- YoUDee
Infobox College Mascot
name = YoUDee
image_size = 160
caption =
university = University of Delaware
conference = Colonial Athletic Association
conference_short = CAA
description =Blue Hen Chicken
name_origin =
first_seen = 1911
related_mascots = Baby Blue
official_website = [http://www.udel.edu/PR/YoUDee/ YoUDee]
hall_of_fame = 2006YoUDee is the mascot of the
University of Delaware . He is a "fighting Blue Hen" and is named after the state bird ofDelaware . According to the University of Delaware, YoUDee's colors are Gold and Blue because his great-great-great-grandfather was awarded the Gold Medal for Valor during theBattle of Trenton in theAmerican Revolutionary War . The men in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Caldwell actually carried Blue Hens with them into combat in order to hold cockfights in their spare time. It is said that the men under Capt. Caldwell fought so bravely that they were compared to their fighting blue hens. On August 16, 2006 YoUDee was inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame, in a ceremony at Philadelphia's Love Park.External links
* [http://www.state.de.us/gic/facts/history/delfact.htm#State_Bird State Bird Entry at "Delaware Facts and Symbols"]
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