TULSA, Okla. — Twenty college bass anglers will take to the stage next week at the 2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro.
These top college anglers were selected to compete in the seventh annual Carhartt Bassmaster College Classic, a one-day exhibition tournament.
Competitors will fish on Lake Hudson, taking off on the morning of March 6 from Salina, Okla., at 6:45 a.m. CT. The tournament is made up of last year’s College Classic winners, the reigning national champions, winners of last year’s High School Classic who have moved into college, and several colleges in the host state of Oklahoma.
Below is a list of competitors, along with the schools they’ll represent:
Josh Bensema and Matt McArdle, Texas A&M University
Zander Monk and Andrew Helms, University of North Carolina Charlotte
Brandon Koon and Ryan Parks, University of Tennessee Martin
Cole Sands and Nathan Bell, Bryan College
Matt Allen and Caden Watson, Tennessee Tech University
Cody Metzger and Michael King, Northeastern State University
Eric Hanna and Bates Enmeier, Oklahoma State University
Colten Hutson and Easton Ramsey, University of Central Oklahoma
Nate Sleight and William Valdez, University of Oklahoma
Mitchell Decker and Chris Bradley, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
One of the teams will win the College Classic trophy and an automatic invitation to compete next year in the eighth annual event.
Keep up with coverage at Bassmaster.com/College and on the College B.A.S.S. Facebook page, and watch the competitors weigh in live, March 6, at 2:30 p.m. CT on Bassmaster.com.
