Its athletic nickname is the "Jeeps", Named after the Popeye Character, and it participates in the Blue Chip Conference.
The first documented use of the word "Jeep" was the name of a character Eugene the Jeep in the Popeye comic strip, known for his supernatural abilities (e.g., walking through walls).
Eugene O'Neill | Eugene, Oregon | Eugène Delacroix | Jeep | Eugene Onegin | Eugène Ionesco | Eugene | Eugene Onegin (opera) | Eugene McCarthy | Pope Eugene IV | Eugène Ysaÿe | Eugene Wigner | Eugene Field | Eugene Aynsley Goossens | Gene Eugene | Harold Eugene Edgerton | Eugene Levy | Eugène de Beauharnais | W. Eugene Smith | Pope Eugene III | Jeep Wagoneer | Eugene Ormandy | Eugene Jolas | Eugene Fama | Eugene Cernan | Eugène Atget | David Eugene Edwards | Jeep Grand Cherokee | H. Eugene Stanley | Eugene V. Debs |