kb105 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I've been drawing logos since I was younger, but only recently gotten into digital design. The many different concepts I've seen I feel has expanded my abilities and has led to me wanting to get some feedback to even better my work. I hope you guys enjoy this and now I present to you, the American Union of Interscholastic Athletics. --- --- Background Spoiler The American Union of Interscholastic Athletic, commonly shortened to the AUIA, is the premier collegiate athletics institution in the United State of America. With the mission statement of: Win in the Classroom, Win on the Field, Win at Life, the AUIA seeks to give every member and athlete under its influence the tools and ability to WIN AT EVERYTHING. The AUIA was first formed between two professional sports franchise owners, Mark Cuban and Jerry Jones, during the 2011 offseason, in which both of their respective leagues were in the midst of player lockouts. These lockouts afforded these two men to not just look at the current state of professional athletics, but also that of the current model of collegiate and so called amateur athletics in the nation’s university level. Due to this analysis of the status quo, it was decided that college athletics needed a shake up that allowed young athletes to be able to capitalize on a level of popularity and leverage that for most will be the highest they will ever be able to obtain. This shake up led to the formation of a new governing body of college athletics that focused on giving athletes the tools needed to grow academically, physically, and financially. The AUIA was the first governing body to allow for the use of name image and likeness for collegiate athletes, a massive step from the previous amateur model that exploited the hard work of young men and women to create a multi-billion dollar industry rife with hypocrisy at the highest levels. The structure of the leadership is also athlete focused as the 11 member Board of Leaders consists of 10 former college athletes, including former college football player Jerry Jones, with Mark Cuban serving as the 11th tie-breaking voting member. For competitions, currently sponsored athletics include football, basketball, hockey, and baseball. Each are held within the framework of the typical fall and spring semesters of an academic year with each respective season culminating in a 24-team playoff where the eight highest ranked teams (in football it is the highest eight conference champions within four wins of the highest seed) receive a bye to the First Round. The remaining 16 teams play in a Play-In round with the 9-seed plays the 24-seed, the 10-seed plays the 23-seed, and so on. A similar seeding format is then applied to the First Round where the 1-seed will face the lowest remaining seed and the 8-seed will face the highest remaining seed. From the Second Round and beyond, the bracket is fixed. The Play-In round is played at the home venue of the higher seeded team while the remaining rounds are played at neutral sites. The First and Second Rounds are both played at sites related to regions selected prior to the season, which are assigned to the four highest seeds based on location and preference, with choice being given first to the 1-seed down to the 4-seed. The Semi Finals and Championship game is played in a pre-selected region, regardless of relation to the participating teams. --- Colorado River Conference (CRC) Spoiler Arizona Southern Coatis v2 Camp Hale Commandos v2 Deseret Trekkers v2 ECNM Roadies v2 Geo Hoodoos v2 v3 Grand Valley Bobcats v2 Malpais State Trotters NIE Tortugas v2 Nogales Tigers v2 Ruby Valley Dometoppers v2 Atlantic Gulf Conference (A*Gulf) Spoiler Acadiana Oilers v2 Carolina Atlantic Wrens v2 Chattahoochee State Chasers Deep East Dillos v2 Dewi Sant Hillraisers v2 Emerald Coast Billies Huey Tech Hogs Manchester Avengers v2 Pascagoula Delta Tech Greys Sandhill Cranes Space Coast Canavels v2 v3 UTHC Palominos Ozarks Athletic Association (Ozarks) Spoiler Chisholm Trail Dukes Grand Prairie Franks Hiner Dale Ranchers Malone Engineers Missouri Bootheel ‘Quakes Mozark Southern Galaxy Saddle Cross Zorros SWOzarks Lumberkings Old 8 Conference Spoiler Barrens Rim Lightning Blackhurst Riders Blennersburg Giant Claws Commodore Heroes Joara-San Juan Apptecs LeRoux Fightin’ Bears Millwood Screechers v2 Morehead Portsmen Delmarva Bays Conference (DMV) Spoiler App Chau Rays Border Mile Vulcans Cape Ag Blues v2 Cherry Hill Dragons Cooks Creek Spades Delmarine Bay Cows Kittatinny Point Scavengers Middle Moravian Danes Ocean Tech Travelers Ole Scott’s Archers v2 River Toms Ferrymen Split River Protectors New England Athletic Union (NEAU) Spoiler Barnstable S’vens Cadillac Narrows Sonrisers Cannon Old Men Capitol Pines Nutmeggers Ft Dummer Atlanteans Green Mountain Central Triumphants Housatonic Valley Smithies Hudson ‘Dons Ile of Rhods Knights Pebblewater Gatekeepers UPC Horned Whales Tri-Lakes UBerk Power Western Island Westerlies Frontier Lakes Conference Spoiler Atvida Youpers Crossroads Diesels Cussewago Clippers Heartland Central Copperheads Manitowoc Schooners Manistee Briars Michiana Ouisconsin Pelicans Quad Cities UZane Van Wert Aviators Zambelli Pyros Plains States Conference Spoiler Brickyard Dakota A&M Triceratops Iowa Post Le Mars Lea State Minnakota Red Roos Minnesota Mines Greyhounds Northeast Kansas Stefan Twain State War Parade Watford Wasps Western Dakota Cascadia 12 Conference (C12) Spoiler Caspar State Spirits Central Cascades Cheyenne Columbia Custer Glaciers Ketchikan Totems Matanuska Valley Mushers Mountain Home State Puget State Rathdrum Prairie Rouge Valley Eureka Conference Spoiler Cayetano State Central Pacific Coachella Folsom State Hawai’i State Monks Mojave Redwood Empire San Joaquin Valley Shasta Ventura Plains *Please Note* I will try to update aspects surrounding the concepts, such as league championships/postseasons, stadiums/arenas, schedules, etc. as much and as frequent as possible. C&C Appreciated! 