Braun named Notre Dame 'leprechaun' mascot University Wire | April 19, 2006| | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Kathleen Mcdonnell
University Wire
04-19-2006
(The Observer) (U-WIRE) SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- As the Notre Dame community anticipates this weekend's Blue-Gold game, junior Kevin Braun has special reason to get pumped. Braun was selected as the newest Gold squad leprechaun mascot April 7 and will appear on the Irish sidelines next season.

Those students setting sites on carrying the luck of the Irish to athletic teams must endure a rigorous try-out process. Clinics began March 28, and after trimming the original field of 11, six leprechaun prospects performed in front of judges April 7.

Judges ...

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