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Gonzaga University was founded in 1887 by Italian-American Joseph Cataldo (1837–1928), who had come in 1865 as a Jesuit missionary to the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest. In 1880, Cataldo built a schoolhouse about 10 to 12 mi (16 to 19 km) northeast of Spokane on the Peone Prairie , to serve children of the Upper Spokane Indians .
Gonzaga University was founded in 1887 by Fr. Joseph Cataldo, a Sicilian-born priest. At one time, Gonzaga went by the nickname of "Fighting Irish" in the 1910s to early 1920s. This name was dropped in 1921 favor of the current "Bulldogs" mascot.
Gonzaga University's mascot didn't begin with a $500 mail order bulldog costume with an oversized head and underbite. Their mascot actually began with a live bulldog named Teddy Gonzaga, in 1921.
The Raider – mascot of Colgate University; Raider Red – one of the official mascots of the Texas Tech Red Raiders; Rally – the mascot of the University of Vermont Catamounts. Rally the Red Hawk – the mascot of the Ripon College (Wisconsin) Red Hawks. Ralphie – a live American bison the official mascot of the Colorado Buffaloes
Gonzaga is a private Jesuit university located in Spokane, Washington, a city of a quarter-million residents located about 20 miles from the Washington-Idaho border. Founded in 1887, the school is ...
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Washington Trust Field and Patterson Baseball Complex is a college baseball park in the northwest United States, located on the campus of Gonzaga University on Spokane, Washington. Opened eighteen years ago in 2007, it is the home venue of the Gonzaga Bulldogs of the West Coast Conference (WCC).