2022 Football Season Schedule Matchups Weekly Rankings 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 -----> 21 Postseason: Bracket Logos 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb105 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Colors - Hoodoo Orange - White - Block Gradient --- Background Spoiler In 1925, the US congress upgraded the protective status of Bryce Canyon from a national monument to a national park. One of the most famous parts of BCNP is the rock formations called hoodoos, tall spires of rock that best resemble stalagmites on a cave floor. So, the state of Utah decided to set up a laboratory tasked with studying these formations, along with the other red rock sites in southern Utah. The name of this laboratory was called Bryce Canyon Institute of Geology. For the first 50 years, the school only gave out geology degrees before giving out archaeological and adjacent degrees. In 1978, they began their engineering program with geotechnical and mining engineering. By 2005, BCIG looked no different from any other college in the state. It was at this time that the school explored an update in their branding and even contemplated changing their name. Ultimately, many in leadership retired and alumni were appointed in high ranking positions and opted to maintain the existing name. For the majority of the history in the Canyon athletics were at the very far back of the minds of students and administration alike. In the late 90s, some club sports began popping up and by the late 2000’s, varsity athletics began being discussed. When the AUIA was being formed, the administration decided to extend feelers out to the fledgling institution and ultimately decided to join. Having absolutely no athletic history to go off of, the school looked quite literally outside their windows for inspiration. And boy did they find quite the inspiration. Hoodoo formations dot the landscape just east of campus and thus represent the school very well, along with the layers of red sedimentary rock that can be seen from the years of weathering and erosion carving the southern Utah land. Along with the visual brand being established, so did a name that was just a teensy bit shorter than Bryce Canyon Institute of Geology for fans and announcers to be able to speak both frequently and quickly in the span of a college game. Being the only school specifically established for geological sciences, the nickname Geo was decided. On the playing surface, establishing a quality product was also necessary. The first few years of the AUIA were ones of navigating a new space of college athletics outside of the practical monopoly that is the NCAA and thus led to recruiting top tier talent a real challenge. By 2015-16 however, the AUIA had established itself as the destination for top talent both straight out of high school and from NCAA institutions. Geo was able to tap into the Phoenix and Las Vegas metros for high school recruits as well as poach athletes from NCAA programs such as Utah, BYU, and schools in Arizona and Nevada, all leading to athletic prominence. Football won the school’s first national title in 2016, repeating in 2017 and 2021, while basketball won the first conference title in 2016, beating out football by just a few months. Baseball and hockey are not far behind, winning their share of conference titles along with becoming a force on the national stage. Rivalries are also formulating fast. The largest so far has to be Arizona Southern, who restarted their program also in 2012 and like Geo are beginning to find their place upon the mountain top of the Colorado River Conference and the AUIA as a whole. Football is probably the most fierce, as the two matchups from the 2022 season were the stuff movies are made of with the first meeting being a 14-13 overtime slugfest, going the way of the Coatis, and the second being a barn burner in the conference championship in Las Vegas, going the way of the Hoodoos. Speaking of slugfests, basketball is no slouch in the contest either, with the teams physically coming to blows in the 2023 conference tournament, leading to a number of ejections on both sides. --- Football Matchups Spoiler --- Previous Versions Spoiler Football v1 v2 Basketball v1 v2 Hockey v1 v2 Baseball v1 v2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_grateful_ted Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 First of all, love the school name. It can be really difficult to think of original school names, and you've definitely done that. I think the concept will be really polished if