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3/20/2005
One More Shot for BASS Rookies





Will FLW Tour rookie Bobby Lane crush his fellow rookies to win the BassFan Rookie of the Year (ROY) Race? Even though Lane has a huge lead in the ROY points, it's still too early to tell. He and other FLW Tour rookies have three events left to fish, but Bassmaster Tour rookies only have one: next week's Table Rock Bassmaster.

Lane was 25 points ahead, but is now 18 points ahead – of Bassmaster Tour rookie Dave Wolak. Wolak finished 12th last week at the Norman Bassmaster and 13th at the previous tournament. One more good finish by Wolak next week, and Lane will have to continue his hot Top 10 pace to earn the ROY title.

Other notable movement:

> Florida Bassmaster rookie Preston Clark moved up two spots with an 8th at Norman last week, and is now 3rd in the race – but is still 13 points behind Wolak.

> Thanks to a 6th at Norman, California Bassmaster rookie Greg Gutierrez is now 7th in the ROY standings, 15 points behind Clark.

(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.)



   3/20/2005 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
187.933 
2     
2     
Dave Wolak
Wake Forest
NC
Ranger/Yamaha
BASS
169.000 
3     
5     
Preston Clark
Palatka
FL
Triton/Mercury
BASS
156.200 
4     
3     
Ramie Colson, Jr.
Cadiz
KY
Bullet/Evinrude
FLW
148.883 
5     
4     
William Davis
Russellville
AL

FLW
146.033 
6     
6     
Ken Wick
Star
ID
Ranger/Mercury
FLW
144.133 
7     
8     
Greg Gutierrez
Red Bluff
CA
Nitro/Mercury
BASS
141.200 
8     
11     
Russ Lane
Prattville
AL
Phoenix/Yamaha
BPT
128.600 
9     
7     
Terry Butcher
Talala
OK
Bass Cat/Mercury
BASS
127.000 
10     
10     
Cliff Pace
Petal
MS
Skeeter/Yamaha
BASS
124.200 
11     
9     
Jesse Draime
Long Beach
MS

BASS
109.000 
12     
12     
Marcus Clouse
Henderson
NV

FLW
107.033 
13     
14     
Chip Hawkins
White Hall
AR

BASS
106.800 
14     
13     
Keith Pace
Monticello
AR
Ranger/Yamaha
FLW
106.400 
15     
15     
Toby Hartsell
Livingston
TX

FLW
99.167 
16     
16     
Stephen Tosh, Jr.
Modesto
CA
Bass Cat
FLW
98.483 
17     
17     
Zachary Thompson
Orinda
CA

BASS
93.000 
18     
18     
Michael Bennett
Panama City
FL
Ranger/Yamaha
FLW
90.250 
19     
20     
Brent Ehrler
Redlands
CA
Ranger/Mercury
BPT
79.483 
20     
21     
Simon Morrow
Alexander City
AL
Triton/Evinrude
FLW
76.317 
21     
19     
Thad Takes
Center Point
IA

BASS
74.200 
22     
23     
Clifford Pirch
Payson
AZ
Phoenix/Suzuki
BASS
72.833 
23     
24     
Mary Divincenti
Clinton
LA

FLW
69.033 
24     
25     
Nick Grebb
Roseville
CA

FLW
68.400 
25     
29     
Grant Goldbeck
Boerne
TX
Bass Cat/Yamaha
BASS
59.400 
26     
27     
Derek Yamamoto
Tempe
AZ

FLW
59.217 
27     
22     
Terry Adams
Morgan City
LA

BASS
58.600 
28     
28     
Michael Brown
Rocky Face
GA

FLW
58.583 
29     
30     
William Drown
Roseland
FL

FLW
53.517 
30     
31     
Walt Starling
Live Oak
FL

FLW
52.883 
31     
26     
Louis Iribarren
Port Jervis
NY

BASS
47.600 
32     
32     
Katsutoshi Furusawa
Tokyo

Ranger/Yamaha
FLW
44.017 
33     
33     
Steve Naas
Inverness
FL

FLW
41.800 
34     
34     
Greg Gulledge
Monticello
AR

FLW
36.417 
35     
35     
Joe Small
Marion
AR

FLW
36.100 
36     
36     
Scott David
Goodrich
TX

FLW
23.433 
37     
37     
James Quillman
Plano
TX

FLW
22.167 
38     
38     
Paul Whitman, Jr.
Dallas
TX

FLW
13.617 
39     
39     
Stephen Wilson
Mission Hills
CA

FLW
8.867 


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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