As ASU’s women’s teams evolved, the name Rams did not seem entirely appropriate and Lady Rams was, well, a contradiction of terminology and nature. Neither did the term “ewe,” pronounced “you” and the name for a female sheep of any breed.
Consequently, the search began for an appropriate name that the ASU women could go by in their athletic competitions. Ultimately, the university selected a name unique among all collegiate athletics programs nationally, the Rambelles.
Technically, of course, no such creature as a Rambelle exists anywhere except upon the playing fields and courts of ASU and anywhere else the women麓s teams travel.
The Rambelles have won numerous Lone Star Conference titles over the years, as well as two national titles - the 2004 NCAA Division II National Softball Championship and the 2010 NCAA D-II Outdoor Track and Field Championship. And though not officially a “national championship,” the Belles volleyball team won the 2021 AVCA D-II National Tournament at the end of the COVID-shortened season.