you stick to only two of the colors (IMO red rock and hoodoo orange). If you're planning on doing as many schools as I think you are, having more simplified color schemes for each school will help keep each one more unique. You've also picked a really unique nickname, but looks like you've run into a bit of trouble in the logo for it. Picking a logo base solely off a natural land-form will always been tricky, because it ends up looking really blobbish by the end of tracing linework. Run with the hammer thing, but really try to simplify it down to it's key shapes. As well as this, I'd get rid of the text on your primary or secondary. Make the hammer thing the real focal point of the logo, the text will only clutter it. Personally, I think you really have something to work with with your tertiary, go with it! I know I just threw a lot at you, but it's a good start and it will look even better with a bit more polish! Looking forward to what else you come up with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb105 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Dropped the text, sharpened, refined the outline. Just wondering what the colors should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmoe12 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Have you thought about maybe putting the shape of the rock inside of the B? The two wide areas could be the two "holes" in the letter. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsSlothy Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 I like option 3. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb105 Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) On 3/28/2020 at 12:18 AM, jmoe12 said: Have you thought about maybe putting the shape of the rock inside of the B? The two wide areas could be the two "holes" in the letter. " On 3/28/2020 at 9:08 PM, ItsSlothy said: I like option 3. I tried to put the shape in the B, but it didn't look right, so instead I put it in the G's negative space, instead. I also lightened the Hoodoo Orange up a bit to create better contrast with the Red Rock. Edited April 8, 2020 by kb105 Changed kerning and promoted "GEO" logo to primary, Thor's Hammer to secondary 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidellias Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 I'd swap the promary and Secondary logos and maybe have tighther Kearning on the wordmark. Ither than that you look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb105 Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 The second team from the CRC, Grand Valley University Football Helmet Home/Away Lavender shell, grape facemask Grape bobcat ears with white ear hole G/LPrimary logo on front bumper, Grand Valley on back bumper The back has the US flag to the LEFT and ABOVE Colorado state flag and the AUIA logo to the right, g/w numbers in center Alternate Lavender shell, lavender facemask Grape bobcat ears with lavender ear hole L/G Primary logo on front bumper, Grand Valley on back bumper The back has the US flag to the LEFT and ABOVE Colorado state flag and the AUIA logo to the right, grape numbers in center Home Jersey Grape base, w/l/w/g/w/l/w sleeve stripe L/W number, collar logo, NOB Lavender cuffs Lavender Adidas logo and team specific conference logo Pants Lavender base, grape Adidas logo, g/w secondary hip logo W/L/W/G/W/L/W side stripe Away Jersey White base, w/l/w/g/w/l/w sleeve stripe G/L number, collar logo, NOB Grape cuffs Grape Adidas logo and team specific conference logo Pants Grape base, lavender Adidas logo, l/w secondary hip logo W/L/W/G/W/L/W side stripe Alternate Jersey Lavender base, w/l/w/g/w/l/w sleeve stripe Grape number, collar logo, NOB Grape cuffs Grape Adidas logo and team specific conference logo Pants Lavender base, grape Adidas logo, g/w secondary hip logo W/L/W/G/W/L/W side stripe Basketball Home Jersey White base G/L number, wordmark, NOB Grape collar, arm holes Grape Adidas logo and team specific conference logo Shorts White base, grape Adidas logo, W/L/W/G/W/L/W side and pant leg stripe, l/w primary side logo Away Jersey Grape base L/W number, wordmark, NOB Lavender collar, arm holes Lavender Adidas logo and team specific conference logo Shorts Grape base, lavender Adidas logo, W/L/W/G/W/L/W side and pant leg stripe, g/l primary side logo Alternate Jersey Lavender base Grape number, wordmark, NOB Grape collar, arm holes Grape Adidas logo and team specific conference logo Shorts Lavender base, grape Adidas logo, W/L/W/G/W/L/W side and pant leg stripe, g/l primary side logo Hockey Helmet Home/Away Lavender shell G/W secondary side logo The back has the US flag to the LEFT and ABOVE Colorado state flag and the AUIA logo to the right, w/g numbers in center Alternate Grape shell L/G secondary side logo The back has the US flag to the LEFT and ABOVE Colorado state flag and the AUIA logo to the right, lavender numbers in center Home Jersey Grape base, lavender sleeves, w/l/w/g/w/l/w sleeve stripe L/W primary front logo, number, collar logo, NOB Lavender Adidas logo and team specific conference logo Pants Lavender base, grape Adidas logo, g/w secondary hip logo W/L/W/G/W/L/W side stripe Away Jersey White base, lavender sleeves, w/l/w/g/w/l/w sleeve stripe G/L primary front logo, number, collar logo, NOB Grape Adidas logo