Central Florida University Mascot

After one year students petitioned the student government to establish a new mascot for the university.

Central florida university mascot. Hex ff c9 04 ff cc 00 or rgb 255r 202g 6b. He occasionally uses a custom car designed and built by ucf engineering students dubbed chariot ii. Ucf bright gold for print. While knightro is the official mascot of the university s athletic programs pegasus a white andalusian stallion is the official mascot and symbol of the university.

Ucf metallic gold for print. Interestingly enough ucf actually has two mascots. Ucf its athletic program and the university s alumni and sports fans are sometimes jointly referred to as the ucf nation. Madeira thread 1125 classic rayon 40.

And the students had a logo to rally behind a democratically chosen design that allied the mascot with the university seal s mythological winged horse pegasus. In 1970 students approved knights of the pegasus as the second official university. The university changed the name to the golden knights in 1993 to solve less than stellar merchandise sales. The university of central florida ucf is a public research university in unincorporated orange county florida with nearly 70 000 students it has one of the largest student bodies in the united states.

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The mascot appeared on the first student handbook in 1968 1969. Knightro is the official mascot of the university of central florida and its sports teams the knights. Pantone 10121 metallic gold should only be used on coated paper. Space program at the.

The ucf knights are the athletic teams that represent the university of central florida in orlando florida the knights participate in the national collegiate athletic association s ncaa division i fbs for football as a member of the american athletic conference. Knightro debuted in 1994 and appears at ucf sporting events and also appears at ucf related functions.