WVU Mine Rescue Team

10/27/2019

Yesterday our teams competed in the Fall 2019 Eastern Collegiate Mine Rescue Competition at Dolls Run. Our Gold Team led by captain Thomas Wetzel placed 1st in all categories. Our Blue team led by captain Lexy Hartman placed 3rd in mine rescue and combination. Congratulations everyone! Lers go mountaineers!

05/08/2019

With graduation approaching, our team would like to thank our graduating members. Our captain Dan Nash and tail captain / president Keegan Patrick. Thanks for all your hard work guys!!! Dan will be heading to SGI and Keegan will be at Murrary Energy

05/31/2018

As it is the end of May and graduation has come and gone, we want to wish the best of luck to these four graduates! Cavan Rooney, Thomas Hohenwarter, Erin Brooker, and Jack Pappano: it has been an honor competing with you all, and we appreciate everything you have done for the team in your years competing; you've taught the rest of the team a lot, and we're going to miss having you around. Now we wish you the best of luck in your careers and lives outside of school!

04/08/2018

April 6 - a student member from each team demonstrated proper apparatus testing procedures for the apparatus their team would be wearing for the student mine rescue contest April 7. A Southern Illinois University team member participated also; however, due to delayed arrival did the testing of their apparatus the following morning prior to the mine rescue competition. We apologize for failing to get pictures.

04/08/2018

On a cold snowy morning in Cadiz, Ohio SME-Eastern Collegiate Mine Rescue Organization held the Spring 2018 Student Mine Rescue Competition

04/08/2018

Good luck to all of the seniors!

Jack Pappano-WVU, Matt Conley-UK, Cavan Rooney-WVU, Thomas Hohenwarter-WVU, Chris Burge-PSU, Erin Brooker-WVU, Paul D'Antonio-PSU
Picture of students attending the Spring Contest who participated in their last SME-Eastern Collegiate Mine Rescue Competition. It is our hope they carry away great memories and skill that will help them in life.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR CARING ENOUGH TO BE A PART OF THIS!!!

03/10/2018

12/18/2017

We would like to congratulate a couple seniors who graduated from WVU this weekend! Congratulations to Greg Parker! He was a veteran on the team and as our trainer says “belongs in the collegiate mine rescue hall of fame”. He will be graduating with two degrees in both Mining and Civil Engineering. Also congratulations to Aaron Malecki! He was the only team member to ever get points taken away for wearing some sweet cowboy boots during a competition. He will be graduating with a degree in Geology. Congratulations guys! We are all proud of you. Hit it like you live....HARD. WOOOOOOO!!!

11/04/2017

We will be featured today in a commercial during the WVU football game on ESPN 2 today!!! Make sure you all watch the game!!

11/04/2017

10/30/2017

The Gold Team was successfully able to compete in both Smoke and Exploration problems at the National Mine Health & Safety Academy. They were able to take home second place in Combination and first place in Mine Rescue!! We are very proud of you all! The team members are as follows:

Captain - Cavan Rooney
Map - Brenna Cole
Gas #1 - Jeremy Diehlmann
Gas #2 - Jack Pappano
Tail Captain - Greg Parker
Briefing Officer - Erin Brooker
C.C.A. - Amber Adkins

Wooooo!!!!!