and team specific conference logo Pants Lavender base, grape Adidas logo, g/w secondary hip logo W/L/W/G/W/L/W side stripe Alternate Jersey Lavender base, grape sleeves, w/l/w/g/w/l/w sleeve stripe G/L primary front logo, number, collar logo, NOB Grape Adidas logo and team specific conference logo Pants Grape base, lavender Adidas logo, l/g secondary hip logo W/L/W/G/W/L/W side stripe Baseball Caps: Home/Alt1 - Grape base, lavender brim, l/w secondary logo, white Adidas logo Away - Lavender base, grape brim, g/l secondary logo, white Adidas logo Alt2 - Block gradient, red rock brim, tertiary logo Helmet: Home/Away/Alt1 - Grape base, lavender brim, l/g secondary logo Home Jersey White base, grape pinstripes, under shirt G/L number, wordmark, NOB, front logo Grape Adidas logo and team specific conference logo Pants White base, grape Adidas logo, pinstripes Lavender side stripe Grape belt Away Jersey Lavender base, grape pinstripes, under shirt G/L number, wordmark, NOB, front logo Grape Adidas logo and team specific conference logo Pants Lavender base, grape Adidas logo, pinstripes Grape side stripe Grape belt Alternate Jersey Grape base, lavender pinstripes, under shirt L/G number, wordmark, NOB, front logo Lavender Adidas logo and team specific conference logo Pants Lavender base, grape Adidas logo, pinstripes Grape side stripe Grape belt 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_grateful_ted Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 That is an excellent looking set, colors pop and the primary is really well-done. One thing I would do is try to interlock the G and V, but besides that looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb105 Posted April 11, 2020 Author Share Posted April 11, 2020 --- Uniforms Spoiler --- Background Spoiler Nogales, much like the city it is named after and situated in, has its origins as a Mexican entity. First opened as a single room schoolhouse in 1842 in Los Nogales de Elías, the land grant from the Mexican government to the Elías family. In 1853, the area of Nogales was transferred into American territory through the Gadsden Purchase. By this time the schoolhouse had been expanded to be four rooms with another building being built next to it. The schoolhouse remained operational throughout the Civil War and well after. At the turn of the 20th century, the school, now called Nogales School for Young Adults, had a five building campus and had long since pushed the confines of the land it was on. In the summer of 1913, a fire broke out in the main building and soon spread throughout the campus and even to neighboring buildings. The school was rebuilt in 1915 as Nogales High School, the first public secondary school in the city. The owners for NSYA had sold the land to the city and looked to build a college in the town. By 1918, the new college, Nogales College, was opened up. The school was focused on agriculture, leading to the state giving them Land-Grant status in 1924, only the second in the state. The college has grown steadily over the years and has one of the highest percentages of the student population being Hispanic at 95%. The most recent numbers show the enrollment at around 8,000 students with the best degree program being International Relations and Global Affairs. The athletic teams did not begin as college athletics until 1918 as all previous teams would compete against high school competition. The only thing that has remained the same from the NSYA days to Nogales College is the nickname, but not the mascot. The high school teams wore brown and orange and were named the Tigers of the big cat variety. The first college teams opted to exchange orange for the color of the land in which they played, desert sand and made their mascot one they could find in their backyard, the Tiger Rattlesnake. They joined their first conference in 1931 alongside the other Arizona schools in the form of the Border Conference. They would last in the conference until it disbanded, but they never quite were able to get past the larger schools in the state, only beating Arizona and Arizona State a few times for the conference title, mostly in baseball. Starting in 1963, they joined the RMAC, joining future AUIA conference mates ECNM and Malpais State. In the RMAC, Nogales and Malpais State formed an intense rivalry, mostly as the battle to not be last in the conference. Neither have been accused of being athletic powers, but both would experience some success in baseball, at times duking it out for the top of the league. The two longtime rivals would bring their rivalry over to the AUIA, where they continue to struggle in non-baseball competition. --- Football Matchups Spoiler --- Previous Versions Spoiler Logos v1 Football v1 Basketball v1 Hockey v1 Baseball v1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb105 Posted April 11, 2020 Author Share Posted April 11, 2020 Hailing from Southeastern Nevada, the NIE Tortugas --- Uniforms Spoiler --- Background Spoiler In 1950, the Atomic Commission set up Base Camp Mercury in the southwest corner of the Nevada Test Site. In 1960, the commission opened up a research institution, The US Energy Institute for doctoral candidates whose focus of study surrounded nuclear and radioactive materials as well as exploring new and improved energy