YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. - Winning the title in
the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National
Championship on Georgia's Lake Chatuge, Auburn
University at Montgomery's Tom Frink gets to go out
on top, and Jacob Nummy gets to see his creation rise
to the highest possible high. AUM tallied a three-day total of 43-3, winning by
6-11.
Four years ago, Nummy started the AUM Anglers club
with the hopes of one day bringing recognition to the school's fishing team,
and today AUM is king of the college heap.
If the pair hadn't won, this would have been Frink's
final tournament as a collegiate angler, but now AUM has earned an invitation
to the Carhartt Bassmaster College Bracket
Championship set to be held this September. One angler from the Top 4 teams in
that tournament will earn a berth in the 2014 Bassmaster Classic.
"I don't really have words for how this feels right now. There are a lot
of good fishermen here, and I feel for them because I know how it feels to
lose," Nummy said. "We had some key bites
and things go right that second day, but none of this would have been possible
without the good Lord. This is going to do wonders for our program and
recruiting."
"The immense highs and lows are what make this sport what it is:
amazing," Frink said. "I feel speechless as
to how to describe the feeling, but I don't think it's sunk in yet, either.
We've been so close in so many tournaments, but to finally pull it off and win
is amazing."
Frink said a rough first day set them on the right
course.
"That first day is what saved us," he explained. "Things didn't
go how we thought they would, and we learned that we had to hunker down and
throw the rat. I have to give Jacob a lot of credit, too, for having the
discipline not to get up front and have us be shoulder to shoulder because
those fish are so spooky. To have two guys up there would have scared off more
fish. You also need a lot of room to sling it."
Both Nummy and Frink
admitted that today presented them with the toughest fishing conditions they'd
seen yet. Their El Raton rat wakebait produced a
single fish, but it was a 5-6, the biggest bass of the day.
"The rat produced one today, and it was our biggest, and I felt like that
one would give us the win or put us close," Nummy
said. "Big fish are so rare and so special."
"I went home to California before this tournament and found a couple baits
that I wanted to throw, and that was one of them," Frink
said. "I didn't throw it much in practice because I didn't want the fish
to see it too much or for it to get damaged."
Frink used the El Raton mostly on main-lake laydowns
and shallow clay or rock banks where largemouth were loitering. Four hours into
the day, the duo had just one fish in the livewell,
so they began to scramble in order to eke out a limit, which proved necessary
for their win. They hit docks and marinas with drop shot rigs to add four more
fish to their livewell.
Local favorites Matthew Peeler and Brad Rutherford of Young Harris College took
the runner-up spot and will also compete in the Carhartt
Bassmaster College Bracket Championship later this year. They had 36-8 over
three days.
In third place is the team of Jordan Lee and Shane Powell of Auburn University,
who wound up with 35-15. The final team to earn a berth in the Bracket
Championship is that of Nick Barr and Jarred Walker of Eastern Washington
University with 34-8. Auburn's Matt Lee and Chris Seals were the team that
finished fifth today with 32-7 and did not qualify for the Classic bracket
event.
Winners of the $500 Carhartt Big Bass are Florida
State's Charles Fee and Cody Spears for the 5-15, weighed in on Day 1. The $250
Bass Pro Shops/Nitro Boats Big Bag goes to Tom Frink
and Jacob Nummy for their 20-15 sack, weighed in on
Day 2. The Yamaha Hat Bonus goes to Frink and Nummy, as well, for wearing a Yamaha hat across the stage
on Day 3. The highest-finishing team each day earned $500 daily, hence AUM's
$1,000 prize. Young Harris' Peeler and Rutherford won $500 on Day 1.
Winning the tournament's Livingston Lures Leader award of $500 in Livingston
Lures products for being in the lead on Day 2 were the AUM champs, Frink and Nummy.
TV coverage of the Championship will air in August on ESPNU in two parts. The
first will be Sunday, Aug. 11, noon to 1 p.m. ET. The second part will air
Sunday, Aug. 18 in the same time slot. They will be preceded by an Aug. 4 show
from noon to 1 p.m. ET that recaps how the anglers qualified for the
Championship through the five Regional Conference events.
