Texas A&M Wins Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament on Lake Somerville
BRENHAM, Texas (April 19, 2021) – The Texas A&M duo of Garret Bean of College Station, Texas, and Aaron Hawkins of Cypress, Texas, took the win on Friday at the Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI at Lake Somerville. The victory earned the Texas A&M 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 | Texas A&M | Garret Bean of College Station, Texas Aaron Hawkins of Cypress, Texas |
5 | 28-0 | $2,000 |
| 2nd | East Texas Baptist University | Cody Ross of Livingston, Texas Ethan Thurston of Kaufman, Texas |
5 | 25-2 | $1,000 |
| 3rd | Texas Tech University | Brooks Lundgren of Midland, Texas Ryan Stimmel of Seminole, Texas |
5 | 19-14 | $500 |
| 4th | Stephen F. Austin | River Lee of Nacogdoches, Texas Hunter Muncrief of Pineland, Texas |
3 | 17-0 | $500 |
| 5th | Baylor University | Jude Bugenhagen of The Woodlands, Texas Parker Greer of Waco, Texas |
4 | 16-15 | $500 |
| 6th | Texas A&M – Galveston | Trey Dawson of Montgomery, Texas Derek Pietsch of Montgomery, Texas |
5 | 16-10 | |
| 7th | East Texas Baptist University | Cannon Bird of Marshall, Texas Jacob Keith of Jefferson, Texas |
5 | 16-8 | |
| 8th | Texas A&M – Commerce | Dawson Cassidy of Gainesville, Texas Augustus McLarry of Quinlan, Texas |
5 | 16-4 | |
| 9th | Schreiner University | Colby Calongne of Cypress, Texas Taylor Strange of Whitehouse, Texas |
5 | 15-1 | |
| 10th | Texas A&M | Broxson Daigle of Katy, Texas Gabe Talley of Conroe, Texas |
4 | 13-11 |
*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 | April 23 | Lake Guntersville, Guntersville, Ala. | Marshall County Convention and Visitors Bureau |
| Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI National Championship presented by Lowrance | TBA – 2022 | TBA | TBA |
The event was the first of three qualifying tournaments for Southern Conference anglers and was hosted by Compete College Station.
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.
