Redding, and in 1990 adopted Vanguard as its mascot. In the fall of 2004, Simpson again changed its mascot to a Red Hawk.
=== Awards ===
Between 1999 and 2017, Simpson has won the Cal Pac Sportsmanship award, which is chosen by the conference's coaches and administrators, seven times. The women's softball team also won the school's first conference title, male or female, in the 2011 Cal-Pac Conference Championship. The institution has also had three women's teams make it to the NCCAA National Championship, including volleyball in 1999, basketball in 2002, and a softball national championship in 2015.
== Notable alumni ==
Doris Brougham - American educator, missionary, and founder of ORTV
Kathryn Kuhlman - Faith healer and evangelist
Brandon Leake - Poet and winner of America's Got Talent
Archie E. Mitchell - Missionary who disappeared during the Vietnam war, also part of the Fu-Go balloon bomb incident.
Yemi Mobolade- Politician and Businessman, current mayor of Colorado Springs
The Myriad - Band formed while …
