Rameses (mascot)

Rameses
Costumed Rameses at
Carmichael Auditorium, 2008
UniversityUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ConferenceACC
DescriptionDorset Horn sheep
Origin of nameJack ("The Battering Ram") Merritt
First seen1924
Related mascot(s)Rameses Jr.

Rameses is the ram mascot of the North Carolina Tar Heels. The anthropomorphic version of him wears a Tar Heels jersey. Two versions of Rameses appear at UNC sporting events. One is a member of the UNC cheerleading team in an anthropomorphic ram costume; the other is a live Dorset Horn sheep named Rameses who attends Carolina football games with his horns painted Carolina blue.[1] There is a third UNC mascot; another anthropomorphic ram, Rameses Jr., or RJ for short.

  1. ^ DeRespino, Shannon (March 21, 2016). "Rameses: A Mascot's Story". History on the Hill. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 17, 2017.