Photo courtesy of Laureen Johnson

The 2016 Western Major Baseball league Champion Swift Current Indians Ball Club are seeking the public's help in finding a new team name.

The Name Change Committee is collecting suggestions for a new nickname.

The Name Change Committee will evaluate nickname suggestions based on the following list of attributes:

1. be unique, marketable, recognizable and inspiring.

2. Promote a sense of pride, strength, fierceness, and passion.

3. Be representative of Swift Current and Southwest Saskatchewan in a way that honors the traditions and heritage of the past but also looks to the future.

4. Be a unifying and rallying symbol.

Anyone interested in submitting a nickname can do so by submitting the suggestion as well as the rationale behind the suggestion by mail to PO Box 2173 STN Main Swift Current, SK S9H 4V1 or by email to namechange@scindians.ca.

Suggestions can also be posted to the Swift Current Indians on Facebook or Twitter.

Suggestions will be accepted from October 1st to October 15th, 2016.