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9/19/2006
Lintner Looks Poised For Win

At the final Bassmaster Elite Series event of the season, at Missouri's Table Rock Lake, Cincinnati, Ohio rookie Bill Lowen had a heck of a tournament, finishing 4th. That put him 2nd in the BassFan Rookie of the Year (ROY) Race, just 7 points behind Jared Lintner of Arroyo Grande, Calif.

But with no more Elite Series events to fish, that means Lintner is the best true rookie (never fished a tour-level event before) on the Elite Series this year. And it also means he's the guy rookies fishing the remaining two FLW Series events have to knock off in order to take home the title of the best true rookie in bass fishing for 2006.

Paul Driskell of Jefferson, Ga. is the highest FLW Series rookie in the BassFan ROY Race standings, at 5th. But he's a huge 20 points behind Lintner, making his chances of winning pretty slim.

We'll learn more in October and November, when those FLW Series events are fished.

However it shakes out, BassFan salutes all the true rookies who "took the plunge" this year.

9/19/2006 ROY Standings
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Place	Prior	Angler	City	State	Boat/Motor	Tour	Points
1	1	Jared Lintner	Arroyo Grande	CA	Ranger/Mercury	BPT	168.909
2	2	Bill Lowen	Brookville	IN	XPress/Yamaha	BASS	161.727
3	3	Bradley Hallman	Norman	OK	Phoenix/Mercury	BASS	151.273
4	11	Jeff Connella	Bentley	LA	Triton/Mercury	BASS	148.273
5	6	Paul Driskell	Jefferson	GA		FLWS	148.000
6	4	Jeremy Starks	Charleston	WV	Skeeter/Yamaha	BASS	147.727
7	7	Thanh Le	Davie	FL	Ranger/Evinrude	FLWT	147.000
8	9	Michael Murphy	Lexington	SC	Falcon/Evinrude	FLWT	146.333
9	5	Darrin Schwenkbeck	Varysburg	NY	Triton/Evinrude	BASS	145.455
10	13	Jon Bondy	Windsor	ON	Champion/Mercury	BASS	145.000
11	8	Chris Lane	Guntersville	AL	Nitro/Mercury	BPT	143.727
12	10	Jami Fralick	Martin	SD	Nitro/Mercury	BASS	142.727
13	14	Keith Phillips	Calera	AL	Triton/Mercury	BASS	141.636
14	12	Kevin Langill	Terrell	NC	Skeeter/Yamaha	BASS	141.364
15	15	Paul Hirosky	Guys Mills	PA	Gambler/Mercury	BASS	139.455
16	17	Britt Myers	Lake Wylie	SC	Bass Cat/Mercury	BPT	139.364
17	16	Tim Peek	Sharpsburg	GA		FLWS	138.000
18	19	Tim Farley	Lula	GA	Ranger/Yamaha	FLWS	135.667
18	19	Jason Meninger	Gainesville	GA	Ranger/Yamaha	FLWT	135.667
20	18	Kurt Dove	Fairfax	VA	Skeeter/Yamaha	FLWT	135.455
21	21	Ott DeFoe	Blaine	TN	NItro/Mercury	BPT	134.000
22	22	Vince Hurtado	Waterford	CA	Bass Cat	BASS	132.364
24	24	Jason Knapp	Uniontown	PA	Ranger/Yamaha	MULTI	130.917
25	26	Doc Merkin	Downers Grove	IL	Bass Cat	BASS	129.455
26	25	Charles Cummings	Leeds	AL		FLWT	127.333
27	29	Ken Brodeur	Niantic	CT		BASS	126.273
28	27	Steve Redding	Irvine	CA		FLWS	125.333
28	27	Steve Wright	Oskaloosa	IA	Ranger/Yamaha	FLWS	125.333
30	31	Kevin Lasyone	Dry Prong	LA		FLWT	121.500
31	32	George Jeane, Jr.	Evans	LA	Ranger/Yamaha	FLW	117.667
32	33	Marty Sisk	Evansville	IN	Ranger/Mercury	FLWS	117.333
33	34	John Devere	Berea	KY	Ranger/Yamaha	FLW	116.667
34	35	Mark King	Gurdon	AR		FLWS	116.333
35	36	Nate Wellman	Newaygo	MI	Phoenix/Mercury	BASS	115.000
36	37	Tim McDonald	Hagerhill	KY		FLWS	113.667
37	38	Jim Dillard	West Monroe	LA	Ranger/Mercury	FLW	113.250
38	39	Shawn Strader	Rockwood	TN		FLWS	112.333
39	30	Rick Ash	Pottstown	PA	Bass Cat	BASS	111.000
40	40	Brent Crow	Hartselle	AL		FLWS	98.667
41	41	Greg Bohannan	Bentonville	AR	Ranger/Evinrude	FLW	97.667
41	41	Zack Bull	Memphis	TN		FLWT	97.667
