Drury University’s Baird & Browning Earn Victory at Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament on Lake Dardanelle - Major League Fishing
Drury University’s Baird & Browning Earn Victory at Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament on Lake Dardanelle
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Drury University’s Baird & Browning Earn Victory at Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament on Lake Dardanelle

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October 5, 2021 • MLF • Press Releases

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Drury University duo of Hunter Baird of Salina, Kansas, and Beau Browning of Hot Springs, Arkansas, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 16 pounds, 10 ounces to earn the win last weekend at the Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI at Lake Dardanelle. The victory earned the Panther’s 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 targeting deep offshore structure with a deep-diving crankbait and a shaky-head rig.

TOP 10 RESULTS*

RANKCOLLEGE NAMEANGLER NAME/HOMETOWNBASSWEIGHTAWARD
1stDrury UniversityHunter Baird, Salina, Kan. Beau Browning, Hot Springs, Ark.516-10$2,000
2ndTarleton State UniversityDrew Hargrove, Moody, Texas515-3$1,000
3rdEast Texas Baptist UniversityKaden Proffitt, Pittsburg, Texas Carson Ragsdale, Winnsboro, Texas514-0$500
4thArkansas Tech UniversityJade Craft, Paragould, Ark. Remington Lawrence, Russellville, Ark.513-13$500
5thTexas Tech UniversityLogan Bronnenberg, Gainesville, Texas Corbin Craft, Lubbock, Texas513-0$500
6thUniversity of NebraskaElijah Strom, Sioux City, Neb. Hunter Suchsland, Kearney, Neb.512-13 
7thDrury UniversityCole Breeden, Eldridge, Mo. Nathan Fideldy, Hutchinson, Kan.512-7 
8thUniversity of North AlabamaJohn Heacock, Oxford, Ala. Cole Thompson, St. Cloud, Fla.511-15 
9thSam Houston State UniversityBlake Castleberry, Huntsville, Texas Garrett Moss, Huntsville, Texas511-11 
10thNational Park CollegeLuke Dodd, Hot Springs, Ark. Michael McIntyre, Hot Springs, Ark.511-3 

*Top 10 teams advance to the 2022 College Fishing National Championship

Complete results for the entire field can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

2021 QUALIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES

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The event was the third and final qualifying tournaments for Southern Conference anglers and was hosted by Russellville Advertising & Promotions.

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.

For complete details and updated information visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI on MLF’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.