WASHINGTON — George Washington University’s sports activities groups will now be recognized as the Revolutionaries, the varsity introduced Wednesday.

Revolutionaries replaces Colonials, which had been GW’s identify since 1926. Officials made the choice final yr to drop the outdated identify after figuring out it now not unified the neighborhood.

GW mentioned 8,000 completely different names had been instructed and 47,000 factors of suggestions made through the 12-month course of. Revolutionaries gained out over the opposite closing decisions of Ambassadors, Blue Fog and Sentinels.

“I am very grateful for the active engagement of our community throughout the development of the new moniker,” president Mark S. Wrighton mentioned. “This process was truly driven by our students, faculty, staff and alumni, and the result is a moniker that broadly reflects our community — and our distinguished and distinguishable GW spirit.”

George the mascot will keep and a new emblem developed quickly for the Revolutionaries identify that takes impact for the 2023-24 faculty yr. The college is a part of the Atlantic 10 Conference.