Last year, seniors Emma Curry and Macy Ham, former and current presidents of women’s social club Tri Sigma Delta, were searching for a mascot to represent the club during club week. Little did they know the small, noisy surprise they would procure. Rosita, lovingly denoted as the “Tri Sig Pig,” is a small farm pig, barely a year old, owned by former softball assistant coach Chris Wiman. Rosita came to the family as a birthday present, and has become a constant source of joy and excitement in the Wimans’ daily routines.
“I have wanted a pig for years and strongly believe that every family needs a pig living inside their home to keep everyone on their toes,” Wiman said.
However, Rosita wasn’t born the Tri Sig Pig; when the club and their hunt for a mascot first began, Curry and Ham, along with their friend Alix Miller, had settled on a small pig plushie.
“So when it started, we had a stuffed animal, a little pig,” Curry said. “Alix thought it would be a cool idea that when we had our meetings, or when we had a game, whoever wins got the Tri Sig Pig.”
However, the women of Tri Sigma Delta knew they needed something more. So, leading up to club week in 2023, Ham reached out to Wiman to make Rosita, the real life pig, a part of the club.
“I had the bright idea during club week, we have a family friend that lives in Searcy that actually owns a pig, so I was like, ‘What if we bring her to all-club?’” Ham said.
And bring her to all-club they did, where Rosita became an instant hit. In the year since her first appearance, Rosita has become a huge recruiting tool for the club, representing the women’s fun and energy. The women took a big risk, however, being the first club in recent years to bring a live animal to the yearly event.
“So we brought her the first night, and Emma held her,” Ham said. “We were kinda scared; we asked ourselves, ‘Can we even bring her in here?’”
Curry chimed in and mentioned they had not run this idea by Dean Logan Light, who was at the time in charge of social clubs. Luckily, Light loved little Rosita, and she now has an open invite at all Tri Sigma Delta events. The little piglet who started as a joke has now turned into a core piece of Tri Sigma Delta’s identity, and an icon of the hilarity and community of social clubs.
