Tanner Figgatt, Fraziers Bottom native and 2026-27 WVU Mountaineer mascot finalist (WVU Photo/Brian Persinger)

Tanner Figgatt, a Fraziers Bottom native, is among the final four West Virginia University students vying to become the 72nd Mountaineer mascot. Figgatt donned buckskins and a coonskin cap and carried a rifle during in a cheer-off competition at WVU men’s basketball game against Utah on Wednesday, February 18, at the Hope Coliseum in Morgantown.

He was selected as one of…