NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Leah Jackson (jacksonl@nsula.edu)
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466
http://www.nsula.edu/news
6/13/2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NATCHITOCHES- The Northwestern State University Bass Club is ranked fifth in the nation in the latest rankings compiled by the Collegiate Bass Anglers Association. This is the first year for the team to compete in the CBAA (Collegiate Bass Anglers Association). Members that participated in competition this year are Kevin Jeane and Jonathan Bennett of Anacoco, Nathan Fields of Dallas, Robbie Valentine of Bossier City, Jarred Williams of Woodworth and Ryan Wiggins of Deville.
The team was assembled last September by Jeane. At that time the club consisted of Jeane, Bennett, Wiggins and Williams. These four competed in the National Collegiate Bass Championship in October in which Wiggins and Williams finished fourth and Jeane and Bennett finished fifth out of 52 teams. NSU was the only college to have two teams in the top 10.
The club now consists of eight members including Jeane, Bennett, Williams, Wiggins, Fields, Valentine, Michael Johnson of Pitkin and Riley Fuller of Natchitoches. The club has competed in three major tournaments placing two boats in each tourney, including the tournament held on Red River in Natchitoches, where the team finished first, second, and third.
Team sponsors are V&M Bait Company and Cyclone Baits. School faculty sponsors are NSU Head Soccer Coach Jimmy Mitchell and Dr. Todd Whitehead, assistant professor of Health and Human Performance at NSU.
For more information, go to www.collegiatebass.org.
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