Luck, Huggins Make Trip to Boone County Pig Roast

MADISON - The summer months provide many in West Virginia University's athletic department an opportunity to visit parts of the state that typically go untouched during a home schedule of Morgantown events throughout their respective seasons.

One such trip took place this weekend in southern West Virginia when WVU athletic director Oliver Luck and men's basketball coach Bob Huggins stopped by the annual Boone County Pig Roast.

Now in its 26th year, the Pig Roast is held to raise money for Boone County students to receive scholarship money to attend West Virginia University.

Chapter president Charlie Piccirillo says Boone County typically raises $30,000 in scholarship money annually, resulting in over $750,000 and over 300 scholarships to its future Mountaineer students. The Chapter also donated $15,000 to Huggins' cancer research endowment fund and has endowed a total of over $1 million for the West Virginia University Foundation.

In its 26 years, the Boone County Chapter has been selected as the national chapter for WVU 10 times. The Pig Roast is its biggest yearly event.

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