History of the Knight

Jamestown College has drawn much attention in recent years over their mascot, the Jimmie. This is an account of how the Jimmie mascot name came about. There has been no definite claim to how the Jimmie name a trademark of Jamestown College, but this is one of many theories.

Jamestown College is an NAIA affiliated school located in Jamestown, North Dakota. Jamestown College has enrollment of nearly 1000 students. The city of Jamestown has a population of nearly 15,000 and the James River splits the city. On the north end of town the James River dam forms the Jamestown Reservoir. The Catholic church in Jamestown is even named after St. James. Obviously the name of James is a prominent name throughout the city.

The mascot name of Jimmies seemed to be a perfect fit for the college surrounded by such a connection to the name James. Jamestown College has used the name of Jimmies since 1925, but the knight wasn't adopted as the logo until 1962. It has been rumored that years ago a knight named Sir Jimmie fought for the good of all mankind and an unknown athlete from Jamestown College read about this knight and after 37 years the Jimmies had finally found an appropriate logo for their unique name.

Jamestown College Fight Song

Cheer for Jamestown College,

Fight for victory,

To our colors orange and black,

We pledge our loyalty;

When the battle's hardest

We'll come crashing through!

J-i-m-m-i-e-s, Oh Jimmies!

Jimmies, here's to you!

Come on gang!

Let's see what we can do.

Let's take ____________

Down a notch or two!

Fight, fight, rah, rah, rah!