choice was finalized in 1931, but after numerous misspellings by the newspaper, use of "Golden Gator" stuck. In the beginning, two female students were chosen each year as alligator mascots. The mascot's name was shortened to the Gator, and became Alli Gator in 2023.
== Notable faculty and alumni ==
SF State's past and present faculty and alumni include 21 Pulitzer Prize winners, 16 Academy Award winners, 49 Emmy Award winners, 10 Grammy Award winners, 12 Tony Award laureates.
== See also ==
San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, 3,710 acres of land under the university's administration and one of 30 National Estuarine Research Reserves
Bay Area Television Archive
DOC Film Institute
FogCam, longest-running webcam in the world that started as a student project but is now under university ownership
== Notes ==
== References ==
== External links ==
Official website
Athletics website
