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4/21/2002
Davis Moves Up and the Race is On

After the Beaver FLW, Oklahoma's Harmon Davis moved up two places to 3rd in the BassFan.com Rookie of the Year Race. Significantly, he displaced two BASSMASTER Tour rookies who, because the BASSMASTER Tour has completed five tournaments already, have a one-tournament advantage.

The million-dollar question is whether Davis can catch the two top B.A.S.S. rookies: Frank Scalish -- who is No. 1 in the Rookie race and has a 132-point lead over Davis -- and Yusuke Miyazaki, who leads Davis by 65 points. The answer is that it's certainly possible, depending on how all of these anglers fish the final tournaments of the season.

The biggest factor here is that Scalish and Miyazaki have only one tournament left in which to cement their leads over Davis and the other FLW rookies, notably Virginia's John Crews, Arkansas' Adam Wright and Maryland's J.T. Kenney. But the FLW rookies have two tournaments and the luxury of seeing how the B.A.S.S. guys finish.

Unless Scalish puts it away with a high finish at Eufaula, the outcome of the BassFan.com Rookie of the Year Race will likely hinge on the last tournament of the season.

Note: Though Florida's Mark Rogers finished 20th in the Beaver FLW, his ranking doesn't change because he didn't fish well in the first three tournaments: before Beaver, he only had 13 points total.



   4/21/2002 ROY Standings


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Place Sort by Place
Prior
Angler
City
State
Boat/Motor
Tour
Points
1     
1     
Frank Scalish
Cleveland Heights
OH
Legend/Mercury
MULTI
504.000 
2     
2     
Yusuke Miyazaki
Mineola
TX
Skeeter/Yamaha
BASS
437.000 
3     
5     
Harmon Davis
Marlow
OK
Ranger/Yamaha
FLW
372.000 
4     
3     
Warren Wyman
Calera
AL
Ranger/Mercury
FLW
363.000 
5     
4     
Roger Boler
Slidell
LA
Skeeter/Yamaha
BASS
344.000 
6     
13     
John Crews, Jr.
Salem
VA
Bass Cat/Mercury
BASS
327.000 
7     
7     
Adam Wright
Benton
AR

FLW
322.000 
8     
11     
J.T. Kenney
Palm Bay
FL
Ranger/Mercury
FLW
294.000 
9     
6     
Aaron A. Hastings
Boonsboro
MD
Ranger/Evinrude
FLWT
284.000 
10     
8     
Jimmi Leuthner
Vernon
VT

FLW
246.000 
11     
9     
Mark Sabbides
Bastrop
LA
ProCraft
Both
243.000 
12     
16     
Mark Goines
Shady Point
OK
Ranger/Mercury
FLW
238.000 
13     
10     
Paul Hanley
Hull
GA
Ranger
Both
236.000 
14     
12     
Mark Tyler
Vian
OK
Bass Cat/Mercury
BASS
226.000 
15     
14     
Gerald Gostenik
Dearborn
MI
Triton/Mercury
Both
210.000 
16     
20     
David Cochran
Hot Springs
AR

FLW
209.000 
17     
18     
Scott Browning
Franklin
NC

FLW
208.000 
18     
15     
Michael Johnson
Talking Rock
GA
Skeeter/Yamaha
Both
204.000 
19     
23     
Steve Kennedy
Auburn
AL
Bass Cat/Yamaha
BASS
191.000 
20     
17     
Rickie Harp
Cottondale
AL
Triton/Mercury
BASS
175.000 
21     
19     
Marty Carter
Hamilton
AL

Both
163.000 
22     
21     
Rob Vander Kooi
Mesa
AZ

Both
154.000 
23     
22     
Bobby Curtis
Siloam Springs
AR
Ranger/Evinrude
FLW
151.000 
24     
24     
Mark Rogers
Naples
FL
Gambler/Mercury
Both
144.000 
25     
25     
Ron Weiss
Mountain Home
AR

FLW
80.000 


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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