AIM™ Announces the “Angler of the Year” Standings Following the Akaska Tournament
Category: npaa
Aug 21st, 2009 by OutdoorsFIRST
Modified Aug 21st, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Plymouth, WI – August 21, 2009 – Anglers Insight Marketing LLC™ (AIM) announces that Todd Riley leads the “Angler of the Year” race heading into the final 2009 tournament.
The recent AIM Pro Walleye Series™ tournament in Akaska, SD shuffled the standings in the 2009 AIM Angler of the Year race. Todd Riley, an AIM Pro Angler from Amery, WI surged into the lead on the strength of his strong third place finish. This follows an 11th place in Bay City, MI and an 8th place finish in the Green Bay tournament.
Close behind Riley is Tom Kemos of Oconomowoc, WI who is second in the year-to-date “AOY” standings. John Kolinski of Greenville, WI holds the third place position following the SD tournament.
The top three in the AIM Angler of the Year standings are the recipients of free entries to the season-ending AIM International Walleye Championship™ to be held September 2-4 at Lake Winnibigoshish in northern Minnesota. Registration for the 2009 Championship is limited to the AIM Pro Anglers that have qualified by fishing at least one prior AIM Pro Walleye Series™ qualifying tournament.
Just missing the Top Three positions are the Father and Son combination of Chase Parsons and Gary Parsons, who are in 4th and 5th in the overall standings to date. Mike Gofron has moved into 6th place going into the final 2009 event as a result of his recent victory at the Akaska AIM Pro Walleye Series™ tournament.
In addition, for 2009 AIM has chosen to grant free entries to the two Pro Anglers that have posted the greatest advances in Angler of the Year rankings since the first tournament at Bay City, MI. These entries are extended to David Andersen of Amery, WI and Joe Okada of Fitchburg, WI. David and Joe advanced 21 and 24 places to their current standings of 10th and 12th places, respectively.
The full year-to-date AIM Angler of the Year results are listed below:
1 252.55 RILEY, TODD
2 249.68 KEMOS, TOM
3 240.98 KOLINSKI, JOHN
4 235.61 PARSONS, CHASE
5 233.43 PARSONS, GARY
6 225.29 GOFRON, MIKE
7 225.22 BOGGS, RICH
8 220.25 KELLER, BRIAN
9 216.16 SKARLIS, TOMMY
10 204.54 ANDERSEN, DAVID A
11 204.51 PRZEKURAT, JASON
12 204.50 OKADA, JOE
13 202.54 SCHILLING, CHAD
14 199.99 BRUMBAUGH, MARK
15 195.89 VANOSS, DAVE
16 195.45 MOLLET, GIL
17 193.98 GULAU, DENNIS
18 182.90 PLAUTZ, DAN
19 180.13 CARROLL, JIM
20 171.92 NEU, PAT
21 171.26 SCHNEIDER, JOHN
22 165.51 KAVAJECZ, KEITH
23 158.37 TENNESSEN, JON
24 158.27 MARTIN, MARK
25 139.00 MCMAKEN, MICHAEL
26 137.70 OLSON, RICK
27 134.14 GLORVIGEN, MARTY
28 129.55 ST PETER, BILL
29 120.12 DUNCAN, SCOTT
30 119.68 GATZKE, TOM
31 119.25 CARPENTER, BRANDON
32 119.13 ANDERSON, DAVID
33 118.63 BUTTS, JOHN
34 116.90 BUECHEL, JESSE
35 116.43 MIRABELLA, BRUCE
36 115.96 GLORVIGEN, SCOTT
37 115.29 MEALEY, RICH
38 100.42 JURRENS, LYNN
39 100.00 KING, BRETT
40 95.03 HUSKEY, MARIANNE
41 94.89 BLOSSER, ROBERT
42 83.92 ALLEN, SCOTT
43 79.69 SYLTE, MYRON
44 76.71 ERTEL, BRAD
45 76.21 PYLE, JIM