Georgetown College Wins Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament on Smith Mountain Lake
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May 5th, 2021 by Keith Worrall
Modified May 5th, 2021 at 11:21 AM
Georgetown College Wins Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament on Smith Mountain Lake
HUDDLESTON, Va. (May 5, 2021) – The Georgetown College duo of Jacob Locke of Georgetown, Kentucky and Hunter Osborne of Irvine, Kentucky, took the win on Friday at the Abu Garcia College Fishing Presented by YETI at Smith Mountain Lake. The victory earned the Georgetown College team $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
Georgetown College
Jacob Locke of Georgetown, Ky.
Hunter Osborne of Irvine, Ky.
5
24-0
$2,000
2nd
Radford University
Brandon Miskell of Vienna, Va.
Jackson Norton of Ferrum, Va.
5
20-1
$1,000
3rd
Virginia Tech
Jacob Johnson of Blacksburg, Va.
Perry Marvin of Peru, N.Y.
5
18-14
$500
4th
NC State University
Jacob Moore of Stanley, N.C.
5
18-2
$500
5th
Western Michigan
Bo Thomas of Edwardsburg, Mich.
Mason Vernia of Schoolcraft, Mich.
5
17-8
$500
6th
University of South Carolina
Nic Basham of Salem, Va.
Gabe Brown of Aynor, S.C.
5
17-2
7th
California University of Pennsylvania
David Blaker of Rices Landing, Pa.
Nick Fulks of Burgettstown, Pa.
5
17-0
8th
East Carolina University
Aaron Digh of Denver, N.C.
Austin Woody of Burlington, N.C.
5
16-5
9th
Virginia Tech
Jacob Hodges of Boones Mill, Va.
Paul Southern of Pulaski, Va.
5
15-9
10th
Auburn University
Chase Clarke of Auburn, Ala.
5
13-3
*Top 10 teams advance to the 2022 College Fishing National Championship
Complete results for the entire field can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
2021/2022 QUALIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES
EVENT
DATE
LOCATION
HOST
Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI
May 15
California Delta, Oakley, Calif.
City of Oakley
Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI National Championship presented by Lowrance
TBA – 2022
TBA
TBA
The event was the first of three qualifying tournaments for Northern Conference anglers and was hosted by Visit Bedford.
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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