Simpson University Wins Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament on Lake Havasu

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (Sept. 28, 2021) – The Simpson University duo of Quinn Hawkinson of Chico, California, and Jayden Nezy of Page, Arizona, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 10 pounds, 1 ounce to earn the win last weekend at the Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI at Lake Havasu. The victory earned the Red Hawk’s bass club $2,000 and qualified the duo to compete in the 2022 College Fishing National Championship.

TOP FIVE RESULTS*

RANK COLLEGE NAME ANGLER NAME/HOMETOWN BASS WEIGHT AWARD
1st Simpson University Quinn Hawkinson, Chico, Calif.
Jayden Nezy, Page, Ariz.
5 10-1 $2,000
2nd Dallas Baptist University Mark Harris, Lindale, Texas
Michael Postlewait, Astoria, Ore.
4 9-0 $1,000
3rd Simpson University Nathan Phillips, Kelseyville, Calif.
Austin Rojas, Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
4 8-10 $500
4th Dallas Baptist University Reece Martin, Lindale, Texas
Jacob Witkowski, Dallas, Texas
4 7-3 $500
5th Simpson University Ryan Beaty, Martinez, Calif.
Taj White, Glendale, Ariz.
2 5-9 $500

Complete results for the entire field can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

2021 QUALIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES

EVENT DATE LOCATION HOST
Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI National Championship March 29-31, 2022 Fort Gibson Lake, Wagoner, Okla. TBD

The event was the third and final qualifying tournaments for Western Conference anglers and was hosted by Go Lake Havasu.
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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