University of Louisiana-Monroe Wins Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament on Lake O’ the Pines
JEFFERSON, Texas (June 15, 2021) – The University of Louisiana duo of Jacob Andrews and Connor Nimrod, both of Monroe, Louisiana, took the win on Friday at the Abu Garcia College Fishing Presented by YETI at Lake of the Pines. The victory earned the University of Louisiana team $2,000 and qualified the duo to compete in the 2022 College Fishing National Championship.
TOP 10 RESULTS*
| RANK | COLLEGE NAME | ANGLER NAME/HOMETOWN | BASS | WEIGHT | AWARD |
| 1st | University of Louisiana-Monroe | Jacob Andrews of Monroe, La. Connor Nimrod of Monroe, La. |
5 | 26-5 | $2,000 |
| 2nd | Stephen F. Austin | Jacob Miller of Fort Worth, Texas Jack York of Colleyville, Texas |
5 | 25-11 | $1,000 |
| 3rd | Tarleton State – Stephenville | Caden Cowan of Stephenville, Texas Trevor Easter of Morgan, Texas |
5 | 24-13 | $500 |
| 4th | LSU – Shreveport | Tyler Tamburo of Bossier City, La. Blakely Young of Hallsville, Texas |
5 | 24-0 | $500 |
| 5th | University of Louisiana – Lafayette | Dylan Friloux of Lafayette, La. Hayden Pinho of Patterson, La. |
5 | 23-5 | $500 |
| 6th | Dallas Baptist University | Tanner Foster of Venus, Texas Andrew Rickman of Canton, Texas |
5 | 22-14 | |
| 7th | Stephen F. Austin | River Lee of Nacogdoches, Texas Hunter Muncrief of Pineland, Texas |
5 | 22-14 | |
| 8th | Arkansas Tech University | Karson Hamilton of Hot Springs, Ark. Austin Johnston of Mena, Ark. |
5 | 22-6 | |
| 9th | East Texas Baptist University | Cannon Bird of Marshall, Texas Jacob Keith of Jefferson, Texas |
5 | 21-14 | |
| 10th | Louisiana College | Harrison Bieber of Dry Prong, La. Ben South of Dry Prong, La. |
5 | 21-4 |
*Top 10 teams advance to the 2022 College Fishing National Championship
Complete results for the entire field can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
2021/2022 QUALIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES
| EVENT | DATE | LOCATION | HOST |
| Abu Garcia College Fishing Presented by YETI | July 30 | Mississippi River, La Crosse, Wis. | La Crosse County Convention & Visitors Bureau |
| Abu Garcia College Fishing Presented by YETI National Championship Presented by Lowrance | TBA – 2022 | TBA | TBA |
The event was the second of three qualifying tournaments for Southern Conference anglers.
Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI teams compete in regular-season qualifying tournaments in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. The top ten teams from each division’s three regular-season tournaments and the top 20 teams from the annual Abu Garcia College Fishing Open advance to the following year’s Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI National Championship.
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