HUDDLESTON, Va. (June 15, 2020) – The University of North Carolina-Charlotte team of Schaefer Dobbratz and Josh Cannon, both of Waxhaw, North Carolina, won the Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI at Smith Mountain Lake event Sunday with a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 7 ounces. The victory earned the UNC-Charlotte bass club $2,000 and qualified them to compete in the 2021 College Fishing National Championship.

The 49ers duo won by a slim 3-ounce margin over the second-place team of Clayton Winebarger and Logan Reynolds from Virginia Tech University, who weighed in five bass totaling 16 pounds, 4 ounces. The tournament launched from Parkway Marina in Huddleston, Virginia.

The top 10 teams that advanced to the 2021 College Fishing National Championship are:

1^st:       University of North Carolina-Charlotte – Schaefer Dobbratz and Josh Cannon, both of Waxhaw, N.C., five bass, 16-7, $2,000

2^nd:      Virginia Tech University – Clayton Winebarger, Abingdon, Va., and Logan Reynolds, Stuart, Va., five bass, 16-4, $1,000

3^rd:       Auburn University – Robbie Cruvellier, Alburgh, Vt., and Chase Clarke, Virginia Beach, Va., five bass, 16-2, $500

4^th:       Adrian College – Sam Shoemaker, Martinsville, Ind., and Carter Ball, Noblesville, Ind., five bass, 15-14, $500

5^th:       Radford University – Jackson Norton, Ferrum, Va., and Nicholas Brognano, Gum Spring, Va., five bass, 15-8, $500

6^th:       Penn State University – Jason Zubris, Plains, Pa., and Bryce Millar, Ashburn, Va., five bass, 15-4

7^th:       Ramapo College – Alex Johnson, Milltown, N.J., and Zachary Potter, Haddon Township, N.J., five bass, 15-2

8^th:       East Carolina University – Austin Woody, Burlington, N.C., and Christopher Bowen, White Plains, Va., five bass, 14-3

9^th:       King University – Landon Lawson, Jonesborough, Tenn., and Donavan Carson, Bristol, Va., five bass, 13-7

10^th:     Liberty University – Jack Dice, Lynchburg, Va., five bass, 12-10

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

The Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI event on Smith Mountain Lake was hosted by Destination Bedford. It was the first of three regular-season qualifying tournaments for Northern Conference anglers. The next event for College Fishing anglers will be July 10 at the Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI at Fort Gibson Lake in Wagoner, Oklahoma.

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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