"[6] The school's mascot committee passed a single recommendation to the university president, who made the final decision.

[2] The new nickname honors Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault, an LSU alumnus, and his Air Force unit from World War II, which utilized the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk in battle, although the logos primarily use bird imagery.

The baseball team is coached by Mike Federico, and won the 2008 Sun Belt Conference Championship.

[9] The program, founded in 2013,[9] competed as an independent until joining the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association for the 2020 season (2019–20 school year).

Men's and women's basketball teams play home games at Fant-Ewing Coliseum, a 7,000-seat on-campus arena that opened in 1971.

[15] The ULM Warhawks have won 19 men's basketball regular season, tournament or divisional conference championships.

[16] The ULM Warhawks have won 75 men's and 24 women's regular-season, tournament or divisional conference championships.

Their fiercest Sun Belt rivals are Arkansas State Red Wolves and Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.

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