Willy the Wolverine, the short-lived student push for an official University of Michigan mascot in the late 1980s. Photo provided by Bentley Historical Library.

Michigan State's Sparty mascot was created in 1955. The University of Michigan has never had an official mascot, but students and alumni have referred to themselves as "Wolverines" since the 1860s.

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Pretty soon now, the doors to high schools across the state of Michigan will open back up and kids will enter proudly sporting their school’s colors and mascot. There will be Wildcats and ...

For three years, Nicole Niemiec was Sparty, Michigan State University's mascot. She talks to Bustle about a life of secrecy, push-ups, and platform shoes.

The State of Michigan is offering kids the chance to name our state mascot through a coloring contest!

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The University of Nebraska Medical Center mascot is the Labrador retriever. At Boise State University, a specially trained Labrador retrieves the tee after the football team’s special teams unit ...

Sparty, is the heart of the university, according to Michigan State's alumni page. The first mascot appeared in 1955 and started as a papier-mâché Spartan head made by Theta Xi fraternity.