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WVU sports: Trevor Kiess named new Mountaineer mascot

By Matthew Peaslee

PITTSBURGH, PA - SEPTEMBER 01: The West Virginia Mountaineers mascot pumps up the crowd during the game against the Marshall Thundering Herd on September 1, 2012 at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH, PA - SEPTEMBER 01: The West Virginia Mountaineers mascot pumps up the crowd during the game against the Marshall Thundering Herd on September 1, 2012 at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) /
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MORGANTOWN, WV – OCTOBER 22: The West Virginia Mountaineers mascot The Mountaineer during the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Mountaineer Field on October 22, 2016 in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images)
MORGANTOWN, WV – OCTOBER 22: The West Virginia Mountaineers mascot The Mountaineer during the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Mountaineer Field on October 22, 2016 in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images) /

The experience

Trevor Kiess has adorned the buckskins before, not only in the practice session during this year’s basketball game against TCU. He had to do that the past few years as he actually auditioned to be the Mountaineer prior to this year.

He was chosen as the back up Mountaineer to Troy Clemons and even led the team onto the field during a football game in 2017. Kiess got that chance when Clemons was arrested for DUI in the week leading up to the game.

Kiess knows what the job entails not just because he is a lifelong WVU sports fan, but also because he has been in the Mountaineer’s shoes already.

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