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Southern Illinois University Wins Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament on Table Rock Lake
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Southern Illinois University Wins Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament on Table Rock Lake

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March 29, 2021 • MLF • Press Releases

BRANSON, Mo. – The Southern Illinois University duo of Thomas Johns of Carbondale, Illinois and Andrew Novotney of Peru, Illinois, earned the win on Friday at the Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI at Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri. The victory awarded the SIU bass club $2,000 and qualified the duo to compete in the 2022 College Fishing National Championship.

TOP 10 RESULTS*

RANKCOLLEGE NAMEANGLER NAME/HOMETOWNBASSWEIGHTAWARD
1stSouthern Illinois UniversityThomas Johns of Carbondale, Ill. Andrew Novotney of Peru, Ill.519-11$2,000
2ndGreenville UniversityHannah Hill of Centralia, Ill. Nate Overocker of Dana, Ill.518-1$1,000
3rdTarleton State UniversityKasen Keese of Stephenville, Texas517-6$500
4thDrury UniversityBrock Bila of Overland Park, Kan. Jack Rankin of Manhattan, Kan.517-5$500
5thMissouri State UniversityKeegan Barger of Springfield, Mo. Jackson Donato of St. Charles, Mo.517-1$500
6thKansas State UniversityMichael Mueting of Lincoln, Neb. Zach Vielhauer of Shawnee, Kan.516-5 
7thKansas State UniversityJustin Janzing of Wichita, Kan. Austin Wiley of Manhattan, Kan.516-2 
8thRogers State UniversityTanner Bracken of Louisville, Ky. Tyler Dunlap of Chelsea, Okla.516-1 
9thBellarmine UniversityRyan Kleine-Kracht of Louisville, Ky. Kaden Woo of Louisville, Ky.516-0 
10thDrury UniversityCole Breeden of Eldridge, Mo. Cameron Smith of Nixa, Mo.515-11 

*Top 10 teams advance to the 2021 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 first of three qualifying tournaments for Central Conference anglers and was hosted by Explore Branson.

Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI teams compete in three 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.