Pumpkin Drop by the Numbers
- 10 inches in diameter
- 50 pound weight limit
- $10 entry fee
- 30+ years
- 35 teams in 1988
- 391 teams in 2016
- 250+ teams in 2022
- $30,000 raised for Ronald McDonald House Charities since 2011
- 3,269 pumpkins dropped since 2009
For more information visit: emergency.wvu.edu
The Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources resumed its popular Pumpkin Drop this year after a two-year hiatus.
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