Last night, ASUW President Cullen White revealed freshman Jeremy Juel's design as the winner of the Husky Tee competition.

Juel's first-place design, unwrapped from a shroud by White, is a purple shirt with a gold outline of the state of Washington featuring a husky face inside the state's borders. Below the image reads "The pride of Washington" in white and gold letters.

"I was totally surprised that I won; I am just a lowly mechanical engineer," Juel said. "[I typically do] T-shirt designs for fun, as a hobby. I just mess around on Photoshop, but now I am thinking about switching from mechanical engineering to graphic design."

There were over 250 entries in the contest, 160 of those entering in the last four hours before the deadline. A committee of 12 deliberated over the entries for more than three hours.

"The contest was about talking to the right people and getting the word-of-mouth going in order to get as many people as possible involved," White said.

At the heavily crowded senate meeting, White expressed his enthusiasm about the competition and unveiling the final design.

"This is the culmination of a lot of partnerships and a lot of hard work," he said. "The contest gave us the opportunity to enhance the UW experience and to provide support to all of our fellow students."

After his opening remarks, a slideshow ran with all the T-shirt entries cycling through while "The Final Countdown" by Swedish rock band Europe thumped in the background. Each design was as distinct as the next, harping on symbols and motifs like the UW logo, the face of a husky and Seattle and campus landmarks.

Entries showcased a variety of designs from the straightforward shirt that asked, "What makes you a Husky?" to cartoonish hand-drawn huskies howling at the moon, to the unconventional, with George Washington's face in a square two-by-two pattern.

The room erupted in applause as ASUW Senate members rose from a few strategically placed seats in the audience to give spectators a closer look at the design.

"I love the design," ASUW assistant director of government relations said Hannah Lommers-Johnson, "It is very 'In-your-face, Wazzu.' "

Others were impressed with the amount of interest in the contest.

"I thought it was great," ASUW presidential candidate Chris Paredes said. "The sheer number of entries speaks to how much students want to be involved and want to be a part of the UW community."

For White, the competition increased his Husky pride.

"This contest reminded me what it means to be a Husky. We're all Huskies and we always will be," he said. "With Wazzu [also having a T-shirt contest], this makes our design all the more prevalent, because we are the pride of Washington."

ASUW planned ahead by leaving room for on-campus organizations to make the shirts their own.

"We intentionally left the back blank so clubs can screen print their own logo and name on the back to further personalize the shirts," White said. "We are working on a way to give clubs with shirts of about 20 or more a printing price break. Next year, we want to see even more results, and are considering putting a theme to the contest."

The T-shirt goes on sale tomorrow, and will be available at the HUB Newsstand, the Dawg Den, the Husky Team Shop and the UW Book Store. It will cost $14.95.

Reach reporter Garrett Troy at news@thedaily.washington.edu.