Pat Schlapper's win at the Upper Mississippi River last weekend put him in an exclusive group of Elite Series anglers who have won multiple tournaments in the same year.
Schlapper captured his first career win at the Sabine River back in May and then punctuated the season with a victory in his home state of Wisconsin. It's the third straight season an Elite Series angler has won multiple events in that respective season. Schlapper is the 10th angler to achieve the feat.
Here's a list of anglers who've won multiple Elite Series events in the same year:
> Pat Schlapper: 2025 (Sabine River, Upper Mississippi River)
> Cory Johnston: 2024 (St. Johns River, St. Lawrence River)
> Joey Cifuentes: 2023 (Lake Seminole, Lake St. Clair)
> Brandon Palaniuk: 2020 (Lake Champlain, Santee Cooper Lakes)
> Jamie Hartman: 2019 (Lake Guntersville, Cayuga Lake)
> Brandon Cobb: 2019 (Lake Hartwell, Lake Fork)
> Aaron Martens: 2015 (Lake Havasu, Upper Chesapeake Bay)
> Edwin Evers: 2015 (Kentucky Lake, St. Lawrence River)
> Skeet Reese: 2010 (Smith Mountain Lake, Lake Guntersville)
> Kevin VanDam: 2007 (Lake Guntersville, Grand Lake), 2008 (Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, Kentucky Lake)
