HUDDLESTON, Va. – 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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