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6/5/2006
Lowen Gains Lead

After last week's Old Hickory Lake (Tenn.) FLW Series and Grand Lake (Okla.) Bassmaster Elite Series events, Ohio's Bill Lowen finally reached the top of the BassFan Rookie of the Year (ROY) standings. The Elite Series rookie finished 36th at Grand Lake and now leads the ROY race by just over 6 points.

Other notable movement:

> A 13th at Grand helps Oklahoma's Bradley Hallman jump up eight spots to 2nd in the standings.

> Fellow Elite Series rookies Jared Lintner (California) and Jeremy Starks (West Virginia) didn't do so well at Grand, but thanks to FLW rookies falling, thy now occupy the 4th and 5th spots in the standings.

> A 7th at Grand helps Louisiana's Jeff Connella jump up 14 spots to 8th.

> Federation "Living the Dream" angler Jami Fralick (South Dakota) finished 12th at Grand and is now 10th in the ROY standings.

> Former ROY Race leader Tim Farley of Georgia finished 161st at Old Hickory and falls 18 spots to 19th.

6/5/2006 ROY Standings
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Place	Prior	Angler	City	State	Boat/Motor	Tour	Points
1	5	Bill Lowen	Brookville	IN	XPress/Yamaha	BASS	163.667
2	10	Bradley Hallman	Norman	OK	Phoenix/Mercury	BASS	157.333
3	6	Jared Lintner	Arroyo Grande	CA	Ranger/Mercury	BPT	155.833
4	9	Jeremy Starks	Charleston	WV	Skeeter/Yamaha	BASS	148.500
5	7	Paul Driskell	Jefferson	GA		FLWS	148.000
5	12	Darrin Schwenkbeck	Varysburg	NY	Triton/Evinrude	BASS	148.000
7	13	Jon Bondy	Windsor	ON	Champion/Mercury	BASS	147.167
8	22	Jeff Connella	Bentley	LA	Triton/Mercury	BASS	146.833
9	2	Michael Murphy	Lexington	SC	Falcon/Evinrude	FLWT	146.333
10	23	Jami Fralick	Martin	SD	Nitro/Mercury	BASS	143.000
11	10	Britt Myers	Lake Wylie	SC	Bass Cat/Mercury	BPT	142.833
12	23	Keith Phillips	Calera	AL	Triton/Mercury	BASS	142.167
13	21	Chris Lane	Guntersville	AL	Nitro/Mercury	BPT	140.000
14	15	Kevin Langill	Terrell	NC	Skeeter/Yamaha	BASS	138.833
15	16	Paul Hirosky	Guys Mills	PA	Gambler/Mercury	BASS	138.000
15	8	Tim Peek	Sharpsburg	GA		FLWS	138.000
17	19	Kevin Lasyone	Dry Prong	LA		FLWT	137.400
18	20	Thanh Le	Davie	FL	Ranger/Evinrude	FLWT	137.200
19	1	Tim Farley	Lula	GA	Ranger/Yamaha	FLWS	135.667
19	36	Jason Meninger	Gainesville	GA	Ranger/Yamaha	FLWT	135.667
21	35	Ott DeFoe	Blaine	TN	NItro/Mercury	BPT	134.000
21	18	Jason Knapp	Uniontown	PA	Ranger/Yamaha	MULTI	134.000
23	27	Kurt Dove	Fairfax	VA	Skeeter/Yamaha	FLWT	132.333
25	26	George Jeane, Jr.	Evans	LA	Ranger/Yamaha	FLW	130.800
26	25	Vince Hurtado	Waterford	CA	Bass Cat	BASS	129.833
27	28	Charles Cummings	Leeds	AL		FLWT	129.600
28	14	Steve Redding	Irvine	CA		FLWS	125.333
28	4	Steve Wright	Oskaloosa	IA	Ranger/Yamaha	FLWS	125.333
30	33	Rick Ash	Pottstown	PA	Bass Cat	BASS	121.833
31	3	Marty Sisk	Evansville	IN	Ranger/Mercury	FLWS	117.333
32	31	John Devere	Berea	KY	Ranger/Yamaha	FLW	116.667
33	29	Mark King	Gurdon	AR		FLWS	116.333
34	42	Jim Dillard	West Monroe	LA	Ranger/Mercury	FLW	114.933
