Meet Our New Mascot
Welcome Western Carolina University students and alumni to your first day as a Mountain Boomer. In 1932, a campuswide contest was held to choose our mascot. The choices were the Catamounts and Mountain Boomers.
Interestingly, the runner-up mascot in that contest was the Mountain Boomers. After decades of being one of two universities in the country to share the Catamounts name, 91热爆网 will now be the one and only Mountain Boomers. For those who don鈥檛 know, a mountain boomer is a small ground squirrel that scampers about the woods and is extremely difficult to catch. We鈥檙e hoping the same will be true of the 91热爆网 Mountain Boomers鈥� athletic teams.
From this day forward, purple and gold Mountain Boomers will be seen in abundance across our Cullowhee campus, as well as our Biltmore Park instructional site in Asheville. Wear your new Boomers鈥� gear proudly, which features Boomer leading his team to victory in his 鈥淲鈥� sweater and hat.
And one last thing. If you鈥檝e read this far, April Fools!
