Fighting Hawks is new University of North Dakota nickname

Fighting Hawks received 57% of the vote, beating out Roughriders which received the remaining percentage.

The university released the results of the contest - and the winning name - on Wednesday morning, less than two days after final voting ended.

In fact, until a new logo is Fighting Hawks logo is designed and accepted, that interlocked "ND" can be the only design used.

"You can't replace Fighting Sioux no matter how you try", Burggraf said. If they're going to go for Fighting Hawks, that's fine. A few may take longer to implement.

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In an email, Johnson said $276,433 has been put into the nickname selection process so far.

"We understand that that absolutely represents a significant expense", Walton said.

DeAnna Carlson Zink, the executive vice president and CEO of the UND Alumni Association and Foundation, acknowledged there will always be those who refuse to let go of the Fighting Sioux nickname.

"I didn't think it really spoke out against our culture as Native Americans, though I didn't agree with the racial slurs and a few of the banter that happened", he said. Any nickname that received more than 50 percent of the runoff vote would earn the new nickname. The vote was held online November 12th-16th. The vote was open to people with UND ties, including students, staff and alums.

The third and final round of voting had the highest turnout, with more than the 26,479 people voting during the second vote and the 22,307 people casting ballots during the first vote in October.

Zink said she was pleased with voter turnout, something Walton echoed. "We don't know how much the next part of the process will cost".

The future home of the Fighting Hawks. The selected vendor will work with UND stakeholders to develop potential graphic identities. "I guess it's better than nothing, but I didn't mind just North Dakota Hockey".

Nickname supporters then gathered enough signatures to force a statewide referendum. "They don't have the confidence to have a happier logo".

"I'm just starting to envision how UND will move on from here", he said.

In May, a committee began debating about 1,200 nicknames that had been approved by a consultant after a monthlong campaign to solicit suggestions from the public.

McDonald said the results of the vote uphold a statewide vote in 2012 when North Dakotans voted in favor of retiring the nickname, something he sees as positive because teams with Native American mascots are "taking heat" across the country.

Fargo judge Thomas Olson denied the injunction to stop the vote, citing the plaintiffs' failure to show the vote would cause irreparable harm.

Officials maintain the victor of the vote will be the school's athletic nickname.

The Fighting Hawks will also soon have a new logo design, according to the Star-Tribune. "And so that's what (UND) ended up with".

They include: the North Dakota Fighting Corgis, the North Dakota Ice Donkeys and the North Dakota Fighting Mosquitoes. The Spirit Lake Tribe allowed the name, but the Standing Rock Sioux issued a no-vote.