The Clemson University mascot is special to the bride as her late father donned the costume when he attended the school Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

The University of California-San Diego was founded in 1960. They decided to go with an unusual mascot and became the Tritons in 1964. Here is more on what their mascot is — and, more important, why.