Beach Skirt Long Beach State Mascot

After a months long process to replace prospector pete sharks came out on top in a student.

Thailand beaches att pebble beach leaderboard. Long beach state unveiled its new mascot monday aug. The sharks will become cal state long beachs new mascot the university announced friday may 10. Long beach states new mascot elbee the shark made their debut on aug.

Its official long beach states new mascot will be the shark. Luis sinco los angeles times. Long beach state has officially changed the nickname for all sports other than baseball to the beach with the ncaa.

The shark is the singular campus mascot not the campus identity as a whole. The long beach state dirtbags baseball team is the college baseball program that represents california state university long beachalthough all long beach state sports teams are officially known as the beach the baseball team is typically though unofficially referred to as the dirtbagstheir colors are black and gold. Despite elbees debut csulb students will not be known as the sharks and the campus will maintain its identity as the beach.

Cal state long beachs former mascot prospector pete fires up the crowd before a game at the pyramid in 2011. The long beach state beach previously known as the 49ers are the athletic teams that represent california state university long beachteams compete in 19 sports at the national collegiate athletic association ncaa division i level. Long beach state lbsu has competed since 1969 in the ncaa division i.

California state university long beach csulb long beach state cal state long beach lbsu or the beach is a public university in long beach californiathe 322 acre campus is the third largest of the 23 school california state university system csu and one of the largest universities in the state of california by enrollment its student body numbering 38074 for the fall 2019 semester. Long beach state is a founding member of the big west conference and also competes in the mountain pacific sports federation and the golden coast conference. After a semester long search process comprising of a submission period a community poll and a student referendum president conoley officially confirmed the students selection of the sharks as the new mascot.

Last fridays announcement that the students of long beach state voted to adopt sharks as the new mascot of the school caused a major reaction among the universitys sports fans who were posting all over social media wondering if theyd be rooting for the sharks come the fall. Cal state long beach. 17 a shark named elbee elbee a phonetic rendering of lb was set to debut around campus during the spring but was postponed.