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1/28/2004
Scheide Leads





The 2004 BassFan Rookie of the year Race, which crowns the best rookie in all of tour-level fishing, is on, and Arkansas' Ray Scheide tops the list after the first event. His win of last week's FLW Tour opener on Lake Okeechobee puts him in the lead, but not an especially comfortable one. Japanese champ Shinichi Fukae finished 4th at Okeechobee, and is less than 7 points behind Scheide in the BassFan race.

Ocala, Fla.'s Glenn Browne also had a good start to his tour career, and his 11th-place finish at Okeechobee is good for 3rd in the BassFan Rookie Race. Hernando, Fla.'s David Givens finished 13th at Okeechobee, and the next highest- finishing rookie was Waynesville, Ohio's Dennis Magoto in 30th. They are 4th and 5th in the race, respectively.

Many of the 46 rookies who fished the FLW Tour event had a tough time of it, but they have five more events to make up ground. Bassmaster Tour rookies (only six of them are in the BassFan race) start to accumulate points this week.

Note that the BassFan Rookie of the Year Race is only open to true rookies, meaning those who have never fished the pro (boater) side of a tour event before.

So far Ohio's Frank Scalish (2002) and California's Mike Reynolds (2003) have been the best rookies in pro bass fishing. Who will it be this year?



   1/28/2004 ROY Standings


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Place Sort by Place
Prior
Angler
City
State
Boat/Motor
Tour
Points
1     
-      
Ray Scheide
Russellville
AR
Ranger/Yamaha
MULTI
195.000 
2     
-      
Shinichi Fukae
Thomson
GA
Bass Cat/Mercury
BPT
188.150 
3     
-      
Glenn Browne
Ocala
FL
Ranger/Evinrude
FLW
181.500 
4     
-      
David Givens
Hernando
FL

FLW
179.600 
5     
-      
Dennis Magoto
Waynesville
OH
Ranger/Evinrude
FLW
162.450 
6     
-      
Ron Wolfarth
Locust
NC
Ranger/Mercury
FLW
161.500 
7     
-      
John Kitchens
Atlanta
GA

FLW
150.100 
8     
-      
Jacob Powroznik
North Prince George
VA
Ranger/Mercury
BASS
141.550 
9     
-      
Steve Tosh
Waterford
CA
Bass Cat/Mercury
FLW
131.100 
10     
-      
Tim Klinger
Boulder City
NV
Ranger/Yamaha
MULTI
129.200 
11     
-      
John Tanner
Quitman
TX

FLW
123.500 
12     
-      
Chris Wilkerson
Conroe
TX
BassCat/Mercury
FLW
121.600 
13     
-      
Jackie Davis
Willard
MO
Ranger/Evinrude
FLW
118.750 
14     
-      
Fred Roumbanis
Russellville
AR
Phoenix/Mercury
BPT
113.050 
15     
-      
Glenn Miller
Newborn
GA

FLW
102.600 
16     
-      
David Truax
Beaumont
TX

FLW
99.750 
17     
-      
Gary Paris
Emory
TX

FLW
87.400 
18     
-      
Dan Mansky
Youngstown
OH

FLW
74.100 
19     
-      
Jeff Evans
Benton
KY

FLW
67.450 
20     
-      
Tony Christian
Hull
GA

FLW
64.600 
21     
-      
Tony Defilippo
Lake Ann
MI
Nitro
FLW
60.800 
22     
-      
Ricky Scott
Van Buren
AR

FLW
59.850 
23     
-      
Greg Korschot
Lafayette
IN

FLW
56.050 
24     
-      
Bill McDonald
Greenwood
IN
Bass Cat/Mercury
FLW
50.350 
25     
-      
Neil Nix
Okeechobee
FL

FLW
48.450 
26     
-      
Jeff Carreker
Stockbridge
GA

FLW
47.500 
27     
-      
Karen Savik
St. Louis Park
MN

FLW
37.050 
28     
-      
Ron Figueroa
Appling
GA

FLW
36.100 
29     
-      
Jerry Green
Cullman
AL
Ranger/Evinrude
FLW
34.200 
30     
-      
Gary Bucciarelli
Riverview
MI

FLW
32.300 
31     
-      
Luke Foli
Granger
IN

FLW
28.500 
32     
-      
Michael Black
Toledo
IL

FLW
27.550 
33     
-      
Chris Cox
Appleton
WI
Ranger/Evinrude
FLW
26.600 
34     
-      
Tommy Williams
Shepherdsville
KY

FLW
21.850 
35     
-      
Rusty Salewske
Alpine
CA
Ranger/Evinrude
FLW
20.900 
36     
-      
Tomohiro Usui
Gifu


FLW
19.950 
37     
-      
Larry Barnes
Alba
TX

FLW
15.200 
38     
-      
Troy Eakins
Nixa
MO

FLW
14.250 
39     
-      
Emily Shaffer
Mount Juliet
TN
Stratos/Evinrude
FLW
8.550 
40     
-      
Lee Skipper
Liberty Hill
SC

FLW
3.800 
41     
-      
Ralph Wilson
Warner Robins
GA

FLW
2.850 
42     
-      
Jason Abram
Piney Flats
TN
Caymas/Mercury
FLW
1.900 
43     
-      
RJ Bennett
Roseville
CA
Ranger/Evinrude
BASS
0.000 
43     
-      
Jimmy Mason
Rogersville
AL

BASS
0.000 
43     
-      
Scott Nielsen
Salt Lake City
UT

BASS
0.000 
43     
-      
Thomas O'Bryant
Drummonds
TN

BASS
0.000 
43     
-      
Jason Reyes
Humble
TX
Ranger/Mercury
FLW
0.000 
43     
-      
Mark Shepard
LaBelle
FL

BASS
0.000 
43     
-      
Scott Suggs
Bryant
AR
BassCat/Mercury
BPT
0.000 


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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