▁the ▁team ' s ▁name ▁change ▁to ▁the ▁Red ▁Storm . ▁ ▁The ▁change ▁happened ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁there ▁was ▁mount ing ▁pressure ▁on ▁colleg es ▁and ▁univers ities ▁to ▁adopt ▁names ▁more ▁sensitive ▁to ▁Native ▁American ▁culture . ▁The ▁Red men ▁name ▁still ▁remains ▁popular ▁among ▁fans , ▁however , ▁as ▁does ▁" John n ies ". ▁ ▁On ▁September ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁the ▁new ▁mas cot , ▁which ▁was ▁voted ▁on ▁by ▁students , ▁was ▁revealed ; ▁Johnny ▁Th under bird . ▁ ▁Teams ▁ ▁Baseball ▁ ▁Inter im ▁Head ▁Co ach : ▁Mike ▁Ham pton ▁Stadium : ▁Jack ▁Kaiser ▁Stadium ▁All - Amer icans : ▁ 2 1 ▁( Fran k ▁Vi ola ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁Tony ▁Bon ura ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁Eric ▁Reich en bach ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁C . J . ▁N it kow ski ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁Mike ▁D z ur illa ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Mike ▁D z ur illa ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁Mike ▁Ro z ema ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁Craig ▁Hans en ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Anthony ▁Var var o ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Will ▁Vog l ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁George ▁Brown ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Tim ▁Morris ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Jer emy ▁Balt z ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Joe ▁Pan ik ▁ 2