Unleashing

More than 1,000 students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends on Aug. 24, 2014, helped “Unleash” Maverick Monument, the 8-foot-tall, 1,600-pound bronze mascot statue the UNO Alumni Association presented to campus in commemoration of the association’s 100th anniversary.

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Artist Profile

Learn more about the prodigious talent of Maverick Monument sculptor Jocelyn Russell, a wildlife artist for 25 years with commissions throughout the United States, including BYU’s and statues for the U.S. Marine Corps Museum and Boy Scouts of America.

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A Bust at Baxter

Starting in 2015, the UNO Maverick began standing watch over Baxter Arena with installation of an exact head and shoulders replica of the Maverick Monument statue.

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Maverick History

Maverick Monument is the first statue representing what has been UNO’s mascot since a student vote in 1971 — and the first mascot statue in the University of Nebraska system.

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Learn More

Want more cowbell? Click here to see a great video about Maverick Monument's unleashing in 2014. Also follow links to learn about Maverick Monument Plaza in front of the HPER Building.