Mountaineer Voted TOP HUMAN COLLEGE MASCOT

Morgantown, West Virginia – After naming West Virginia the top tailgating atmosphere in the country, Big Game Boomer has named The Mountaineer as the top human college mascot in the nation!

The Mountaineer was ranked #1 on the social media account’s Top 50 list following by Florida State’s Chief Osceola, Notre Dame’s The Leprechaun, Oklahoma State’s Pistol Pete and George Washington’s George in the top five.

The rest of the top ten consisted of Sparty from Michigan State, Lil’ Red from Nebraska, the Masked Raider from Texas Tech, Wake Forest’s Demon Deacon and East Carolina’s PeeDee The Pirate.

The Mountaineer has been the official mascot of West Virginia University since the late 1920s.