sources. In 1992, subcritical nuclear testing ended and the school was transferred from the Atomic Commission to the Department of Energy. At this time, the school began offering bachelor degree programs and began expanding in both land area and in student population. In 15 years, the institute transitioned from a few research labs along US-95 holding less than 200 researchers to a sprawling 2,400 acre campus, home to wind and solar farms, a state of the art jet propulsion laboratory, and a farm. The student population also grew to about 2,500 of the brightest students in the country. In 2007, the school was once again transferred to a new governing body, this time to the State of Nevada, and was renamed to the Nevada Institute of Energy. They were still connected to the DOE as the testing school for a proposed Nuclear-Grant program, modeled after other grant programs in US higher education, focusing on the effects of nuclear activity and radioactivity on humans and the environment. Along with this effort was the creation of a medical and a veterinarian college. The first athletics were club based sports who would compete with military bases in southern Nevada and northern Arizona, the most common being Creech AFB in nearby Indian Springs. In 1998, the student body voted to start some sports programs by 2002. The first season was first pushed back in early 2002 after 9/11 and the federal government stopped construction on new facilities, opting to use those funds in the war in the Middle East. Ultimately, the Bush Administration had no desire to continue the use of funds for athletic facilities, thus halting construction until the state took over. Unfortunately for the student body, the recession had hit just as the school was set to resume construction, and the school opted to hold off beginning the next phase until 2010. Finally, after 8 years and millions wasted, construction would begin once again, this time including a football stadium along with the previously planned arena and baseball field. Being set to have all of the facilities be operable for the 2012-13 academic year, the school began exploring a conference home in the spring of 2011. The school was looking between NAIA and NCAA Division II. However, they were not able to secure anything before the AUIA contacted them to join. Ultimately, they joined and were placed in the CRC. The athletics opted to carry over the mascot from their club days, Tommy the Tortoise. Tommy was at first a real live desert tortoise who was found near a nuclear testing site in 1962 and was brought to the institute to be studied for effects from exposure to the nuclear blasts and fallouts. Tommy was estimated to be around 8 when brought into the institute and was adopted by one of the researchers. Eventually, Tommy began showing up to select games with his shell painted a bright orange and silver, leading to the club teams taking on the name Toxic Turtles by the local military base teams. In the 90s, the nickname was changed to the Toxic Tortugas as a reference to the Mexican heritage of Nevada before them becoming just Tortugas prior to their first year in the AUIA. Tommy is still a part of NIE, as he has a habitat on campus that he shares with a female Desert Tortoise, Tina, and still is seen at most home contests. Tommy II, a 7 year old son of Tommy and Tina, is being groomed to be the next live mascot, as he is seen alongside his father at home games and is usually able to go to away games by himself. Tommy has also been rendered as an anamorphic Tortoise, also called Tommy, in both mascot and logo form. In both renderings, Tommy has Neon Orange flesh and a silver colored shell. On the field, the play hasn’t been much to talk about. Unlike conference-mates such as Geo who started play in 2012, NIE has not been able to reach much success. This can be attributed to the constraints of both low acceptance rates (usually between 10-15%) and their lack of ‘easy’ majors. Football is the worst of them all. They currently are on a 15 game losing streak and besides 4 wins over Malpais State, they are winless in conference competition. Basketball is slightly better, having actually achieved a winning season, 6 times including a conference championship in 2020, but have never been able to build lasting success. Baseball is similar in that they have some good seasons where there is hope for sustained periods of good ball, but for one reason or the other they fail to string those types of seasons together. Hockey is usually a poor performer along with football, but do battle it out with the other southern teams and even make some noise by upsetting one of the mountain region teams in the conference every few years. As you can imagine, NIE lacks much support from boosters and fans alike, however, there is hope things will change as a new athletic director and president hope interest can be gained as new coaching hires has led to a recent boost in both season tickets and donations to the athletics program and collective. --- Football Matchups Spoiler --- Previous Versions Spoiler Logos v1 Football v1 Basketball v1 Hockey v1 Baseball v1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dragon Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Are you going to team uniforms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb105 Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 On 4/12/2020 at 1:11 AM, Black Dragon said: Are you going to team uniforms Yes I am, I just finished BCIG through Nogales, I will updated all of the original posts as soon as possible, as well as a conference logo sheet. from here on out I will try to include uniforms with the team unveilings, as well as conference logo sheets when appropriate. I hope to have all of the updates along with a few new teams posted by the end of the week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb105 Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Colors - Blue Gramma - Turquoise - Yucca Spoiler Beginning as a musical arts school started by Norman Petty, ECNM first held classes in the band room of Clovis High School in the fall of 1954 in conjunction with Petty’s recording studio beginning to be built. The next year, some non musical curriculum began, all surrounding the arts. By 1959, the school had become a full fledged liberal arts college and was on its way to becoming a university. In 1966, the formerly named Petty School of the Arts was renamed Clovis-Petty University after the introduction of select graduate degrees and the opening of a new campus, largely funded by the city of Clovis and the Petty family. Along with the new campus was the beginning of sponsored athletics, as fields and venues were a part of the new campus, which was intended to drive up both student applications as well as help stimulate the local economy. And that it did as enrollment doubled to 5,000 students by 1970. When Norman Petty passed away in 1984, his wife, Vi, began lobbying the state legislature to make Clovis-Petty a state institution. As a part of this effort, the school was renamed East Central New Mexico University in 1986 and in 1989 was made a state university, with the name changing slightly to East-Central New Mexico. This helped bring down tuition costs, especially for instate students and led to enrollment ballooning to its peak of 15,000 in the 90s. Since then, the enrollment has gone back down a bit to about 9-11,000. Owing to its origins, the school is one of the best musical schools in the Southwest and is credited as having one of the best marching bands west of the Mississippi and is a spectacle for opposing fans at sporting events. As previously mentioned, athletics began in 1966 with baseball and basketball, while football began in 1970. The First teams were named the Musicians and played in the now named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) of the NAIA, where they were joined by fellow New Mexico institutions, Western New Mexico and New Mexico Highlands in 1967 and 1968, respectively. While in the RMAC, the teams were decent, but could never capture a championship in conference. In 1989 ECNM moved to the Lone Star Conference, joining Eastern New Mexico, which is located about 20 miles south of ECNM. This move was also in conjunction with their nickname changing from Musicians to Roadies, in reference to roadrunners as well as Roadies employed by bands. Football had immediate success, winning conference titles in 1994, 1996, and 1999. They would win again in 2008, which would be their last in the LSC. Other sports had some growing pains during the 90s, especially baseball who only had a winning conference season once in ‘93. The 2000s were a bit better, as basketball won their division in 2004, alongside Eastern New Mexico. Baseball, however, continued to struggle and hit rock bottom in the spring of 2011 when they failed to win a single conference series the whole year. Since joining the AUIA, football has had varying levels of success. They went on to win the 2014 Colorado Rivers title and reached the postseason four times as an at-Large, most recently in 2019. Basketball has failed to win much in the CRC, as Geo and Camp Hale have established dominance over the conference. Baseball continued to struggle as much of the Texas talent goes to schools in the A*Gulf and the Las Vegas and California recruits are split between the western teams in the conference as well as some of the programs in the Eureka Conference. Like most of the southern schools, hockey first started in the AUIA, and thus are still having their growing pains. The main rivals of ECNM have been UTHC and Saddle Cross, where in football they open and close their season every year, respectfully. Malpais State is somewhat of an in-state rival, but the lack of athletic performance in Gallup has led to a more milquetoast competition among the schools and fanbases. An updated version 2 can be found here. