2012 Mercury College B.A.S.S. eligibility requirements

The start of the 2011-2012 school year also begins the Mercury College B.A.S.S. year and the quest to reach the Bassmaster Classic. The season schedule has been announced and schools can now make plans so they are eligible to compete with Mercury College B.A.S.S. this year. Each college club must meet the following criteria:

• Club must be an official organization on campus
• Must have a minimum of six (6) anglers
• Each member must be a full-time student
• Each member must be a member of B.A.S.S.
• Each club must join the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation. Each club must have an active advisor. This advisor will submit all membership paperwork
  • If an active advisor is not required by your school, then paperwork must be submitted by an official faculty member from your institution.
• Each club must complete eight (8) hours of community service.
• Jerseys must have the Mercury College B.A.S.S. logo and the B.A.S.S. shield displayed in prominent locations. (chest, sleeve, etc.)
  • If your jersey only bears school logos and no other logos are present, then that jersey will be permissible to wear.

B.A.S.S. is proud to offer a collegiate discount to all Mercury College B.A.S.S. members. Your bulk rate for B.A.S.S. membership and B.A.S.S. Federation Nation membership will be $30. This is a 60 percent discount off of the regular price.

With these memberships, each club falls under B.A.S.S. Federation Nation insurance policy that protects each federated club. Each club is protected up to $1,000,000 in liability.

Each club also has to perform 8 hours of community service. These hours will be submitted to Mercury College B.A.S.S. before the National Championship.

In order to be eligible for our Mercury College B.A.S.S. National Championship, each school must meet these requirements:

• All requirements listed above
• Each member must be 25 years old or younger to be eligible for the tournaments.
• Each member is eligible for 5 years of competition in Mercury College B.A.S.S.
• Each school must compete in at least one Super Regional or Western Wildcard.
• Each school must finish in the top 50 percent in a Super Regional or the Western Wildcard.
• Each team member competing in the Mercury College B.A.S.S. National Championship must have competed in a Super Regional or the Western Wildcard.

For a school to be eligible for the National Championships, it has to fish in one of the five qualifiers this year. Each qualifying school also has to have one boat finish in the top 50 percent of a Super Regional or the Western Wildcard.

Schools are not geographically bound to one tournament, and may fish as many Super Regionals as they want.

Each Super Regional will be filmed and aired later on ESPNU. Qualifying schools may only send one team to the Mercury College B.A.S.S. National Championship. Each team member representing their school at the National Championship must also individually compete in at least one qualifying event.

Tournament registration and membership registration will be housed online, and those dates will be announced shortly.