Buchanan, Tenn.–With their rankings at last weekend’s Big Bass Bash on Kentucky Lake, two Bethel anglers automatically qualified for the 2023 BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship.
Levi Mullins finished third overall with 5.40 pounds, while Gage Sherrod finished fith with 5.35 pounds.
This past weekend, the Association of Collegiate Anglers hosted its first event of the 2022-23 season on the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series. Close to 500 anglers competed for two days at Kentucky Lake in Henry County and Paris, TN for the Bass Pro Shops Big Bass Bash presented by Berkley. Each of the Top 5 finishing anglers in the overall standings earned automatic qualification into the 2023 BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, SC.
Here are their profiles:
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Levi Mullins – Bethel University Levi Mullins from Bethel University finished third overall at the Bass Pro Shops Big Bass Bash presented by Berkley with 5.40 pounds. Like Harper from McKendree in second place, Levi is also one of two anglers from his school to place in the Top 5 and earn automatic qualification into the 2023 BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops. |
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Gage Sherrod – Bethel University Rounding out the Top 5 is Gage Sherrod from Bethel University. Gage finished fifth overall with a fish weighing 5.35 pounds. This makes for the second angler from Bethel to earn automatic qualification into the 2023 BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops. This marks the first time in which Gage has qualified to compete in the year-end Championship. |