Today, he is the face of Lehigh athletics. But Clutch, as Lehigh’s Mountain Hawk mascot is known, is a relatively new arrival to South Mountain.

Prior to 1995, Lehigh’s athletic teams were known as the Engineers. Some believe the moniker reflected the university's early ties to the railroad industry. Lehigh's founder, Asa Packer, built the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company right here in eastern Pennsylvania.

The university now refers to all its athletics teams as Mountain Hawks. To preserve Lehigh's athletics history and tradition, the university continues to use the nicknames "Brown and White" and "Engineers" when referring to Lehigh athletics teams of the past, and in particular those teams prior to 1996.

While there is no species of bird known as the "mountain hawk," it is not uncommon to spot hawks sailing over Lehigh's home on South Mountain. And our fine feathered fan, Clutch, can always be spotted cheering his fellow Mountain Hawks to victory.