Athletic Branding

Sam Houston State Bearkat athletics logos are trademarked and are the property of Sam Houston State Athletics. These marks are reserved for official athletics business as determined by Bearkat Athletics: official stationery, business cards, sports advertising, uniforms, publications, programs, and licensed apparel and novelties. They are to be used only for materials related to athletics, unless otherwise designated or with written permission from Sam Houston State Athletics.

For additional information about the Athletic branding, contact Russell Martinez.

Marks   Usage   Guidelines    Colors  

Primary Marks

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Secondary Marks

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Sam_Houston_Secondary_Mark_WHITE_RGB_ORANGEBG_FINAL

Mascot Marks

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Word Mark

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All materials authorized to include athletics marks must be submitted to SHSU Athletics for review and approval prior to production. Requests for use, and to submit artwork for review and approval prior to production, must be emailed to russell.martinez@shsu.edu. Please allow 2-4 days for review and approval. The authorized permission of use must be included when submitting orders for internal and external production.

Designated Usage

Athletics

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Cheer, Orange Pride, Band, Alumni Association (in support of athletics)

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Student Organizations (upon approval)

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Club Sports

  • Club Sports must use only the approved designated logo and word mark. Use of marks must be in the approved color pallet only.
  • All club athletic teams within Recreational Sports are required to include the word “Club” on apparel, print and digital use. For example, “SHSU Women’s Club Lacrosse” or “SHSU Men’s Club Rugby”.
  • The logo cannot be altered in any way (i.e., change the colors, alter the orientation of the image, add anything to or blocking the image, etc.).
  • The new font is NOT permitted to be used on any apparel used by groups or club athletic teams within Recreational Sports.
  • You are permitted to use “Sam Houston, Sam Houston State or SHSU” and/or “Bearkats” in your team title as long as “Club” is included in your team title.
  • To avoid confusion between the new logo package and old logo package, teams and groups should use only licensed vendors when screen printing or embroidering apparel. These companies can be found on gobearkats.com
  • For more information, please contact Melissa Fadler. 

Student Organizations

  • Student organizations that wish to use marks outside of the designated athletics logo must request permission from Sam Houston State Athletics.
  • Student organizations authorized to use athletics marks must do so in compliance with all institutional and athletics brand guidelines.
  • Student organizations wishing to co-brand an event with athletics will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Any authorized work featuring athletics marks must be submitted for review and approval prior to production.
  • To avoid confusion between the new logo package and old logo package, teams and groups should use only licensed vendors when screen printing or embroidering apparel. These companies can be found on gobearkats.com
  • Questions about athletic logos should be directed to Russell Martinez.

Logo Guidelines

The SHSU athletic logos cannot be modified, manipulated, or distorted. 

Do not alter the colors or outline

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Do not alter the proportions of the logo

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Do not add effects

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Do not use images in the mark or obstruct the mark

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Do not change the opacity or use old marks

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Old Logo

Athletic Brand Colors

Sam Houston State University’s official colors are orange and white. Color is an essential component of our identity; it is important that the color palette is used accurately.

pms 021c

c0, m72, y90, k0
r245, g100, b35
hex# f56423

White

c00, m00, y00, k00
r255, g255, b255

For web accessibility, when text appears in the SHSU Orange on a light background color the text must be Large (defined as 14 point; typically 18.66px) and bold or larger, or 18 point (typically 24px) or larger.

Accent Colors

black

c0, m0, y0, k100 
r0, g0, b0
Hex #00000
Cool Gray 10c

c0, m2, y0, k60
r87, g89, b91 
hex #57595B
pms cool gray 7c

c43, m35, y35, k1
r152, g152, b154
hex #98989a