Mikel Hager closed out his career as the 69th Mountaineer Mascot at the Passing of the Rifle Ceremony in the Mountainlair Gluck Theater Friday, kickstarting Braden Adkins’s tenure.
Friday evening marked both an ending and a beginning as West Virginia University welcomed its newest Mountaineer mascot Mikel Hager and celebrated the closing term of 68th Mountaineer Mary Roush.