{"id":1769,"date":"2020-11-06T19:48:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T19:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olympuscustomprint.com\/mascots\/?p=1769"},"modified":"2021-05-21T17:13:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:13:45","slug":"ace-aviator-mascot-asu-newport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olympusmascots.com\/our-projects\/ace-aviator-mascot-asu-newport\/","title":{"rendered":"Ace The Aviator Mascot – ASU-Newport"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Look, up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It\u2019s Ace the Aviator! The story of ASU-Newport\u2019s Ace the Aviator mascot begins in Newport, Arkansas. ASU-Newport is a two-year public college in the Arkansas State University System that offers degrees ranging from diesel technology to cosmetology. In March of 2018, ASU-Newport began the university mascot creation process. Let\u2019s soar through the story of Ace the Aviator!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
ASU-Newport wanted a way to unite their three campuses. With no sports team, they turned to a mascot. A university mascot gets students excited and creates a unifying persona on and off campus. Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members hopped on a plane of ideas to find the perfect ASU-Newport mascot. Ace the Aviator was inspired by the school\u2019s location on an old army\u00a0air field.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Ace\u2019s initial landing on the ASU-Newport campus was a university mascot introduction like no other! In September of 2018, students from across all three ASUN campuses were dismissed early from their classes and gathered for a picnic with faculty members and the president of the Arkansas State University System. During discussion of what went into the ASU-Newport mascot selection process, the roaring sound of a plane was heard overhead. The speaker at the time goes, \u201cOh, that\u2019s Ace. He\u2019s about to land now!\u201d As Ace landed at the welcome event, he was met with thunderous applause. An Arkansas Army Air Guard brought a Blackhawk plane for display at the aviator mascot\u2019s introduction.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Not everyone has what it takes to fly like Ace the Aviator! When searching for mascot performers, ASU-Newport turns to their student ambassadors. The chosen mascot performers are engaged and involved on the ASU-Newport campus. Ace mascot performers are trained by a former Arkansas State Red Wolves performer who once competed nationally in the college mascot national championship. ASU-Newport avidly uses their university mascot and relies on engaging and reliable performers. According to ASU-Newport, mascot performers bring a mascot to life. Check out the\u00a0do\u2019s and don\u2019ts for mascot performers<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about how to prepare your mascot performers!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The university mascot has become an invaluable branding tool to ASU-Newport. Ace has his own\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>. He also makes consistent appearances on ASU-Newport\u2019s\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0Twitter.<\/a>\u00a0You can also find him on ASU-Newport’s Snapchat @ASUNewport!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tSoaring Through Social Media Skies<\/h2>