Published July 15, 2014
The University of Louisiana at Monroe’s Fishing Team is preparing to send eight men
to the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship Tournament from July
31- Aug. 2, at the Chatuge Reservoir in Young Harris, Georgia, to compete for cash
and prizes.
A record 84 teams will participate in the opening rounds of the tournament. The top
five team cumulative weights after the first two days of competition will move on
to the finals on Aug. 2 to fight for the title.
Ralph Swillie, staff adviser for the team said it is always a great opportunity to
show what the university can offer.
“We are, in my opinion, the number one fishing school in the U.S.,” he said. “Our
guys are always at the top of every tournament.”
In the first year of Cabela’s School of the Year standings, ULM finished second, the
next year, they took the number one spot.
In 2014, the team again finished second. No other school in the nation has achieved
three straight top-two finishes in the sport’s School of the Year championship.
ULM anglers will fish in teams of two. Brett Preuett of Colfax will partner with Jackson
Blackett of Sterlington. Trapper Munn of Oak Grove will partner with Dustin Perkins
of Elmer.
Nick LaDart of Monroe will partner with Brian Eaton of Monroe, and the freshman duo
of Tyler Craig of Frierson and Joseph Grassi of Monroe, round out the eight-man group
heading to Georgia.
For more information, visit bassmaster.com/college
