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5/18/2004
 Fukae Has Commanding Lead





Japanese FLW Tour rookie Shinichi Fukae is a fishing powerhouse in his home country, and so far is the same here. After last week's Kentucky Lake FLW Tour event, where he finished 5th, he's leading the FLW points race and also has a commanding 26-point lead in the cross-tour BassFan Rookie of the Year Race.

It's one tournament too early to call the ball, but it looks like Fukae will be the first non-American and first FLW Tour winner of the BassFan Rookie Race, making him the best true rookie in bass fishing.

Former Oklahoman and current Arkansan Ray Scheide remains in 2nd, and Florida's Glenn Browne stays in 3rd. But after a 12th at Kentucky Lake, Ohio's Dennis Magoto jumps up six places into 4th.

Virginia's Jacob Powroznik falls one place to 5th, and the rest of the Top 10 stay the same except for 10th: Alabama's Jimmy Mason moves up one spot to 10th thanks to poor finishes by FLW Tour rookies.

Since the cross-tour BassFan Rookie of the Year Race only covers the regular season, only one event is left: next month's Lake Champlain FLW.



   5/18/2004 ROY Standings


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Place Sort by Place
 		Prior
Angler
City
State
Boat/Motor
Tour
Points
1     
 1     
 Shinichi Fukae
 Thomson
 GA
 Bass Cat/Mercury
 BPT
 176.520 
2     
 2     
 Ray Scheide
 Russellville
 AR
 Ranger/Yamaha
 MULTI
 150.590 
3     
 3     
 Glenn Browne
 Ocala
 FL
 Ranger/Evinrude
 FLW
 143.930 
4     
 10     
 Dennis Magoto
 Waynesville
 OH
 Ranger/Evinrude
 FLW
 128.110 
5     
 4     
 Jacob Powroznik
 North Prince George
 VA
 Ranger/Mercury
 BASS
 125.400 
6     
 6     
 Bill McDonald
 Greenwood
 IN
 Bass Cat/Mercury
 FLW
 123.980 
7     
 7     
 Ron Wolfarth
 Locust
 NC
 Ranger/Mercury
 FLW
 122.930 
8     
 8     
 Mark Shepard
 LaBelle
 FL
BASS
 117.500 
9     
 9     
 Jason Reyes
 Humble
 TX
 Ranger/Mercury
 FLW
 115.500 
10     
 11     
 Jimmy Mason
 Rogersville
 AL
BASS
 113.333 
11     
 12     
 RJ Bennett
 Roseville
 CA
 Ranger/Evinrude
 BASS
 112.833 
12     
 5     
 Jackie Davis
 Willard
 MO
 Ranger/Evinrude
 FLW
 112.150 
13     
 14     
 David Givens
 Hernando
 FL
FLW
 111.770 
14     
 16     
 John Tanner
 Quitman
 TX
FLW
 106.780 
15     
 13     
 Tim Klinger
 Boulder City
 NV
 Ranger/Yamaha
 MULTI
 106.270 
16     
 24     
 Jason Abram
 Piney Flats
 TN
 Caymas/Mercury
 FLW
 97.900 
17     
 17     
 Tony Defilippo
 Lake Ann
 MI
 Nitro
 FLW
 90.490 
18     
 15     
 John Kitchens
 Atlanta
 GA
FLW
 90.060 
19     
 21     
 Rusty Salewske
 Alpine
 CA
 Ranger/Evinrude
 FLW
 88.160 
20     
 18     
 Dan Mansky
 Youngstown
 OH
FLW
 87.210 
21     
 23     
 Scott Nielsen
 Salt Lake City
 UT
BASS
 84.667 
22     
 25     
 Thomas O'Bryant
 Drummonds
 TN
BASS
 84.500 
23     
 28     
 Ricky Scott
 Van Buren
 AR
FLW
 82.270 
24     
 20     
 Fred Roumbanis
 Russellville
 AR
 Phoenix/Mercury
 BPT
 80.750 
25     
 22     
 Luke Foli
 Granger
 IN
FLW
 79.800 
26     
 33     
 Gary Paris
 Emory
 TX
FLW
 79.040 
27     
 27     
 Karen Savik
 St. Louis Park
 MN
FLW
 78.660 
28     
 19     
 Steve Tosh
 Waterford
 CA
 Bass Cat/Mercury
 FLW
 78.330 
29     
 31     
 Jerry Green
 Cullman
 AL
 Ranger/Evinrude
 FLW
 75.810 
30     
 32     
 Jeff Evans
 Benton
 KY
FLW
 69.920 
31     
 28     
 Glenn Miller
 Newborn
 GA
FLW
 67.070 
32     
 26     
 Troy Eakins
 Nixa
 MO
FLW
 65.980 
33     
 30     
 Chris Wilkerson
 Conroe
 TX
 BassCat/Mercury
 FLW
 60.230 
34     
 35     
 Gary Bucciarelli
 Riverview
 MI
FLW
 50.540 
35     
 41     
 Larry Barnes
 Alba
 TX
FLW
 49.780 
36     
 34     
 Michael Black
 Toledo
 IL
FLW
 48.640 
37     
 40     
 Jeff Carreker
 Stockbridge
 GA
FLW
 45.790 
38     
 43     
 Neil Nix
 Okeechobee
 FL
FLW
 44.080 
39     
 35     
 Ron Figueroa
 Appling
 GA
FLW
 43.510 
40     
 37     
 Chris Cox
 Appleton
 WI
 Ranger/Evinrude
 FLW
 43.130 
41     
 38     
 Emily Shaffer
 Mount Juliet
 TN
 Stratos/Evinrude
 FLW
 41.420 
41     
 44     
 Tommy Williams
 Shepherdsville
 KY
FLW
 41.420 
43     
 39     
 Tony Christian
 Hull
 GA
FLW
 36.290 
44     
 42     
 Lee Skipper
 Liberty Hill
 SC
FLW
 30.590 
45     
 45     
 Tomohiro Usui
 Gifu

FLW
 22.990 
46     
 46     
 Ralph Wilson
 Warner Robins
 GA
FLW
 10.070 


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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