Rebecca Durst named Mountaineer mascot

Associated Press

March 08, 2009 09:07 pm

— MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University has named its second female mascot in school history.
Point Pleasant’s Rebecca Durst was announced as the Mountaineers’ musket-carrying mascot for the 2009-10 school year Saturday night at the men’s basketball game with Louisville.
Durst, a sophomore, won a cheer-off over fellow students Brock Burwell of Harrisville, Rebecca Funk of Clear Spring, Md., and current mascot Michael Squires of Clarksburg. The cheer-off was held at Wednesday night’s game with DePaul.
Current Secretary of State Natalie Tennant was the university’s first female mascot. She served in 1990-91.