North Carolina State University's wrestling team was established in 1925 and goes by the team nickname of the "Wolfpack".
Why are they called the Wolfpack?
In honor of Bruce, the school rallied to officially change the team's nickname to Wolf Pack. "They rallied around this deceased student and chose the name partly because of him," Amy Hunsaker, a librarian and Wolf Pack historian with UNR Libraries, said in 2018.
When did NC State became the Wolfpack?
1946: After the student body overwhelmingly voted for the adoption of the Wolfpack as the official University nickname for the athletic teams, much to the disapproval of Chancellor J. W. Harrelson, the first Wolfpack mascot was introduced.
Why is N.C. States mascot a wolf?
The nickname "Wolfpack" was first used for an NC State athletic team. An alumnus wrote a letter published in the Feb. 1921 Alumni News suggesting the name "Wolf Pack" for NC State's football team.
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