8 Scots & Fighting Scots, 8 Highlanders, & a Tartan
The Scots starting coming to the U.S. in the late 17th century when Oliver Cromwell defeated Scottish troops and sent them to America. It didn’t take too long for American universities to start naming college mascots after the Scottish culture. I counted 17 Scottish university mascots tonight.
8 Scots and Fighting Scots
Alma College Scots (Alma, MI)
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Fighting Scots (Edinboro, PA)
Gordon College Fighting Scots (Wenham, MA)
Macalester College Scots, St. Paul, MN
Maryville College Scots (Maryville, TN)
Monmouth University Fighting Scots (West Long Beach, NJ)
Ohio Valley University Fighting Scots (Vienna, WV)
The College of Wooster Fighting Scots (Wooster, OH)
8 Highlanders – an inhabitant of the Highlands of Scotland
Cairn University Highlanders (Langhorne Manor, PA)
Gordon State College Highlanders (Barnesville, GA)
Houghton University Highlanders (Caneadea, NY)
New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders (Newark, NJ)
Radford University Highlanders (Radford, VA)
University of California, Riverside Highlanders (Riverside, CA)
MacMurry Highlanders, Jacksonville, IL (college closed in 2020)
McLennan Community College Highlanders (Waco, TX)
Carnegie Mellon University Tartans (Scottish fighters) (Pittsburgh, PA)
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