Lady Vols return sparks celebration on Twitter

On Thursday afternoon, Tennessee athletic director John Currie announced the return of the Lady Vols name, logo and brand for all women's sports.

It was a celebration years in the making since former UT Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and former AD Dave Hart announced in 2014 a decision to drop the long-used Lady Vols nickname for all women's sports except basketball.

Minutes after Currie made his announcement, it didn't take long for Twitter to begin the celebration.

Then of course there were some funny ones:

And of course, former UT athletes were expressing their happiness to the announcement, one that for many of them, was years in the making:

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