Halloween is just TWO days away which means we’re 48 hours away from announcing this year’s winner of the 4th annual Pfeiffer University Softball Painted Pumpkin Contest.
We launched the contest on Monday and have just a few hours left before the voting will be closed! If you haven’t already, email us your favorite by the deadline later today so YOU get to help choose the winner!
The deadline to submit your vote is today at 5 pm EST / 2 pm PST. Email your vote with Entry # and Name to: info@extrainningsoftball.com.
We will announce the winning entry/team on Sunday, Halloween Day.
Here are this year’s entries in the 2021 Pfeiffer Pumpkin Contest:
See photo above; Entry Numbers & Names listed from top left in clockwise order:
- Pennywise (Clown): Caiti Mickles, Alexis Walter, Taylor Parrish, and Emma Bullin.
- Goldfish: Cassidy Brinkley, Skylar Price, and Alyssa Broaddus
- Grumpy Cat: Ruth Hill, Ashlyn Kennedy, Kyndell Warren, and Gracie Griffin
- M&M: Jaci Cook, Ellie McHone, and Taylor Arrowood
- Up: Emma Chopko, Gretchen Wolpert, and Adison Campbell.
- Candy Apple: Peyton Farley, Emma Mann, Haley Strange, and Hannah Tyner
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Every October, the rivalry between the Falcons player groups to paint the best pumpkin gets better and better.
“It’s always fun to see the girls trade their bat in for a brush!” Head Coach Monte Sherrill told Extra Inning Softball of the team-unifying activity.
“Groups were chosen out of a bowl and given time to brainstorm and paint away,” the coach continued. “Our staff and students get a kick out of seeing them (the pumpkins) on campus as well as receiving the love and feedback from everyone who enjoys our World Championship Pumpkin painting contest!”
That’s not the only winning thing going on at the DIII powerhouse’s campus in Misenheimer, North Carolina, when it comes to the softball program.
Sherrill completed his sixth season in 2021-21 as the head coach of the Pfeiffer softball and now has a spectacular collegiate career record of 194-49 (.798).
To put this in comparison, add Sherrill’s fantastic high school record of 753-60 and you have an overall record of 931-109 (.895)—not to mention the 32 straight titles earned in the process including the 2021 USA South East Division championship.
Perhaps the secret to his success could be team bonding activities… like this one!
Here’s a look back on the two previous pumpkin contests that Extra Inning Softball was fortunate to be part of:
The 2019 Pfeiffer Pumpkin Contest…
…. click here to see the winner!
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The 2020 Pfeiffer Pumpkin Contest…
…. click here to see the winner!
Once again, the works of pumpkin art are fantastic, but we still are particular to one special submission from 2019.
Why, you ask?
Because it… umm… well, we saw a side of Coach Sherrill we’d never seen before. We think you’ll understand what made us “crack” up when we saw it:
— Brentt Eads, Extra Inning Softball
