Nation Championship contenders list

Below is the full list of competitors for the 2016 Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan Outdoors, Nov. 17-19. Click here for bios of each angler.

 

Defending Champion

Albert Collins

 

Alabama

Danny Grantham

Justin Barnes

 

Arizona

Kalib Lund

Loren Bryant

 

Arkansas

Josh Ray

Creighton Sawyer

 

Australia

Mitchell Cone

Garry Harman

 

California

Mark Lassagne

Michael Coleman

 

Colorado

Nate Caldwell

John Santos

 

Connecticut

Nicholas Papotto

Kevin Noel

 

Delaware

Jason Vaughn

Amos Dixon

 

Florida

Arnie Lane

Daniel Carrigan

 

Georgia

Tony Beck

Bradley Rilling

 

Idaho

Darrell Ocamica

Jon Hickey

 

Illinois

Michael Kazmierczak

Kevin Voss

 

Indiana

Mark Nies

Curt Hughes

 

Iowa

Greg Vance

Kyle Coffman

 

Italy

Luca Salvato

Mauro Salvato

 

Japan

Yuya Wakebe

Naoaki Ishikawa

 

Kansas

Chris Brimager

Justin Harris

 

Kentucky

Michael Boggs

Timothy Frohlich Jr.

 

Louisiana

David Cavell

Ryan Lavigne

 

Maine

Mark Lodge

Christopher Brewer

 

Maryland

Andrew Sams

Michael Duarte

 

Massachusetts

Joe Burchill

Josh Cotier

 

Mexico

Edgar Romero

Stefan Adamchick

 

Michigan

Tom Kiefer

Jarrod Sherwood

 

Minnesota

Josh Nelson

Michael Lebsack

 

Mississippi

Danny Carter

Michael Valentine

 

Missouri

John Plumlee

Mitch Selsor

 

Montana

Jay Evans

Jacob Weaver

 

Namibia

Neil Engelbrecht

Alec Williams

 

Nebraska

Dave McCoy

Lee Wubbels

 

Nevada

Tim Klinger

Scott Hausman

 

New Hampshire

Mark DiMarzio

Jeremy Arnold

 

New Jersey

Brian Brooks

David Frost

 

New Mexico

Randy Campbell

Danny Fourr

 

New York

William Lortz

Jonathan Robla

 

North Carolina

Rob Digh

Jeff Hager

 

Ohio

Brian Mailot

Jody Adkins

 

Oklahoma

Matt Pangrac

Brock Enmeier

 

Ontario

Mark Cavanaugh

Chris Barrett

 

Oregon

David Mays

Addam Gross

 

Paralyzed Veterans of America

Kurt Glass

 

Pennsylvania

Ryan Buttermore

John Bernard

 

Portugal

Filipe Almeida

Agostinho Almeida

 

Rhode Island

Mike Wolfenden

Steven Conde

 

South Africa

Adrian Luff

 

South Carolina

Brent Long

Edward Owens

 

South Dakota

Brett Logue

Shane Stiehl

 

Tennessee

Grayson Smith

Bert Cooper

 

Texas

Jon Harshbarger

David Porter

 

Utah

Bill Brown

Riley Hansen

 

Vermont

Scott Green

Bob Wetzler

 

Virginia

Ivan Morris

Larry Witt

 

Washington

Ron Mace

Zackery Shaff

 

West Virginia

JJ Dickens

Rich Hamer

 

Wisconsin

Ted Heitschmidt

Daniel Elsner

 

Wyoming

Bubba O’Neill

Becca Golightly

 

Zimbabwe

Strati Orphanides

Ronald Hanhart