Ohio Valley Conference Style Guide
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Below you will find the official Ohio Valley Conference Style Guide. It references preferred and unacceptable usages of OVC member institutions names and logos.

We appreciate your cooperation in correctly using OVC member institutions names and logos.

For more information or to request access to a hard copy of the OVC Graphics Library, please contact Kyle Schwartz, Associate Commissioner for Strategic Communications, at (615) 690-6685 or kschwartz@ovc.org.

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 Official Institution Name
  "Nickname"		  Preferred Athletics Reference  Unacceptable Usages  Colors: PMS (RGB) [HEX]
 Eastern Illinois University
  "Panthers"		  Eastern Illinois, EIU  Lady Panthers  Blue 661C (0, 53, 148)  [#003594)
 Cool Gray 4C (187, 188, 188)  [#BBBCBC]
 Lindenwood University
  "Lions"		  Lindenwood, LU  Lady Lions  Black
 4515 Gold (182, 162, 105)  [#B5A36A]
 Morehead State University
  "Eagles"		  Morehead State, MSU  Morehead, MU
 Lady Eagles		  286 Blue (0, 56, 168)  [0038A8]
 116 Gold (252, 209, 22)  [#FCD116]
 Southeast Missouri State University
  "Redhawks"		  SEMO, Southeast Missouri  --  186 Red (206, 17, 38)  [#CE1126]
 05 Cool Grey (41, 39, 40)  [#292728]
 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
  "Cougars"		  SIUE (preferred)
 SIU Edwardsville		  Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
  SIU-E		  186 Red (229, 24, 45)  [#E5182D]
 462 Dark Brown (90, 70, 42)  [eE5182D]
 
 University of Southern Indiana
  "Screaming Eagles"		  USI, Southern Indiana
 Eagles (on second reference)		  SIU  Blue (0, 40, 86)  [#002856)
 Red (207, 16, 45)  [#CF102D]
 Gray (196, 197, 199)  [#BABBBC]
 Tennessee State University
  "Tigers", "Lady Tigers" (WBB only)
  "Tigerbelles" (WTrack only)		  Tennessee State, TSU  ---  Reflex Blue  (23, 23, 150)  [#001489]
 University of Tennessee at Martin
  "Skyhawks"		  UT Martin, UTM  Tennessee-Martin
  UT-Martin, Martin		  289 Blue (0, 38, 73)  [#002649]
 151 Orange (247, 127, 0)  [#F77F00]
 Western Illinois University
 "Fighting Leathernecks"		  Western Illinois, WIU, Western
 Leathernecks		  --  2607 Purple (102, 51, 153)  [#663399]
 116 Gold (255, 204, 0)  [#FFCC00]
 Ohio Valley Conference  Ohio Valley, OVC  Valley  194 Maroon (156, 36, 63)  [#9C243F]
 874 Gold (136, 119, 68)  [#887726]
 
 

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 Official Institution Name
  "Nickname"		  Preferred Athletics Reference  Unacceptable Usages  Colors: PMS (RGB) [HEX]
 Bryant University
 "Bulldogs
 Sports: Women's Tennis, Men's Golf, Women's Golf		  Bryant  --  872 Gold (180, 151, 89) [#B49759]
 Grey (128, 130, 133) [#808285]
 Black
 Charleston Southern University
 "Buccaneers"
 Sports: Football Member		  Charleston Southern, CSU  Char. Southern, Char. So.
 Charleston, Univ. of Charleston		  Blue 295 C (0, 40, 85) [#02855]
 7503 C (176, 152, 105) [#b09869]
 10124 Metallic (170, 162, 117) [#AAA275]
 Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga   (Chattanooga)
 "Mocs"
 Sports: Beach Volleyball		  Chattanooga, UTC  UT-Chattanooga, UT Chatt
 Tennessee-Chattanooga		  295 Navy (17, 46, 81) [#004B83]
 124 Old Gold (253, 183, 54) [#EFB310]
 429 Silver (160, 174, 192) [#A2AAAD]
 Gardner-Webb University
 "Runnin' Bulldogs"
 Sports: Football Member		  Gardner-Webb
 GWU		  Gardner Webb (no hyphen)
 G-Webb, GW		  Red 186 C (200, 16, 46) [#C8102E]
 Black
 Houston Christian University (HCU)
 "Huskies"
 Sports: Men's Soccer		  Houston Christian (first reference)
 HCU		  No abbreviations
 (Hou. Chris., Hou. Christian)		  287 Blue (0, 48, 135) [#1F3E7C]
 1655 Orange (252, 76, 2) [#F05123]
  Murray State University
 "Racers"
 Sports: Rifle		  Murray State, MSU  Murray, Lady Racers  123 Gold (255, 198, 30) [#FFC52F]
 289 Blue (0, 38, 73) [#C41230]
 
 Tennessee Technological University
 "Golden Eagles"
 Sports: Beach Volleyball		  Tennessee Tech, TTU, Tech  Tenn. Tech, TT  266 Purple (109, 40, 170)  [#660099]
 109 Gold (249, 214, 22)  {#FFDD00]
 University of the Incarnate Word (UIW)
 "Cardinals"
 Sports: Men's Soccer		  UIW  Incarnate Word
 Incarnate Word University		  1797 Red (203, 51, 59) [#D13339]
 Process Black
 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley         (UTRGV)
 "Vaqueros"
 Sports: Men's Soccer		  UTRGV 
 UT Rio Grande Valley		  Texas-Rio Grande Valley,  Rio Grande Valley, 
 U of Texas RGV, UT Rio Grande
 Rio Grande, Texas RGV
 TX-RGV, UT-RGV, RGV
 (no dashes in name)
 		  1655 Orange (254, 95, 16) [#FF5E17]
 10 Cool Gray (100, 100, 105) [#646469]
 White
 


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