McKendree University Takes Win at Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament at Lake of the Ozarks
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Oct 19th, 2021 by Keith Worrall
Modified Oct 19th, 2021 at 12:01 PM
McKendree University Takes Win at Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament at Lake of the Ozarks
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (Oct. 19, 2021) – The McKendree University duo of Bailey Bleser of Burlington, Wisconsin, and Nathan Doty of Decatur, Illinois, brought five bass the scale weighing 14 pounds, 4 ounces to earn the victory Friday at the Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI at Lake of the Ozarks. The victory earned the Bearcats bass club $2,000 and qualified the duo to compete in the 2022 College Fishing National Championship.
According to post-tournament reports the duo caught their fish on a River2Sea Whopper Ploppers, targeting docks and chunk rock.
TOP 10 RESULTS*
RANK
COLLEGE NAME
ANGLER NAME/HOMETOWN
BASS
WEIGHT
AWARD
1st
McKendree University
Bailey Bleser, Burlington, Wis.
Nathan Doty, Decatur, Ill.
5
14-4
$2,000
2nd
Greenville University
Cordell Beckmann, Breese, Ill.
Dru Johnson, Bartelso, Ill.
5
14-2
$1,000
3rd
Drury University
Brock Bila, Overland Park, Kan.
Dylan Chambers, Nixa, Mo.
5
13-12
$500
4th
McKendree University
Jaxson Freeman, Loda, Ill.
Nicholas Holtgrave, Trenton, Ill.
5
13-12
$500
5th
McKendree University
Tyler Christy, Bolingbrook, Ill.
Trey Schroeder, Crestwood, Mo.
5
13-9
$500
6th
Greenville University
Trevor Davis, East Palatka, Ill.
Keaton Roadman, Greenville, Ill.
5
13-0
7th
Arkansas Tech University
Ethan McMahan, Batesville, Ark.
Parker McMahan, Batesville, Ark.
5
12-14
8th
McKendree University
Trey Budach, Lebanon, Ill.
Colton Hill, Patoka, Ill.
5
12-11
9th
Murray State University
Jacob Autry, Beaver Dam, Ky.
Braiden Koerber, Abbeville, Ala.
5
12-8
10th
University of Iowa
Kaden Darby, West Branch, Iowa
John Hatfield, West Branch, Iowa
5
12-0
*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 Presented by Lowrance March 29-31, 2022 Fort Gibson Lake, Wagoner, Okla. Wagoner Area Chamber of Commerce
The event was the third and final qualifying tournaments for Central Conference anglers.
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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