green State in the opening round of the tournament, the Wildcats captured the school’s first ever tournament win and is now rewarded with a match up with the overall No. 1 seed, your Wisconsin Badgers.
Origins
Weber State has been known as the Wildcats since the 1920s when the name stuck after a journalist said that the football team was “as scrappy as a bunch of wildcats.” Prior to the appearance in the newspaper, the only other anecdotal reference of wildcat came from some ol’ fashioned name calling.