Baby Jay

Baby Jay
UniversityUniversity of Kansas
ConferenceBig 12
DescriptionSmaller Jayhawk costume
First seen1971
Related mascot(s)Big Jay

Baby Jay is one of the costume mascots of the Kansas Jayhawks.[1] Together, Big Jay and Baby Jay are Jayhawks and are the mascots used by the University of Kansas.[1] Another mascot named Centennial Jay was temporarily used in 2012.

Baby Jay was created by student Amy Sue Hurst and "hatched" at half-time of KU's Homecoming victory in football over Kansas State University on October 9, 1971, and has served as a mascot ever since.[2]

  1. ^ a b "The Mascots". KU.edu. University of Kansas. Archived from the original on April 4, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "Take the Jayhawk Walk". Archived from the original on September 2, 2006. Retrieved March 4, 2007.