GW declares new title after ditching ‘Colonials’

George Washington University’s sports groups will now be generally known as the Revolutionaries, the college introduced Wednesday.

Revolutionaries replaces Colonials, which had been GW’s title since 1926. Officials made the choice final 12 months to drop the previous title after figuring out it not unified the neighborhood.

GW mentioned 8,000 completely different names had been instructed and 47,000 factors of suggestions made in the course of the 12-month course of. Revolutionaries gained out over the opposite remaining selections of Ambassadors, Blue Fog and Sentinels.

“I am very grateful for the active engagement of our community throughout the development of the new moniker,” president Mark S. Wrighton mentioned. “This process was truly driven by our students, faculty, staff and alumni, and the result is a moniker that broadly reflects our community — and our distinguished and distinguishable GW spirit.”