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   BassFan Rookie of the Year Race
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3/1/2005
No Catching Lane Yet





With half the Bassmaster Tour season already over, the number of anglers who have a shot at winning the BassFan Rookie of the Year Race from that tour is rapidly diminishing. Right now the guy with the best shot is Pennsylvania's Dave Wolak, who just finished 39th at last week's Guntersville Bassmaster and is now 3rd in the ROY Race.

But for the time being, there's no beating Bobby Lane's two Top 10s. The question is whether Lane, an FLW Tour rookie, can keep his momentum going outside of Florida. We'll find out in a couple of weeks.

The only other notable movement after last week's event involves the guys tied for 7th in the ROY Race: Florida's Preston Clark, and Mississippi's Jesse Draime. They move up three and six slots, respectively, after decent finishes (a 20th for Draime) at Guntersville.

(PLEASE NOTE: Richard Bennett of Roseville, Calif. was incorrectly listed as an FLW Tour rookie this year. He is the same person as RJ Bennett, who was a Bassmaster Tour rookie in 2004. He has been removed from the 2005 ROY standings, and the remaining rookies have been re-sorted accordingly. Any discrepancy between the text above and the standings below is due to this re-sorting.)



   3/1/2005 ROY Standings


Click a column heading to re-sort. Click an angler's name to view his or her profile.
Place Sort by Place
Prior
Angler
City
State
Boat/Motor
Tour
Points
1     
1     
Bobby Lane
Lakeland
FL
Phoenix/Yamaha
BPT
188.200 
2     
2     
Ramie Colson, Jr.
Cadiz
KY
Bullet/Evinrude
FLW
156.325 
3     
4     
Dave Wolak
Wake Forest
NC
Ranger/Yamaha
BASS
152.667 
4     
3     
Ken Wick
Star
ID
Ranger/Mercury
FLW
148.250 
5     
5     
Marcus Clouse
Henderson
NV

FLW
146.300 
6     
6     
Toby Hartsell
Livingston
TX

FLW
143.975 
7     
10     
Preston Clark
Palatka
FL
Triton/Mercury
BASS
134.333 
7     
13     
Jesse Draime
Long Beach
MS

BASS
134.333 
9     
9     
Greg Gutierrez
Red Bluff
CA
Nitro/Mercury
BASS
126.333 
10     
8     
William Davis
Russellville
AL

FLW
125.875 
11     
7     
Chip Hawkins
White Hall
AR

BASS
124.667 
12     
12     
Cliff Pace
Petal
MS
Skeeter/Yamaha
BASS
117.000 
13     
11     
Terry Butcher
Talala
OK
Bass Cat/Mercury
BASS
107.667 
14     
15     
Brent Ehrler
Redlands
CA
Ranger/Mercury
BPT
106.400 
15     
16     
Zachary Thompson
Orinda
CA

BASS
97.667 
16     
14     
Russ Lane
Prattville
AL
Phoenix/Yamaha
BPT
96.333 
17     
18     
Thad Takes
Center Point
IA

BASS
92.000 
18     
17     
Simon Morrow
Alexander City
AL
Triton/Evinrude
FLW
89.300 
19     
19     
Michael Bennett
Panama City
FL
Ranger/Yamaha
FLW
84.075 
20     
20     
Louis Iribarren
Port Jervis
NY

BASS
79.333 
21     
21     
Keith Pace
Monticello
AR
Ranger/Yamaha
FLW
77.425 
22     
22     
Walt Starling
Live Oak
FL

FLW
76.475 
23     
23     
Stephen Tosh, Jr.
Modesto
CA
Bass Cat
FLW
74.100 
24     
24     
Nick Grebb
Roseville
CA

FLW
72.200 
25     
25     
Mary Divincenti
Clinton
LA

FLW
69.350 
26     
26     
Terry Adams
Morgan City
LA

BASS
65.000 
27     
27     
Steve Naas
Inverness
FL

FLW
62.700 
28     
29     
Katsutoshi Furusawa
Tokyo

Ranger/Yamaha
FLW
56.525 
29     
28     
Grant Goldbeck
Boerne
TX
Bass Cat/Yamaha
BASS
55.333 
30     
30     
Clifford Pirch
Payson
AZ
Phoenix/Suzuki
BASS
54.625 
31     
31     
Derek Yamamoto
Tempe
AZ

FLW
53.675 
32     
32     
Joe Small
Marion
AR

FLW
44.175 
33     
33     
Scott David
Goodrich
TX

FLW
35.150 
34     
34     
James Quillman
Plano
TX

FLW
31.350 
35     
35     
William Drown
Roseland
FL

FLW
30.875 
35     
35     
Greg Gulledge
Monticello
AR

FLW
30.875 
37     
37     
Michael Brown
Rocky Face
GA

FLW
27.550 
38     
38     
Stephen Wilson
Mission Hills
CA

FLW
9.025 
39     
39     
Paul Whitman, Jr.
Dallas
TX

FLW
6.175 


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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