35	17	Tim McDonald	Hagerhill	KY		FLWS	113.667
36	38	Nate Wellman	Newaygo	MI	Phoenix/Mercury	BASS	113.400
37	44	Shawn Strader	Rockwood	TN		FLWS	112.333
38	39	Doc Merkin	Downers Grove	IL	Bass Cat	BASS	112.000
39	40	Ken Brodeur	Niantic	CT		BASS	109.500
40	46	Zack Bull	Memphis	TN		FLWT	99.600
41	30	Brent Crow	Hartselle	AL		FLWS	98.667
42	32	Greg Bohannan	Bentonville	AR	Ranger/Evinrude	FLW	97.667
43	77	Eric Ambort	Mabelvale	AR		FLWS	92.000
44	70	Tommy McKnight	Kosciusko	MS	BassCat/Mercury	FLWT	91.333
45	53	Todd Tucker	Moultrie	GA		FLWS	91.000
46	78	Tom O'Bryant	Cedar Grove	TN		FLWS	89.667
47	66	Frank Lannom	Mount Juliet	TN	Ranger/Yamaha	FLWS	89.000
48	34	Theron Caldwell	Fort Worth	TX		FLWS	88.000
49	47	Clint Johanson	Benton City	WA		FLWT	86.000
50	40	Kevin Marrs	Melbourne	FL		FLWS	85.000
51	43	Conrad Picou	Scott	LA		BASS	84.833
52	51	Brian Hensley	Edwardsburg	MI		FLWT	82.600
53	75	Harry Barton	Sterrett	AL		FLWS	81.667
54	45	Bill Stutzman	Nampa	ID		FLW	81.000
55	37	Johnny Le Sesne	Blue Ridge	GA		FLWS	78.333
56	55	Tee Watkins	East Point	KY		FLWT	77.800
57	85	Peter Cherkas	Des Moines	IA		FLWS	77.667
58	57	Kevin Long	Clewiston	FL	Ranger/Evinrude	FLWS	75.400
59	54	Bill Day	Frankfort	KY		FLWS	72.333
60	58	Mike Ellenstein	Newburgh	IN	Ranger/Evinrude	FLWT	71.600
61	79	Kim Bain-Moore	Alabaster	AL		FLWS	68.333
62	59	Yancy Windham	Gordo	AL		FLWT	68.000
63	62	Brandon Coulter	Knoxville	TN	Falcon/Mercury	BPT	66.667
64	60	Pierre Fortin	Lady Lake	FL		FLWT	66.200
65	52	Matt Bichanich	Fort Atkinson	WI		FLWS	62.333
65	48	Douglas Jones	Fort Gibson	OK		FLWS	62.333
67	80	Horace Alred	Cedartown	GA		FLWS	59.333
68	65	Mark Fann	Clewiston	FL		FLWT	57.400
69	49	Ryan Coleman	Flowery Branch	GA		FLWS	56.667
70	96	Robert Degrandcourt	Springfield	VA		FLWS	55.000
71	56	Scott Lunsford	Calhoun	GA	Ranger/Evinrude	FLWS	54.667
72	61	Brian Bylotas	Olyphant	PA		FLWS	54.000
72	66	John Peters	Okeechobee	FL		FLWT	54.000
74	94	Shawn Hagler	Sugar Land	TX		FLWS	53.667
75	73	Erwin Cole	Murfreesboro	TN		FLWS	53.000
76	63	Brian Mathis	Charlotte	NC		FLWS	52.333
77	84	Tony Chachere	Opelousas	LA		FLWS	52.000
77	69	Derek Jones	Chicago	IL		FLWT	52.000
79	64	Tommy Carpenter	Jacksons Gap	AL		FLWS	50.000
80	72	Barrett Moss	Somerset	KY		FLW	49.333
81	70	Richard Lowitzki	St. Charles	IL		FLWT	49.000
82	89	Ken Bearden	La Grange	GA		FLWS	47.333
83	81	Mike Cox	Huntsville	AL		FLWS	46.000
84	86	Travis Loyd	Vienna	IL		FLWS	45.667
85	74	Tim Sitterding	Freetown	IN		FLWT	44.800
86	76	Jim Blake	Lincoln	NE		FLWT	43.200
87	87	Steve Wilson	Lufkin	TX		FLW	30.300
88	92	Patrick Baynes	Chatsworth	GA		FLWS	26.000
89	82	William Polkinghorn	Santa Fe	NM		FLWS	22.667
90	88	Edward Gettys	Stevenson	AL		FLWS	22.367
91	83	Ronald Cherkas	Des Moines	IA		FLWS	22.000
92	90	Chuck Medley	Owens Cross Roads	AL		FLWT	14.800
93	95	John Hempel	Brownstown	MI		FLWS	12.667
94	91	Howard Dotson	Paintsville	KY		FLWS	9.333
95	92	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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