page_title: TCU Horned Frogs
section_title: Horned Frog Mascot
hierarchical_section_title: TCU Horned Frogs / Traditions / Horned Frog Mascot
caption_attribution_description: Superfrog the mascot of Texas Christian University (TCU) Athletics.
context_page_description: The TCU Horned Frogs are the athletic teams that represent Texas Christian University. The 18 varsity teams participate in NCAA Division I and in the Football Bowl Subdivision for football, competing mostly in the Big 12 Conference. The school was a founding member of the Southwest Conference and was a member of the Western Athletic Conference, Conference USA, and the Mountain West Conference before joining the Big 12. Two TCU teams participate outside the Big 12 in sports not sponsored by that conference. The rifle team competes in the Patriot Rifle Conference, and the beach volleyball team is set to join the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association for the 2018–19 school year.
  The "horned frog" nickname and mascot refer to the Texas horned lizard, also known as the "horned frog".
context_section_description: The Horned Frog first appeared in 1897 on the cover of the first AddRan yearbook.  By 1915, the mascot made its way onto the first TCU seal.  During the post-WWII years, the Horned Frog Mascot was embraced in costume, on stationery, class rings and the band's bass drum.  In 1979 the mascot was renamed from Addy the All-American Frog to Super Frog.
  TCU has capitalized on its mascot by marketing a bumper sticker (in a role reversal of where a frog, once kissed, turns into a prince) stating "My Princess Turned into a Frog".
caption: Superfrog at a Baseball game.
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