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Completely OT: Western Wyoming College

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Sorry but this has been driving me CRAZY!!!!!

Wasn't Western Wyoming Community College's athletic teams known as the Sharpshooters at one time? I noticed the other day that they are the Mustangs now. I don't remember them having that nickname back when I was still living in Wyoming.
 
joshvanklomp said:
NowherePoke said:
They used to be the Spartans. Changed about 10 years ago.
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Yup, 2006
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It was before that. I went to school there in 02 and 03 when they wanted to make the change and had the students formulate nicknames. They (admin) had a little list of their own and wanted to have a nickname that symbolized the area in which we lived... They were intrigued with the vast heard of Red Desert wild horses that roamed the area.
Hardly anyone but admin voted for it, and they were even 50/50.
I was on the student board that was to go and survey others and come up with your own list. Several of mine made it. I brought up different names and had them listed that I thought symbolized the area rather well: Outlaws; Wild Bunch; Oilers; Boomers; Miners; Desert Elk; Red Desert Bulls (Elk logo); Red Desert Storm; since the jr highs and HS were all feline, and was a bigger cat as you aged, I thought I'd play off that: White Mtn jr HS Panthers, East jr HS Cougars, RSHS Tigers, so why not the WWCC Pride? You know, stuff that the area could identify with... None of the kids wanted Mustangs! Mustangs were everywhere. I think Casper College was, two teams from Utah in our district were, and one or two from Idaho and maybe one from Montana. It was pretty much already decided by admin, before it hit the floor. SUCKED!!! Even people in the community didn't want Mustangs. If I recal it was one of the Elk and Outlaws that won out by a landslide... Yes, their nickname could've been so much better. :roll:
 
kansasCowboy said:
It was before that. I went to school there in 02 and 03 when they wanted to make the change and had the students formulate nicknames. They (admin) had a little list of their own and wanted to have a nickname that symbolized the area in which we lived... They were intrigued with the vast heard of Red Desert wild horses that roamed the area.
Hardly anyone but admin voted for it, and they were even 50/50.
I was on the student board that was to go and survey others and come up with your own list. Several of mine made it. I brought up different names and had them listed that I thought symbolized the area rather well: Outlaws; Wild Bunch; Oilers; Boomers; Miners; Desert Elk; Red Desert Bulls (Elk logo); Red Desert Storm; since the jr highs and HS were all feline, and was a bigger cat as you aged, I thought I'd play off that: White Mtn jr HS Panthers, East jr HS Cougars, RSHS Tigers, so why not the WWCC Pride? You know, stuff that the area could identify with... None of the kids wanted Mustangs! Mustangs were everywhere. I think Casper College was, two teams from Utah in our district were, and one or two from Idaho and maybe one from Montana. It was pretty much already decided by admin, before it hit the floor. SUCKED!!! Even people in the community didn't want Mustangs. If I recal it was one of the Elk and Outlaws that won out by a landslide... Yes, their nickname could've been so much better. :roll:
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Thanks, Kansas. I lust love politics. :roll:
 
joshvanklomp said:
kansasCowboy said:
joshvanklomp said:
NowherePoke said:
They used to be the Spartans. Changed about 10 years ago.
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Yup, 2006
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It was before that.
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Well, I know I was there in 02-03. I know that the name was brought up. I know it was surveyed and that Mustangs did not even come close, but they chose it anyway. I know they said the next year sports teams and unis would be changed, and I know before the end of the year they had replaced all the Spartan clothing to Mustangs and began working on a logo for the basketball floor.
I don't care what the internet says, I know what I went through there. They even changed the color from crimson and silver to crimson and white with a little black. That ALL happened while I attended.
 
Well, I know I was there in 02-03. I know that the name was brought up. I know it was surveyed and that Mustangs did not even come close, but they chose it anyway. I know they said the next year sports teams and unis would be changed, and I know before the end of the year they had replaced all the Spartan clothing to Mustangs and began working on a logo for the basketball floor.
I don't care what the internet says, I know what I went through there. They even changed the color from crimson and silver to crimson and white with a little black. That ALL happened while I attended.
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I graduated from western in 06-07 school year and that was the year they changed to the mustangs. The mascot was the Spartans until that point. The school paper was the oracle and than the watering hole after the change. I graduated high school in 04 and the mascot was with out a doubt a spartan.

http://m.trib.com/sports/college/we...52c7-b18d-72c7f280bcb2.html?mobile_touch=true

http://m.trib.com/news/local/govt-a...5e81-9b55-f2c561cd2ea8.html?mobile_touch=true

Is It is hard to argue when all those facts get in the way? I wouldn't expect anything else from the uncle Rico of wyonation.
 
Okay sure, and I still have two hoodies that I bought in 02-03, one at the beginning of the year that says Spartans and one at the end of the year that had WWCC Mustangs... But you know, whatever.
 
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