GoldenEagleHornet
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How did Sac St select the Hornets as it's moniker for athletics? Some are obvious, SDSU Aztecs, university in a border city w/ Mexico. Cal Golden Bears, mighty grizzly bears that roamed California and featured on our flag. ASU Sun Devils, hot desert people
. I have speculated in the past that it was done as a tribute to the USS Hornet, the first ship to depart from California when the US entered WWII. And Sac St along w/ my Alma Matter were built right after the war, 1947. But I do realize it may be based an agricultural trait of the region and also just based of the characteristics of the hornets. Does anyone know the story behind?
My Alma Matter (Cal State L.A.) also has a tricky one. We're the Golden Eagles. Very few people (this includes CSULA students) realize that a pair (possibly more) of Golden Eagles fly and soar over the campus. If you are in the south end of the campus and look up between late morning and late noon you will see them. There are some open areas, undeveloped hills and Whittier Narrows and Angeles Nat'l Forest not too far form the campus. I think that is what keeps the birds in the vicinity. A friend of mine who lives 2 mi. south of the campus said that they use to nest on the of the tallest trees in his backyard. He lives in City Terrace which is a very hilly area of East L.A. Prior to that we were the Diablos. I'm sure that had a lot to do w/ the fact that it's location borders East L.A. and San Gabriel Valley.

My Alma Matter (Cal State L.A.) also has a tricky one. We're the Golden Eagles. Very few people (this includes CSULA students) realize that a pair (possibly more) of Golden Eagles fly and soar over the campus. If you are in the south end of the campus and look up between late morning and late noon you will see them. There are some open areas, undeveloped hills and Whittier Narrows and Angeles Nat'l Forest not too far form the campus. I think that is what keeps the birds in the vicinity. A friend of mine who lives 2 mi. south of the campus said that they use to nest on the of the tallest trees in his backyard. He lives in City Terrace which is a very hilly area of East L.A. Prior to that we were the Diablos. I'm sure that had a lot to do w/ the fact that it's location borders East L.A. and San Gabriel Valley.