.01 Percenter | From College to the Classic

[WB Staff]

Every year, more than 600 schools and nearly 10,000 college anglers battle to make it to the Carhartt College Bass Championship and Classic bracket. Those who do compete for a single qualifying spot in the most important tournament in the world of bass fishing — the Bassmaster Classic. To put that in terms of acceptance rate, the Bassmaster Classic is 500 times more selective than Harvard (.01 percent versus 5.4 percent).

Cue John Garrett, this year’s Classic representative from the college ranks, a.k.a. Mr. 0.01 percent. Garrett was born and raised in Union City, Tenn., compiling more experience in hunting and bass fishing than many of us will in a lifetime.

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