Lamar University Wins College Fishing Texas Division on Sam Rayburn Reservoir
Category: press release
Feb 6th, 2010 by OutdoorsFIRST
Modified Feb 6th, 2010 at 12:00 AM
WHAT: Justin Royal of Vidor, Texas, and Troy Luce of Beaumont, Texas, from Lamar University caught two bass weighing 8 pounds, 7 ounces Saturday to win $10,000* in the National Guard FLW College Texas Division tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir.
WHO: The remaining top 10 teams included:
2nd: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – Jacob Heath and Kennedy Schwartzburg, both of Corpus Christi, Texas, three bass, 8-6, $5,000*
3rd: Tarleton State University – Derek Doyle of Stephenville, Texas, and Seth Peugh of Grandview, Texas, two bass, 8-3, $4,000*
4th: University of North Texas – Zach Sears of Corinth, Texas, and Brandon Dickenson of Flower Mound, Texas, three bass, 7-7, $3,000*
5th: LSU-Shreveport – Zach Caudle and Joe Landry, both of Shreveport, La., one bass, 7-1, $2,000*
6th: Texas A&M – Paul Manley of Orange, Texas, and Andrew Shafer of Bryan, Texas, two bass, 6-2
7th: Angelo State – Josh Seale and Austin Adcock of Leander, Texas, two bass, 3-13
8th: Oklahoma State University – Nathan Gonsoulin of Blanchard, Okla., and Tripp Elliott of Stillwater, Okla., two bass, 3-13
9th: LSU – Travis Laurent of Gonzales, La., and T.J. Goodwyn of Center, Texas, two bass, 3-2
10th: Texas A&M – Kyle Bates of Missouri City, Texas, and David Doonan of Caldwell, Texas, two bass, 2-12
A complete list of results can be found at: collegefishing.com/tournament.cfm?tid=6510&t=results
* All prize money is evenly split between the school and Lamar University’s bass fishing club.
NOTES: Schools competing in this week’s tournament included: Angelo State, Baylor University, Lamar University, Louisiana Tech University, LSU, LSU-Shreveport, Northeastern State, Oklahoma State University, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana University, Stephen F. Austin, Tarleton State Texas, Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas A&M-Galveston, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Texas State University, University of Louisiana, University of North Texas, University of Oklahoma and University of Texas.
The next National Guard FLW College Texas Division tournament is scheduled for Feb. 13 at Cross Lake in Shreveport, La.
The top five teams from each tournament will qualify for a Regional Championship where the first-place team wins $25,000 cash for the school and a Ranger 177TR bass boat for the fishing club. The top five teams from each Regional will then advance to the National Championship where the first-place team wins $50,000 for their school and $25,000 cash and a Ranger 177TR bass boat for their fishing club.
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