For the 15th consecutive year, Villanova University hosted the Special Olympics Pennsylvania Fall Festival on November 7-9, 2003.  Nearly 1,000 athletes and 350 coaches from 35 counties participated in the statewide competition.  Over 2,000 volunteers from the Villanova student body as well as the surrounding community served as officials, athlete escorts and award presenters, as well as to provide administrative support services.  The Fall Festival was hosted and organized by Villanova University students and once again was the largest annual student-run Special Olympics event in the nation.