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Todd Riley is AIM 2009 Angler of the Year

Category: npaa

 Sep 14th, 2009 by OutdoorsFIRST 

Modified Sep 14th, 2009 at 12:00 AM

The AIM Angler of the Year title is conferred on the overall best Pro Angler over the four tournament season. There was little suspense in this year’s winner after Todd Riley’s impressive win at the final tournament on Lake Winnibigoshish, MN. Riley arrived at the Lake Winnie event in first place in the year-to-date “AOY” standings. With his victory, the AIM Angler of the Year title was added to his 2009 AIM International Walleye Championship™ victory.

	Todd Riley is AIM Angler of the Year

The AIM Angler of the Year race is based on calculations that track the finishes of each Pro Angler over the course of the season which began back in May at the Bay City AIM Pro Walleye Series™ tournament. The “secret” to claiming the AIM Angler of the Year title is consistency, tournament after tournament.

Todd Riley not only demonstrated consistency but steady improvement in his finishes. Riley placed a very respectable 11th at the Bay City AIM Pro Walleye Series™ tournament – and this would prove to be his LOWEST finish of the 2009 season. He then followed with an 8th place finish at the Green Bay AIM Pro Walleye Series™ tournament (raising his AOY position to 7th year-to-date.) Following his 3rd place finish at the Akaska AIM Pro Walleye Series™ tournament he gained the 1st place AOY position going into the final tournament, the AIM International Championship held on Lake Winnibigoshish.

Todd Riley’s impressive season does not diminish the efforts of the other top contenders in the AIM Angler of the Year race. Chase Parsons made the Day Three “cut” in every tournament in 2009 and posted 8th, 16th, 5th, and 12th place finishes to become the 2009 AIM Angler of the Year runner up. Jason Przerurat took 3rd place in the 2009 AOY standings, followed by David A. Andersen and Tom Kemos.

But the AIM Angler of the Year was a Cinderella story written by Todd Riley. The calculations showed only 14.32 points separating the 2nd to 5th place contenders. But Todd Riley’s margin over Chase Parsons in 2nd proved to be an insurmountable 63.41 points! The point totals follow below:

    1st place Todd Riley                   352.55
    2nd place Chase Parsons            289.14
    3rd place Jason Przerurat            286.63
    4th place David A. Andersen         285.99
    5th place Tom Kemos                  274.82

Anglers Insight Marketing congratulates Todd Riley on his 2009 AIMAngler of the Year title. As the reigning Champion, Todd will beawarded a free entry to the 2010 Bay Mills Invitational WalleyeTournament scheduled for next June. Riley was also awarded a whitetaildeer hunt with John Butts Outdoors in Dryden Ontario (valued at $2,000)and a pheasant hunt with Oahe Wings and Walleyes in Akaska, SD (valuedat $1,200.) Smooth Moves Seat Mounts also awarded Todd Riley with a setof suspension seat mounts valued at $750.

AIM Angler Of the Year Wrap Up:

                AIM 2009 Season   
Rank    Points    Pro Angler
1    352.55    RILEY, TODD
2    289.14    PARSONS, CHASE
3    286.63    PRZEKURAT, JASON
4    285.99    ANDERSEN, DAVID A
5    274.82    KEMOS, TOM
6    274.29    BOGGS, RICH
7    268.15    PARSONS, GARY
8    265.88    CARROLL, JIM
9    264.86    GOFRON, MIKE
10    263.93    KOLINSKI, JOHN
11    255.12    KELLER, BRIAN
12    253.59    BRUMBAUGH, MARK
13    244.25    MOLLET, GIL
14    243.40    OKADA, JOE
15    243.13    SCHNEIDER, JOHN
16    238.23    SKARLIS, TOMMY
17    234.82    SCHILLING, CHAD
18    231.97    NEU, PAT
19    222.74    GULAU, DENNIS
20    221.59    VANOSS, DAVE
21    219.53    MARTIN, MARK
22    211.21    GLORVIGEN, MARTY
23    210.49    KAVAJECZ, KEITH
24    210.45    PLAUTZ, DAN
25    206.83    TENNESSEN, JON
26    192.25    MCMAKEN, MICHAEL
27    186.77    OLSON, RICK
28    174.02    ANDERSON, DAVID
29    166.90    DUNCAN, SCOTT
30    160.48    BUECHEL, JESSE
31    158.26    ST PETER, BILL
32    155.87    BUTTS, JOHN
33    148.49    GLORVIGEN, SCOTT
34    145.92    CARPENTER, BRANDON
35    143.85    MIRABELLA, BRUCE
36    142.68    KING, BRETT
37    139.04    JURRENS, LYNN
38    135.82    GATZKE, TOM
39    131.40    SAMSON, BRUCE
40    120.07    HUSKEY, MARIANNE
41    115.29    MEALEY, RICH
42    106.72    DEAL, AARON
43    104.57    GOOD, PERRY
44    103.10    YARBROUGH, GREG
45    102.44    BACKER, TOM
46    97.85    PLAUTZ, DANNY
47    94.89    BLOSSER, ROBERT
48    83.92    ALLEN, SCOTT
49    81.76    WENDT, JAY
50    79.69    SYLTE, MYRON
51    78.95    KELLER, JAMES
52    76.71    ERTEL, BRAD
53    76.21    PYLE, JIM
54    75.70    SEELHOFF, RON
55    59.60    GWIZDALA, MARK
56    58.55    BOHN, STEVE
57    56.34    RENNER, TONY
58    52.94    STANAWAY, DANE
59    51.26    SEIFERLEIN, NATHAN
60    50.03    ADSEM, JAMES
61    49.64    PROPST JR, BOB
62    49.58    SCHILLING, JESS
63    48.68    WESTON, JOHN
64    47.36    WILSON, TERRY
65    44.39    MADIGAN, KEVIN
66    36.61    BERNATH, TERRY
67    34.83    SAUERWEIN, COREY
68    30.48    KINDRAKA, CHRIS
69    20.70    HOLTEN, CARL
70    20.61    KLOPAK, ANDREW
71    20.45    STUEFEN, MICKEY
72    9.77    LEWIS, MIKE
73    4.93    LAWRENCE, KELVIN
74    1.66    MCLEOD, DON

Further information about AIM as well as up-to-the-minute updates about tournaments can be found at the AIM web site: www.aimfishing.com.

Anglers Insight Marketing, LLC™ (AIM) is a unique tournament organization which is owned by stockholders, the majority of which are Professional walleye anglers. AIM Professionals are among the “All Stars” of professional fishing, with cumulative HUNDREDS of years of tournament experience, including countless tournament victories, series championships, and Angler of the Year titles. This insight and knowledge is now being employed to provide the finest tournament experience for the participants, and the maximum exposure for the host tournament sites and corporate partners.