College Emoji

*"Since when have we had a zags emoji?"*

*--Gregory Severin*

Though most members of M-SABR attended the University of Michigan, several emoji have been created for other colleges and universities. The following is a list of NCAA-related emoji in order of when they were created

## Emoji

### Michigan

**Michigan** or :michigan: was the first college emoji created for the Slack. It was created by Cam on 3-30-18 on the first day of the Slack while he was creating MLB emoji. It was created after AL East team emoji but before all other MLB divisions.

### Loyola

**Loyola** or :loyola: was the second college emoji created for the Slack. It was created by Cam on 3-31-18 shortly before Loyola University's Final Four matchup against Michigan. As of 6-4-22, it was used 42 times as a reaction, nearly all of which were using it as a letter L when spelling a word.

### Washington

**Washington** or :washington: is an emoji in the Slack. It was created by Cam on 11-18-18 alongside an emoji for Washington State prior to their anticipated Apple Cup matchup against each other. In that matchup, #16 Washington defeated #8 Washington State. It is one of the more commonly used college emoji, as it is used by the Eagle Boys in their infamous "CAW" reaction. Additionally, it is sometimes used by Greg when talking about the state of Washington, and by the group as a whole during Michigan's 2021 matchup against Washington.

### Washington State

**Washington State** or :wazzu: is an emoji in the Slack. It was created by Cam on 11-18-18 alongside an emoji for Washington prior to their anticipated Apple Cup matchup against each other. #8 ranked Washington State eventually fell in that matchup. As of 6-4-22, it has been used as a reaction 17 times, most frequently in messages about former Wazzu QB Gardner Minshew.

### Vermont

**Vermont** or :uvm: is the fifth college emoji created in the Slack. It was created on 3-21-19 by Cam, a noted fan of the University of Vermont and its basketball team. It was created shortly before their first round NCAA Tournament game against Florida State, a matchup where they, as the 13 seed, were tied at halftime before eventually falling 76-69. As of 6-4-22, it has been used 30 times as a reaction, most commonly to spell words.

### North Carolina

**North Carolina** or :unc: is the sixth college emoji created in the Slack. It was created. by Cam on 8-26-19 to celebrate Sahil's first day of law school. As of 6-4-22, it has been used 19 times as a reaction, mostly to talk about UNC basketball or about Sahil.

### NCAA

**NCAA** or :ncaa: is an emoji in the Slack representing the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It was created by Cam on 3-19-21, the first day of the 2021 NCAA Tournament. As of 6-4-22, it has been used only once as a reaction. This was on 5-15-21 as part of a larger emoji spam on a message by Yuki.

### Gonzaga

**Gonzaga** or :zags: is the seventh emoji created for a college team. It was created by Cam on 3-19-21 to announce his pick of Gonzaga to win the NCAA Tournament. As of 6-4-22, it has been used seven times as a reaction. Each reaction has been to a message either talking about Gonzaga basketball or expressing surprise about the emoji's existence.

### Oral Roberts

**Oral Roberts** or :oral: is the eighth emoji created for a college team. It was created by Cam on 3-19-21 following 15-seeded Oral Roberts University's surprise victory over Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Popularity of the emoji lingered due to Oral Roberts' second round victory over Florida and the university's name.

### Oklahoma State

**Oklahoma State** or :pete: is the ninth emoji created for a college. It was created by Greg on 10-9-21, making it the first one created by someone besides Cam. It was created at the request of Parker, an OK State fan. The emoji depicts Pistol Pete, the college's cowboy mascot. Prior to its creation, Parker often used the Oklahoma emoji followed by the Orange Circle emoji when he wanted to OK State react.

### Mountain West

**Mountain West** or :mountain-west: is the first emoji created for a NCAA Conference. It was created by Andrew, a noted Air Force fan, on 10-9-21. It was created to celebrate Mountain West member Boise State's upset win over former Mountain West member BYU. As of 6-4-22, it has been used four times as a reaction, twice when talking about MWC football and twice to react to the word 'west.'

### Utah

**Utah** or :utah: is the tenth emoji created for a college in the Slack. It was created by Cam on 10-17-21, the morning after a late night Utah upset over Arizona State which he had successfully predicted in the pick-em. Since then, it has been used primarily to spell words, but also in support of Utah in the 2021 Rose Bowl against Ohio State.

### Big Ten

**Big Ten** or :b1g: is the second emoji created for an NCAA Conference. It was created by Cam on 10-24-21 upon the realization that the Slack lacked one. It has been used only once as a reaction. This took place on 12-6-21, when Greg declared that the Monday Night Football matchup between the Patriots and Bills was Big Ten football due to all the handoffs.

### Air Force

**Air Force** or :airforce: is the eleventh emoji created for a college. It was created by Greg on 10-25-21 for Andrew, a noted Air Force fan. As of 6-4-22, it has been used just twice as a reaction. Once when reacting to an Air Force football player, and once to simply say 'AF.' Andrew has also used the emoji as a standalone message.

### Yale

**Yale** or :yale: is the twelfth emoji created for a college. It was created by Cam on 10-24-22 for Yuki, who was attending Yale for grad school. It first came to Cam's attention that the college was lacking an emoji when Yuki noted that Astros GM James Click was a Yale alum.

### UMass Lowell

**UMass Lowell** or :umass\_lowell: is the thirteenth emoji created for a college. It was created by Trent on 3-30-23 following a message from Jake in #bigballers about Lowell water polo

### Vanderbilt

**Vanderbilt** or :vandy: is the fourteenth emoji created for a college. It was created by Cam on 4-4-2023 following Andrew's announcement that he would be attending Vanderbilt for his PhD.