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To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (1321)8/7/1998 12:04:00 PM
From: Nittany Lion  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 2229
 
Henry,

I'll take a wild guess:

In the days when all Georgetown students were required to study Greek and Latin, the University's teams were nicknamed "the Stonewalls". A student, using Greek and Latin terms started the cheer "Hoya Saxa" which translates as "What Rocks!" The name proved popular and the term Hoyas was eventually adopted for all Georgetown teams.

Gary