California University of Pennsylvania Wins Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament on the Potomac River
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Jun 8th, 2021 by Keith Worrall
Modified Jun 8th, 2021 at 11:36 AM
MARBURY, Md. (June 8, 2021) – The California University of Pennsylvania’s David Blaker of Rices Landing, Pennsylvania, and Nick Fulks of Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, took the win on Friday at the Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI at the Potomac River. The victory earned the Vulcans’ bass club $2,000 and qualified the duo to compete in the 2022 College Fishing National Championship.
TOP 10 RESULTS*
RANK
COLLEGE NAME
ANGLER NAME/HOMETOWN
BASS
WEIGHT
AWARD
1st
California University of Pennsylvania
David Blaker, Rices Landing, Pa.
Nick Fulks, Burgettstown, Pa.
5
17-4
$2,000
2nd
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Julian Burgoff, Amherst, Mass.
Jared Muzyka, Hadley, Mass.
5
16-10
$1,000
3rd
Adrian College
Caleb Dachenhaus, Whitehouse, Ohio
Elliot Wielgopolski, Waterville, Ohio
5
16-0
$500
4th
Adrian College
Brayden Federer, Deerfield, Mich.
Shane Nelson, Wadsworth, Ohio
5
15-2
$500
5th
Roanoke College
Will Hamilton, Roanoke, Va.
Branen McKeon, Henrico, Va.
5
15-1
$500
6th
SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Nicholas Sanderson, Williamsville, N.Y.
Nathan Wojslaw, Avon, N.Y.
5
14-15
7th
Auburn University
Robert Cruvellier, Alburgh, Vt.
Sam Harvey, Auburn, Ala.
5
14-12
8th
Adrian College
Jenson Kay, Milford, Mich.
Sam Shoemaker, Martinsville, Ind.
5
14-9
9th
Shippensburg University
Nathan Housel, Carlisle, Pa.
Evan Paules, Shippensburg, Pa.
5
14-7
10th
SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Patrick Durand, Cherry Hill, N.J.
Thomas Harvey, Delmar, N.Y.
5
14-5
*Top 10 teams advance to the 2022 College Fishing National Championship
Complete results for the entire field can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
2021 QUALIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES
EVENT
DATE
LOCATION
HOST
Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI National Championship
TBD
TBD
TBD
The event was the second of three qualifying tournaments for Northern Conference anglers and was hosted by the Charles County Board of Commissioners.
Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI teams compete in regular-season qualifying tournaments in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. The top ten teams from each division’s three regular-season tournaments and the top 20 teams from the annual Abu Garcia College Fishing Open advance to the following year’s Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI National Championship.
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