After a live black bear and multiple Great Danes failed to serve as an enduring symbols of the Hawkeyes, the University of Iowa found a school mascot who has withstood the test of time: Herky the Hawk ...

But why is Iowa the Hawkeyes, and who is their official mascot? Who (or What) Is the Iowa Hawkeyes’ Mascot? Herky the Hawk is the beloved mascot of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes athletics.

Herky the Hawk is celebrating his 75th birthday this year, and was honored at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Sept. 16, 2023. For gameday, Herky started the morning at the President’s tailgate and ...

“Being a mascot is all about being a real-life cartoon character,” said Alex Kern, a third-year coach for Herky and previous Herky mascot for the University of Iowa. “A good way to think of ...

As we speak, I’m wearing a Hawkeye fleece because it’s freezing in my office, not unlike an Iowa winter day. All of these items bear some form of the Herky the Hawk visage, and/or the related ...

Herky the Hawkeye is on display times 100 in Johnson County after the University of Iowa put out a call to artists to put their spin on the iconic mascot. Of the chosen, two Davenport West High ...

In the fall of 2008 my friend, TJ Anderson — a member of the University of Iowa's Herky the Hawk mascot squad — took note of an unused space in the southwest corner of Kinnick Stadium in Iowa ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Herky the Hawk came to life after a 1948 drawing by journalism instructor Dick Spencer. “We keep working to make him a better mascot every day,” said Herky mascot ...