Meet Wilfred the Wolverine
Senior Hannah Welborn (student council secretary), left, and Senior Maeve Carlson (student council member), man the ballot box on Friday, Jan. 23 as students vote to name their Wolverine mascot. Courtesy of Deb Pooler
Andrew Lincoln, in the Wolverine costume, leads the Wiscasset Wolverines onto the court Dec. 18 against Lisbon. Lincoln, who spearheaded the effort to get a mascot for the school, said he hopes to be able to dunk via a trampoline for the postseason. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper
Senior Hannah Welborn (student council secretary), left, and Senior Maeve Carlson (student council member), man the ballot box on Friday, Jan. 23 as students vote to name their Wolverine mascot. Courtesy of Deb Pooler
Andrew Lincoln, in the Wolverine costume, leads the Wiscasset Wolverines onto the court Dec. 18 against Lisbon. Lincoln, who spearheaded the effort to get a mascot for the school, said he hopes to be able to dunk via a trampoline for the postseason. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper
Students at Wiscasset High School have embraced their mascot, the Wolverine, which replaced the Redskins mascot in 2011.
Sophomore Andrew Lincoln spearheaded the goal of purchasing a mascot costume, and it debuted on Dec. 18, 2014 during a basketball game against Lisbon.
Lincoln, of course, plays the wolverine.
The Wiscasset student council decided their new mascot needed a name. They put out a call for name ideas, and students enthusiastically sent in 22 names in total. The students voted last week and narrowed it down to four finalists: Wicked, Wiz, Willy and Wilfred.
The students voted again to choose the final name, which was a landslide victory for Wilfred.
"It was overwhelming," said Deb Pooler, student council advisor. "Wilfred won by a lot. The student who came up with that name, Ethan James, wins a $50 gift card to Dunkin’ Donuts."
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