Team Name
The very first "maverick" was a 19th century Texas cattleman named Samuel Maverick who became famous for not branding his cattle. His cattle, left unidentified and free to roam, were often "adopted" by other ranchers who termed them "mavericks," and by the end of the century "maverick" had come to mean any sort of rootless wanderer or rebel.
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[Maverick] quickly was extended to every nonconformist man or woman who stood out from the herd. Kel Richards - www.abc.net.au/classic/breakfast/stories/s599283.htm
American travelers carried the term abroad, where it was adopted by English speakers including Rudyard Kipling, who used it in the title "A Mutiny of the Mavericks." [The mavericks in this story are rebels.]…Nowadays, political mavericks may bolt their parties, religious mavericks are often excommunicated, and artistic mavericks go their own aesthetic way, refusing to be "branded" with restrictive labels. Merriam-Webster's Word for the Wise www.m-w.com/mw/textonly/wftw/97june/61197.htm
The name Maverick Aquatics was chosen for two reasons. One, this swim team started out rootless. The first members of the team wandered from pool to pool, with no pool of their own. Two, Maverick Aquatics operates by its own standards. Although maverick means individualist, this definition applies to the team as a whole. The team stands out from the herd of other teams. It cannot be branded with restrictive labels. Maverick Aquatics team members are different.
The name was not chosen for its historical origin as unbranded cattle. Anyone who says otherwise is spreading hogwash. Samuel's grandson, Maury Maverick, may have called it gobbledygook, a word he invented.
Team Logo
The Maverick Aquatics logo represents the three letters in the abbreviation MAV and a period.
Put together in one configuration they symbolize unity among mavericks. The lines create the abstraction of a swimmer with the period as a head.
Team Colors
Did you realize that our team colors were as carefully chosen as our logo and name? While colors can represent different things to different people, we chose purple, black, and gold based on a few generally accepted meanings in the art world.
Purple combines the stability of blue and the energy of red. It is symbolic for passion, power, and ambition. It is associated with royalty and nobility. Maverick Aquatics swimmers are passionate about their sport, and they conduct themselves as if they were of the highest class.
Black can be associated with mourning and death, but that would only refer to MAV “killing” their competition! Seriously, black was chosen because it also denotes strength and authority and is considered to be very formal, elegant, and prestigious. For some, it is a symbol of rebellion – perfect for Mavericks.
Gold, of course, connotes the highest possible standard. It takes a Maverick to set the standard (and that standard is gold).
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