2013 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Title
Sponsor: Carhartt
2013 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Official
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2013 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Supporting Partners:
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Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National
Championship
8/1/2013 - 8/3/2013
Chatuge Reservoir - The Ridges Marina - Young Harris,
GA
STANDINGS BOATER DAY 3
Today's Activity Accumulative
Name # Fish # Live Lbs - Oz # Fish # Live Lbs - Oz
1 Jacob Nummy - Tom Frink
AUM 5 5 12- 0 15 15 43- 3
2 Brad Rutherford - Matthew Peeler Young Harris College 5 5 12- 9 15 15 36- 8
3 Jordan Lee - Shane Powell Auburn University 5 2 7-14 15 12 35-15
4 Nick Barr - Jarred Walker Eastern Washington University 5 5 9- 4 14 14 34- 8
5 Matt Lee - Chris Seals Auburn University 5 4 9- 9 15 14 32- 7
6 Jacob Hardy - Jake Lawrence Bethel University 10 9 22-11
7 Andrew Nutt - Zachary Wiggers University of North
Alabama 10 10 22- 5
8 Tanner Parker - Trent Palmer Georgia Southern University 10 9 22- 1
9 Carson Rejzer - Chris Carwile
Virginia Tech 10 10 21-11
10 Byron Kenney - Brian Rosso University of Georgia
10 10 20-12
11 Seth Hausman - Weston Brierley Utah Valley
University 10 10 20-10
12 Zach Parker - Matt Roberts Bethel University 10 10 20-10
13 Shane Lehew - Eric Self UNC Charlotte 10 9 20- 1
14 Justin Atkins - Lowell Gann Mississippi State University 9 8 19-15
15 Logan Shaddix - Ethan Flack Wallace State CC
Hanceville 7 7 19- 8
16 Zach MacDonald - Ryan Sparks Oregon State University 10 10 19- 2
17 Dawson Lenz - Evan Horne University of North Alabama 10 10 19- 0
18 Ben Zuk - Ethan Dhuyvetter
Kansas State University 9 9 18-14
19 Alex Pisarski - Justin Gangel
Cal State Long Beach 8 8 18-12
20 Jody White - Sean Snow Virginia Tech 10 10 18- 5
21 Cody Ross - Dewey Swims Bethel University 9 6 17-10
22 Blake Deron - Brett Preuett La Monroe 10 10 17- 8
23 Justin Graben - Vincent Campisano
Murray State 9 9 17- 1
24 Kyle Raymer - John Smith Eastern Kentucky
University 8 8 17- 0
25 Drew Long - Cody Garrison Mississippi State University 9 9 17- 0
26 Zachary Blalock - Kyle Albers East Carolina 10 10 16-13
27 Justin Darley - Casey O'Donnell UCF 9 9 16- 1
28 William Shipes - Alan Horwatt
Clemson University 10 9 15-11
29 Nick LaDart - Brian Eaton La Monroe 6 5 15- 9
30 Nathan Cathcart - Jake Jacobs Arkansas Tech
University 6 6 15- 2
31 Sam Starr - Alex Fulkerson Kansas State University 7 7 14-12
32 Travis Wilson - Brian Lafferty Western Illinois University 8 8 14- 7
33 Mike Huff - Nick Huff Georgetown College 8 8 14- 3
34 Tanner Cooper - Memo Nunez New Mexico State University 8 8 13-11
35 Nick Carter - Leo Dedering UW - Stevens Point 7 7
13- 0
36 Kevin Lucas - Neal Combs Seminole State College 6 5 12-10
37 Jackson Grabeel - Joseph Reilly Western Illinois
University 7 7 12- 9
38 Colt Farris - Hunter Randolph Tarleton State University 7 7 12- 4
39 Bo Harkins - Michael Braswell Chico State 7 7 12- 3
40 Benjamin Freeman - Dillon McGee Bethel University 6 6 11-14
41 Cody Griffey - Joe Wilkerson Christopher Newport University 5 4 11-12
42 Toney Lewis - Scott Sullivan Central Missouri 7 7 11-12
43 Tyler Faggart - Tyler Mayhew NC State 7 7 11- 9
44 Andrew Loberg - Brandon Walker Chico State 6 6 11-
6
45 Kyle Price - Jeremy Bedford New Mexico State University 6 6 10-15
46 Joseph Fuller - Joe Handley University of Montevallo 7 5 10-12
47 Myles Palmer - Dalton Wilson Bethel University 5 5 10-10
48 Nicholas DiCamillo - Jesse Wilkinson New Mexico
State University 5 4 10-10
49 John Hunter - Vincent Timperio Georgetown College
7 7 10- 2
50 Kyle Gates - Daniel Butler St Ambrose University 5 5 10- 2
51 Paul Muzljakovich - Landon Dixon University of
Oklahoma 6 6 10- 2
52 Nathan Martin - Robb Young University of North Alabama 5 5 9- 9
53 Luis Manuel Navarro Arizpe - Mario Patino Ruz Monterrey Institute of
Technology 5 5 9- 6
54 Cody Spears - Charles Fee FSU 3 3 9- 5
55 Cody Garrett - Colton Cavazos Texas A&M - Kingsville 5 4 9- 3
56 Ronnie Moore - TJ Chafatelli East Carolina 4 4 8-
2
57 Cody Hahner - Stephen Maliborski
UW - Stevens Point 4 4 7-14
58 Kenny Johnson - Brandon Larry University of West Georgia 4 4 7-12
59 Thomas Oltorik III - Scott Heaberlin
Daytona State College 4 4 7- 0
60 Jesse Scarafiotti - Tyler Scarafiotti
New Mexico State University 3 3 6-14
61 Marshall Sandretto - Eric Logisz
Milwaukee School of Engineering 4 3 5-13
62 Coleman Crook - Joel Gray Texas Tech 4 4 5-12
63 John Zeolla - Kyle Greenlaw
Cal Poly State University 3 3 3-15
64 Sean Gillenwater - Josh Collier Indiana University
1 1 1- 9
BIG BASSTOTALS
Day Name City,State Lbs-OzDay
# Fish # Live Lbs-Oz # Limits
1 Cody Spears Tallahassee, FL 5-151 246 235 512- 8 35
2 Jacob Nummy Prattville, AL 5- 92 218 213 432- 0 25
3 Jacob Nummy Prattville, AL 5- 63 25 21 51- 4 5
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