Of 500 unique names, the State College baseball team is called the … – CDT
The short season minor league baseball team that will begin play in State College next year will be the State College Spikes. From statecollegebaseball.com

The name spikes refers to the unbranched antler of a young deer and signifies popularity of deer hunting in Centre County and throughout Pennsylvania.

Is it just me or picking a mascot specifically because people like to kill it a little weird? I wonder if there will be any backlash.