WVU's first female Mountaineer mascot. One of seven children raised on a family farm in Marion County and the second girl in her family to be her high school mascot, Natalie Tennant sees her role as WVU Mountaineer as part of a longstanding family legacy. In her public appearances, she reminder her audiences, "Our grandmothers and Great-grandmothers were Mountaineers way before I was."

Portrait of Natalie Tennant

Identifier:: 037182
Collection Number:: A&M 3376
Title:: Portrait of Natalie Tennant
Date:: 1990
Description:: WVU's first female Mountaineer mascot. One of seven children raised on a family farm in Marion County and the second girl in her family to be her high school mascot, Natalie Tennant sees her role as WVU Mountaineer as part of a longstanding family legacy. In her public appearances, she reminder her audiences, "Our grandmothers and Great-grandmothers were Mountaineers way before I was."
Subjects:: College students--West Virginia--Morgantown., Mountaineer (Mascot), WVU--Student Portraits--T-Z., Sports team mascots--West Virginia--Morgantown.
Personal Names:: Tennant, Natalie.
Corporate Names:: West Virginia University--Mascots.
Acquisition Source:: WVU. Center for Women's Studies. Lillian Waugh
Acquisition Method:: Transfer
Medium:: print
Projects:: West Virginia History OnView