{"id":258022,"date":"2026-04-20T15:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/258022\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:46:17","slug":"texas-tech-unveils-new-masked-rider-raider-red-spirit-mascots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/258022\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech unveils new Masked Rider, Raider Red spirit mascots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated April 20, 2026, 10:20 a.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This article has been updated to add a video<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Since 1954, the Masked Rider has\u00a0embodied the grit and determination of the Red Raider spirit.\u00a0Now, following the Transfer of Reins ceremony Friday at the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center, a new rider will don the signature mask and cape synonymous with one of the university\u2019s most beloved and recognizable traditions.\u00a0The\u00a0Texas Tech University\u00a0community formally welcomed Sofie Jones as the 65th Masked Rider and said farewell to 64th rider, Rose Rosas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated April 20, 2026, 10:20 a.m. CT This article has been updated to add a video Since 1954,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[33,168,170,169,94420,94421,218,184,46,3159,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-258022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-lubbock","10":"tag-lubbock-headlines","11":"tag-lubbock-news","12":"tag-sstsnewseducationcampus","13":"tag-sstsncampus","14":"tag-tagcolleges-universities","15":"tag-tagoverall-positive","16":"tag-tagsports-news","17":"tag-tagtexas-tech-university","18":"tag-typestory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}