The Hawk (Saint Joseph's University mascot)

The Hawk
	A flap of The Hawk while visiting stands during a halftime in 2018
University	Saint Joseph's University
Conference	A-10
Description	Full-Body Costume
First seen	January 4, 1956

The Hawk is the mascot of Saint Joseph's University. The Hawk represents the University's motto, "The Hawk Will Never Die", by flapping its wings non-stop (even during halftime) throughout every basketball game. The Hawk, who has been flapping his wings since 1956, is one of the most decorated mascots in college sports, having been called the best college mascot by ESPN College Basketball Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and The Sporting News.

The Hawk has been seen stopping its eternal flapping. In a game in 1998 against the University of Rhode Island URI's mascot, Rhody the Ram, prevented the St. Joe's Hawk from his eternal flapping by putting an inner tube over its head. This temporarily immobilized his arms. While trying to remove the tube, the Hawk's head (costume) fell off. The incident was televised on ESPN.

Hawk selection

The Hawk is unusual in traveling to away games; here it can be seen in Princeton's Jadwin Gymnasium, in mid-flap to the left of the large 'P' sign in the background

Hawk selection has become an annual application and interview process in which a current student is selected to represent the school. Since 1992, the student awarded the role of mascot has been recipient of an endowed scholarship and is considered a full member of the basketball team.[1]

Awards

Sports Illustrated Mascot of the 20th Century[2]
Sporting News Mascot of the Year 2001[3]
"Best of Philly" award from Philadelphia Magazine in 2003-04

References

SJU. "The Hawk". Saint Joseph's University. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
Hawk Traditions
The Sporting News - College Hoops : College Basketball The Best of Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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[History-1] SJU. "The Hawk". Saint Joseph's University. Retrieved December 9, 2018.

[2] Hawk Traditions

[3] The Sporting News - College Hoops : College Basketball The Best of Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine

Saint Joseph's University
Academics	Schools College of Arts and Sciences Haub School of Business College of Professional and Liberal Studies
Athletics	Hawks Finnesey Field The Hawk Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse Holy War Saint Joseph's-Temple rivalry Basketball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's soccer Campbell's Field Gillin Boat Club
Campus	Barbelin Hall List of buildings Lower Merion Philadelphia
Miscellaneous	People Presidents Saint Joseph's University Press The Hawk

Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball
Venues	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse (1949–2008) Palestra (2008–2009) Hagan Arena (2009–present)
Rivalries	Temple Villanova
Culture & lore	History The Hawk City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) Undefeated regular season
People	Head coaches Retired numbers
Seasons	1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

The Hawk (Saint Joseph's University mascot)

Hawk selection

Awards

See also

References

External links