University of Montevallo fishing team wins School of the Year

May 28, 2021

The University of Montevallo’s bass fishing team topped more than 200 collegiate fishing programs throughout the nation during the 2020-2021 season to earn the distinction of the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia.

Throughout the year, the UM fishing team competed in many tournaments against some of the largest universities in the nation and earned points based on their performance. Following the final tournament of the season at Lake Murray in South Carolina on May 27, UM had amassed the most cumulative points of any team in the nation, taking home the team’s first School of the Year honor.

During a dominant season, the UM team, which is a part of the UM President’s Outdoor Scholars Program, took over the top ranking in the national standings in November 2020 and never relinquished its lead.

Montevallo, which finished second in last season’s School of the Year rankings, knocked off two-time defending national champion McKendree University of Lebanon, Illinois, and topped large universities such as the University of Tennessee, Auburn University and East Carolina University en route to this year’s national crown.

“I am extremely proud of what this team has accomplished. These guys have been so focused since the season started,” said Outdoor Scholars Program Director and bass team campus advisor William Crawford. “We had the goal at the beginning of the year to be the number-one team in the country, and since November they have done just that.”

To view the full national standings for the 2020-2021 season, click  here.

The following students were on the 2020-2021 UM bass fishing team:

 

Justin Barnes	Senior	Monroeville, AL
Jarrett Brown	Senior	Montevallo, AL
Adam Carroll	Senior	Carrollton, GA
Tyler Harless	Senior	Helena, AL
Miller Spivey	Senior	Tyler, AL
Hunter Ward	Senior	Rockford, AL
Weston Hollar	Junior	Dadeville, AL
Jack Baron	Junior	Arnold, MD
Cal Culpepper	Junior	Hamilton, GA
Trey Dickert	Junior	Greer, SC
Cade Holcomb	Junior	Helena, AL
Bradley Martin	Junior	Pace, FL
Da’Kendrick Patterson	Junior	Ramer, AL
Kopeland Rosser	Junior	Helena, AL
Elliot Torode	Junior	Montgomery, AL
Drew Traffanstedt	Junior	Hoover, AL
Mason Waddell	Junior	Waverly Hall, GA
Cole Dodson	Sophomore	Gardendale, AL
Merritt Arnold	Sophomore	Warkinsville, GA
Jaxson Brown	Sophomore	Birminghman, AL
Tyler Cain	Sophomore	Bessemer, AL
Josiah Campbell	Sophomore	Pelham, AL
Solomon Glenn	Sophomore	Lakeville, MN
Wesley Gore	Sophomore	Clanton, AL
Trent Jones	Sophomore	Thorsby, AL
Ethan King	Sophomore	Wilsonville, AL
Grayson Morris	Sophomore	Birmingham, AL
Chandler Olivier	Sophomore	Maylene, AL
Griffin Phillips	Sophomore	Mount Olive, AL
Chance Schwartz	Sophomore	Ball Ground, GA
James Willoughby	Sophomore	Gulfport, MS
Kyle Bahr	Freshman	Brainerd, MN
Aaron Cherry	Freshman	Kinsey, AL
Tyler Cory	Freshman	Amherst, WI
Nick Dumke	Freshman	Grand Rapids, MN
Tanner English	Freshman	Centreville, AL
Easton Fothergill	Freshman	Grand Rapids, MN
Brenton Godwin	Freshman	Stapleton, AL
Brock Gullixon	Freshman	Iola, WI
Chandler Holt	Freshman	Sterrett, AL
Andrew Howell	Freshman	Pisgah Forest, NC
Tommy Loper	Freshman	Perkinston, MS
Hagan Marlin	Freshman	Opelika, AL
Hunter Odom	Freshman	Chunchula, AL
Jordan Pennington	Freshman	Bessemer, AL
Jacob Pfundt	Freshman	Canton, GA
Jackson Pontius	Freshman	Wilsonville, AL
Scott Sledge	Freshman	Greenwood, IN
Davian Smith	Freshman	Eufaula, AL
Ryan Thomas	Freshman	Madison, GA
Riley Underwood	Freshman	Hoover, AL