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A Brief History of COM Mascots and the Fighting Ducks

Did you know? COM has actually had several team and mascot names over the years. 

COM Mascot Timeline

• COM Comets in 1968.
• Fighting Comets in 1973.
• Mainland Comets in 1976.
• 1977- 2006, no teams or mascot names that could be documented.
• 2006 COM adopted the Fighting Ducks. 

The Fighting Ducks

In 2006 a ballot with several names was directed to employees who voted online and Fighting Ducks won. From the BOT minutes January 23, 2006:

Consideration of and Possible Action on School Mascot
Steve Lestarjette provided the Board with a handout (Mascot Finalist Tallies) and reviewed the selection process. David Leija (student, President SGA) explained that the students requested a mascot so that students would have a boost to school spirit, a mascot to wear on their shirts when they are representing the college. The mascot finalists were COM Comets, COM Ducks, and COM Fighting Ducks. The COM Fighting Ducks received 53% of the total vote, COM Comets 27%, and COM Ducks 20%. Nick Stepchinski moved to accept the Fighting Ducks as the COM School Mascot. Ralph Holm seconded the motion. All voted in approval, with the exception of Bennie Matthews. The vote was 5 in favor -1 opposed, the motion carries.

See more COM History in our COM Student Newspapers or see the COM History guide.