(Ed's Note: We are informed that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and Sports Mascots has declared the UTB Ocelots extinct. The Ocelots, who had their ascendancy during the waning days of UTB President Julieta Garcia, were replaced by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros when the new university replaced UTB after the scrapping of the Texas Southmost College-University of Texas at Brownsville "partnership."
In 2011, UTB became a standalone University of Texas institution, and TSC returned to being an independent community college. In 2015, the UT Brownsville merged with Pan American University
and became the UTRGV.
Alumni of the UTB Ocelots remember that a few of the soccer and volleyball teams achieved some success, but after the separation and after UTB was abolished, the felines were left without a home. We mourn Ozzy's passing. This must rank as one of the fastest sports mascot extinctions in modern times. The T-shirts could turn out to be a collector's item as time goes on.)