43	43	Eric Ambort	Mabelvale	AR		FLWS	92.000
44	44	Tommy McKnight	Kosciusko	MS	BassCat/Mercury	FLWT	91.333
45	45	Todd Tucker	Moultrie	GA		FLWS	91.000
46	46	Tom O'Bryant	Cedar Grove	TN		FLWS	89.667
47	47	Frank Lannom	Mount Juliet	TN	Ranger/Yamaha	FLWS	89.000
48	48	Theron Caldwell	Fort Worth	TX		FLWS	88.000
49	49	Kevin Marrs	Melbourne	FL		FLWS	85.000
50	50	Pierre Fortin	Lady Lake	FL		FLWT	84.667
51	51	Clint Johanson	Benton City	WA		FLWT	83.667
52	52	Brian Hensley	Edwardsburg	MI		FLWT	83.000
53	53	Harry Barton	Sterrett	AL		FLWS	81.667
54	54	Bill Stutzman	Nampa	ID		FLW	80.417
55	55	Johnny Le Sesne	Blue Ridge	GA		FLWS	78.333
56	56	Kevin Long	Clewiston	FL	Ranger/Evinrude	FLWS	78.000
57	57	Peter Cherkas	Des Moines	IA		FLWS	77.667
58	58	Bill Day	Frankfort	KY		FLWS	72.333
59	59	Richard Lowitzki	St. Charles	IL		FLWT	68.500
60	60	Kim Bain-Moore	Alabaster	AL		FLWS	68.333
61	61	Tee Watkins	East Point	KY		FLWT	67.333
62	62	Brandon Coulter	Knoxville	TN	Falcon/Mercury	BPT	66.667
63	63	Matt Bichanich	Fort Atkinson	WI		FLWS	62.333
63	63	Douglas Jones	Fort Gibson	OK		FLWS	62.333
65	65	Mike Ellenstein	Newburgh	IN	Ranger/Evinrude	FLWT	59.667
66	66	Horace Alred	Cedartown	GA		FLWS	59.333
67	67	Mark Fann	Clewiston	FL		FLWT	58.500
68	68	Ryan Coleman	Flowery Branch	GA		FLWS	56.667
68	68	Yancy Windham	Gordo	AL		FLWT	56.667
70	70	Barrett Moss	Somerset	KY		FLW	55.917
71	71	Robert Degrandcourt	Springfield	VA		FLWS	55.000
72	72	Scott Lunsford	Calhoun	GA	Ranger/Evinrude	FLWS	54.667
73	73	Brian Bylotas	Olyphant	PA		FLWS	54.000
74	74	Shawn Hagler	Sugar Land	TX		FLWS	53.667
75	75	Erwin Cole	Murfreesboro	TN		FLWS	53.000
76	76	Derek Jones	Chicago	IL		FLWT	52.333
76	76	Brian Mathis	Charlotte	NC		FLWS	52.333
78	78	Tony Chachere	Opelousas	LA		FLWS	52.000
79	80	Tommy Carpenter	Jacksons Gap	AL		FLWS	50.000
80	81	Ken Bearden	La Grange	GA		FLWS	47.333
81	79	Conrad Picou	Scott	LA		BASS	46.273
82	82	Mike Cox	Huntsville	AL		FLWS	46.000
83	83	Travis Loyd	Vienna	IL		FLWS	45.667
84	84	John Peters	Okeechobee	FL		FLWT	45.500
85	85	Jim Blake	Lincoln	NE		FLWT	37.500
86	86	Tim Sitterding	Freetown	IN		FLWT	37.333
87	87	Steve Wilson	Lufkin	TX		FLW	30.000
88	88	Patrick Baynes	Chatsworth	GA		FLWS	26.000
89	89	William Polkinghorn	Santa Fe	NM		FLWS	22.667
90	90	Ronald Cherkas	Des Moines	IA		FLWS	22.000
91	91	Edward Gettys	Stevenson	AL		FLWS	20.333
92	92	John Hempel	Brownstown	MI		FLWS	12.667
93	93	Chuck Medley	Owens Cross Roads	AL		FLWT	12.333
94	94	Howard Dotson	Paintsville	KY		FLWS	9.333
95	95	Richard Wyrick	Frankfort	IL		FLWS	7.667

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About the ROY Race
The BassFan Rookie of the Year Race/Award recognizes the best rookie in all of tour-level professional fishing for the current year or season. Unlike the league rookie races, only true rookies are eligible: To qualify as a rookie for the BassFan race, a tour angler cannot have fished the pro (boater) side of any Bassmaster or FLW tour/series-level event before.

BassFan Rookie of the Year Race points are calculated using a methodology loosely similar to the BassFan World Rankings (points based on finish with bonuses given for winning and finishing high). Only regular-season events count. Championships do not.
The BassFan Rookie of the Year Race was created in 2002 as the first rookie race in professional bass fishing. Like Rookie of the Year awards in all sports, it recognizes top-performing newcomers to the professional ranks.

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