Jack the Bulldog
Jack the Bulldog is the official mascot of the Georgetown University Hoyas athletic teams. Jack has been the name of at least five live Bulldogs since 1962, when the name first came into use, though Georgetown counts seven official bulldog mascots including the two living ones. The current incarnation of Jack is an English Bulldog born in 2013 whose full name is John B. Carroll.
Hoya Saxa
By the 1920s, the term "hoya" began to be used as an adjective to describe students and their associations on campus, starting with the student-run sports newspaper "The Hoya" in 1920, and the school mascot in 1926. By 1929, the term "Hoyas" was applied to the athletics teams themselves by publications like "The Washington Post". University president William Coleman Nevils (1928–1935) encouraged this, and he was known to have suggested the name "Hoiah" be used at his previous school, College of the Holy Cross, for their student newspaper. Since the early 1990s, the phrase has been painted in large letters on an abandoned trolley trestle by the university's Canal Road entrance. The sign is an occasional target of vandalism because of its association with school spirit. Word plays and rhymes using the phrase are common, including "Hoya Snaxa", the student-run snack shop. The school also hosts a "Hoya Saxa Weekend" each spring to highlight the school's diversity to new minority applicants.