• Timmy Eads (right), the 67th Mountaineer Mascot, points at the camera and shares a laugh with Trevor Kiess, Mountaineer Mascot No. 66. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Natalie Tennant, the 50th Mountaineer Mascot and the first woman to carry the rifle, laughs during the opening of the 2022 Passing of the Rifle Ceremony. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Brock Burwell, the 61st Mountaineer Mascot, shares remarks at the Passing of the Rifle Ceremony. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Colson Glover watches as a former Mountaineer Mascot speaks at the Passing of the Rifle Ceremony in 2022. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Colson Glover grins as he is introduced at the 2022 Passing of the Rifle Ceremony. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Andy Cogar, the Mountaineer Mascot from 1996-97, gives a history of the position at the Passing of the Rifle Ceremony. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Brady Campbell, who donned the Mountaineer buckskins from 2006-07, shares a speech at the 2022 Passing of the Rifle Ceremony. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Colson Glover fights back tears as he steps to the podium at the 2022 Passing of the Rifle Ceremony. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Colson Glover gives an emotional speech before handing off the rifle to Mary Roush, the 68th Mountaineer Mascot. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Colson Glover receives a Mountaineer statue for his two-year service as the Mountaineer Mascot. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Colson Glover shows off his new statue shortly before passing the rifle to Mary Roush. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Mary Roush approaches Colson Glover to receive the rifle as the 2022 Mountaineer Mascot. Roush, a freshman from Mason, West Virginia, is the third woman to wear the buckskins and the 68th Mountaineer in WVU history. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Mary Roush opens her acceptance speech at the 2022 Passing of the Rifle Ceremony. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Mary Roush shows care to not allow the rifle to touch the ground, resting its butt on her high heel. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Mary Roush and Colson Glover pose as Glover passes the rifle to Roush. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Mary Roush returns to her seat after her speech carrying the Mountaineer Mascot’s rifle and a symbolic Gatorade gifted by Colson Glover. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Mary Roush sits down with GBN’s Anjelica Trinone for a segment on the WVU Coaches Show shortly after receiving the rifle. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Mary Roush (left), the 68th Mountaineer Mascot, poses with Colson Glover after receiving the rifle. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
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  • Brock Burwell (center) poses with Mary Roush and Colson Glover. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Trevor Kiess (center) poses with Mary Roush and Colson Glover. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)
  • Timmy Eads (center) poses with Mary Roush and Colson Glover. (Photo: Sam Coniglio)