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It's official: Ateneo teams to be called 'Blue Eagles'

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="It" s="" official:="" Ateneo="" teams="" to="" be="" called="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/sports/05/03/uaap-82-volleyball-dlsu-vs-admu-nisperos-9836.jpg"/></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines -- Ateneo de Manila University on Thursday confirmed that all of its varsity teams will now be referred to as &quot;Blue Eagles.&quot;The shift in the overall branding of the Ateneo athletics program was made official by university president Fr. Roberto Yap, SJ, in a <a href="https://www.ateneo.edu/news/2022/05/05/ateneo-unifies-all-athletes-under-blue-eagles-name">memo to the community</a>.Previously, only the Ateneo men&#x27;s basketball team bore the &quot;Blue Eagles&quot; moniker. Now, all of the Ateneo sports teams -- regardless of sport, gender, or age group -- will use the name.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/03/22/ateneo-to-call-all-sports-teams-blue-eagles">READ: Ateneo to call all sports teams &#x27;Blue Eagles&#x27;</a></li></ul>&quot;It is a recognition of the fact that each of our student athletes, whatever their sport or year level, represents the mens sana in corpore sano (sound mind in a sound body) ideal: excelling in the classroom and in the sporting arena, hallmarks of well-rounded Ateneo education and formation,&quot; Yap said in a statement.Ateneo is also looking to fulfill its goal of having a &quot;a more inclusive, gender equal&quot; community.&quot;Ahead of UAAP Season 82, the University of the Philippines women&#x27;s volleyball team also announced that they are taking on the &quot;Fighting Maroons&quot; name, instead of Lady Maroons.

Ateneo de Manila University on Thursday confirmed that all of their varsity teams will now be referred to as 'Blue Eagles.'