Connor Solsbee never imagined he would play Smokey. But after beating cancer, he enrolled at the University of Tennessee with a new outlook on life.

inside a mascot suit, leading rowdy football fans through cheers as Smokey. You just didn't know it was Solsbee behind the floppy ears and cartoon eyes of the beloved bluetick coonhound until ...

University of Texas at Austin graduate Grace Pohl is the first to confirm she is, at her core, a girly girl who spent four ...

Aly Erario kept a massive secret all through high school — and when she took off the mascot head at graduation, her best ...

While we've known students play University of Tennessee's costumed Smokey, an identity has been shared for the latest ...

The person inside the furry, lovable mascot version of Smokey has finally ... in addition to showing up in costume to campus events. Solsbee is a graduating student earning a degree in biomedical ...

Ben Hastreiter and Brady Moylan — better known as Lil’ Red and Herbie Husker respectively — will graduate from the University ...

This is the moment a student surprised her friends by revealing she had been the college mascot for over a year ... and I was able to debut the new Roxy suit, which was very exciting!

jaws dropped and cell phones flew up when the college mascot for Montclair State University slowly lifted her oversized head — revealing not just the face beneath the costume, but a secret that ...

Countless students have stepped into the current Chesty Lion suit, leaving behind years of sweat and grime. Its eyes are cracked and its teeth are broken. And the scent? Imagine an old laundry room ...

Alexis Sanchez is typically silent as the La Salle University explorer mascot, but she was the commencement speaker at ...