Sebastian the Ibis running out onto the field of the Orange Bowl
Sebastian the Ibis is the official mascot for the University of Miami. He is depicted as an anthropomorphic ibis with a Hurricanes football jersey, jersey number 00. The Orange Bowl can refer to: The Orange Bowl Stadium in Miami, Florida. ... The University of Miami, sometimes called UM or The U, is a private university, founded in 1925, with its main campus in the city of Coral Gables in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States. ... Genera Threskiornis Pseudibis Thaumatibis Geronticus Nipponia Bostrychia Theristicus Cercibis Mesembrinibis Phimosus Eudocimus Plegadis Lophotibis Ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae. ... The distinctive Split-U, the official logo of University of Miami athletics The University of Miami Hurricanes football team is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference and one of the preeminent programs in all of college football. ...
He was created in August, 1957 and was named after former University of Miami residential college, San Sebastian Hall. It was then that the ibis was used as a homecoming competition entry. The next year, student John Stormont performed at Hurricanes football games dressed up in a makeshift ibis costume.
The ibis was chosen as the University of Miami's unofficial mascot in 1926 when the school's yearbook chose its name to be "The Ibis". According to Egyptian mythology, the ibis is the last animal to take shelter before and the first animal to return after a major storm, such as a hurricane, and the ibis is native to the Everglades. This article is about weather phenomena. ... An Anhinga perched on the boardwalk railing Everglades is also the name of a city in Collier County, Florida. ...
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