Suggestions and Criteria for Mascot Selection

• Connect with the Trailblazer name and blue and gold colors
• Be timeless, not trendy
• Reflect the MCLA community of students, alumni, faculty and staff
• Ability to be active
• Generate enthusiasm with children
• Be appropriate at both athletic and non-athletic events

Our new mascot should not overlap with neighboring institutions or our fellow MASCAC members: Bears, Buccaneers, Falcons, Lancers, Owls, Rams, or Vikings.

Suggestions must comply with the NCAA policy regarding the display of hostile and abusive racial/ethnic/national origin mascots, nicknames or imagery.