The Hawk (Saint Joseph's University mascot)

The Hawk
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]

List of Students who have served as the Hawk
Season	Student
1955 to 1958	Jim Brennan
1958 to 1961	Pierce Markley
1961 to 1964	Al Pastino
1964 to 1966	Charlie Wieners
1966 to 1968	Chuck Elsesser
1968 to 1970	Bill Berner
1970 to 1972	John Donnelly
1972 to 1974	Joe Cassidy
1974 to 1977	Joe Boyle
1977 to 1978	Joe Boyle & Ron Manion
1978 to 1980	Kevin Quirk
1980 to 1981	Kevin Quirk & Randy Kiernan
1981 to 1982	Randy Kiernan
1982 to 1985	Dennis Sheehan
1985 to 1986	Jim Boyle, Jr.
1986 to 1988	Frank Simone
1988 to 1990	Jim Scarano
1990 to 1991	Tony Duldulao
1991 to 1993	Chuck Sack
1993 to 1994	Dan Gallagher
1994 to 1996	Brian Kearns
1996 to 1997	Glenn "Trip" Whitaker
1997 to 1998	Bobby Gallagher
1998 to 1999	Pat McGrory
1999 to 2000	Joey "G" Gawarzewski
2000 to 2001	Sarah Brennan
2001 to 2003	Steve Klarich
2003 to 2004	Chris Bertolino
2004 to 2005	Mike Tecce
2005 to 2006	Andrew Moral
2006 to 2007	Jim Miller
2007 to 2008	Jim Miller
2008 to 2009	Tim Klarich
2009 to 2010	Brienne Ryan
2010 to 2011	Tim Higgins
2011 to 2012	Joey Mreczko
2012 to 2014	Ian Klinger
2014 to 2015	Brian Lafferty
2015 to 2017	Timmy Parks
2017 to 2018	Mikaela Bakey
2018 to 2019	Domenic Godshall
2019 to 2022	Alex Kerr

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 Baseball Basketball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's lacrosse Men's soccer Campbell's Field Gillin Boat Club
Campus	Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation 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
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 2021–22
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

The Hawk (Saint Joseph's University mascot)

Hawk selection

Awards

See also

References

External links