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb105 Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Here is the Colorado River Conference logo sheet, the original post has also been updated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb105 Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 The second team from Arizona ... Colors - Copper - Valley Gold - White Logos - Emblem: Based on the Oro Valley seal. - Primary: Updated coati logo enclosed in an oval, similar to the Florida Gators or the Missouri Tigers. Spoiler After World War II, nearby Tucson experienced a huge population boom. Along with the influx of residents, returning soldiers began enrolling through the G.I. Bill and the University of Arizona was being overrun with applicants. In 1950, Arizona Southern College opened its doors in order to relieve UA and was fast-tracked to become a university within the next five years. In 1954, the school did achieve university status and the athletics teams began playing against other university squads. Due to the lower requirements to get in, local athletes began choosing Southern over nearby UA and ASU. This culminating in the biggest upset in Arizona Southern history in 1959 when the football team defeated Arizona State 14-10 in week 1. After the 1959-1960 season, ASU and UA pressured the state legislature to disband the athletic programs at Arizona Southern, ending in a $11.5 million payment (over $114 million today) by the two schools paid to Southern and an additional $1 million to the Border Conference to release Arizona Southern from conference obligations. The agreement barred university sponsored athletics for 50 years at Arizona Southern and allowed immediate transfer of athletes to other schools along with immediate eligibility, many of whom transferred to Arizona and Arizona State. Just before the AUIA was formed, Arizona Southern was able to begin playing, however, the school opted to wait a few years until proper renovations could be made to the facilities that had laid vacant or rarely used for the past 50 years. The 2012 season saw the first play of official Coatis athletics since 1960. All of the venues were constructed prior to the athletics hiatus, the oldest being the baseball stadium having being built prior to the construction of the school in 1926 and being named after the nearby Honey Bee Canyon. The football stadium and arena were completed in 1953 and all three venues have experienced expansion and contraction in capacity and improvements in amenities to achieve the current capacities. The uniforms are all inspired by geometric Native American art patterns and the football, basketball, and baseball teams honor the pre-hiatus teams by wearing throwbacks for select games against select teams (most commonly rivals). The colors have always been copper and gold, however football used to use metallic gold instead of athletic gold like all other teams. Spoiler Previous Designs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_grateful_ted Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 As much as I love the idea of a coati face logo, I think your coati paw is a lot stronger. They are an EXTREMELY hard animal to duplicate just because they look so odd. If you flip the paw to the primary, which I see that it is already being used a lot more than the face, I think the overall package will be improved. I'd also beef up some of the linework on that face logo as well, but overall another really fun look! IMO coatis are one of the more underappreciated southwestern critters I can think of, glad to see them represented Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb105 Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 The sister school to BYU, Deseret University ... Colors - Deseret Blue - Honeybee Yellow - White Logos - Seal: State of Utah beehive, seven point star to represent religion and God - Primary: Similar to BYU's "Y-oval" logo. D surrounded by seven 7-pointed lines - Secondary: Honeybee which represents the missionaries that Deseret's student population consists of, also references what Deseret means, Honeybee - Tertiary: 7-pointed star Football: Field - Classic field design to match classic uniforms. Stadium built in years leading up to football teams debut in 2011. Uniforms - When Deseret and UA was coming up with the uniforms leading up to the first season. They decided to look at some of the most iconic uniforms in American football, landing on Notre Dame and the Dallas Cowboys. They came up with golden lids and golden pants with throwback Cowboys numbers. In 2015, UA added seven sublimated stripes to the helmets and shoulder caps. Basketball Court - The Ebe Pavilion was originally built as the school auditorium, which was replaced in 2003 and was converted in 2010. The court borrowed from the simplicity of Duke's classic court design, having been the same since 2011. Uniforms - Like with football, basketball emphasized a classic look with pinstripes and DESERET across the chest. Hockey Uniforms - The hockey uniforms kept the seven stripes and looked towards the Ottawa Senators "O" jersey. The home and away first saw play in the first season, while the alternate was first warn in 2017 and maintained the seven stripes on the sleeves, but excludes any white, and was an attempt at a fauxback. Baseball Field - Also built in 2010, the field crew went through many field designs over the first few years until settling on the simple 7-pointed star in the outfield. Uniforms - The uniforms originally were plain and only had the seven stripes on the socks. In 2013, UA added the seven stripes onto all four jerseys. The yellow hat can be worn with either alternate jerseys and the blue can be worn with all. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krz Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Wow! That’s the best looking one so far I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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