Top 15 Teams at Pickwick Slam Earn Automatic Qualification into Historic 20th Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops

SAN ANTONIO, TX (April 8, 2025) – This past weekend, the Association of Collegiate Anglers contested the third event of its historic 20^th season on the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series.  Over 270 teams were on hand in Florence, AL at Pickwick Lake to compete in the Pickwick Slam.  Anglers competing in the no-entry-fee, nationally televised major event were vying for over $20,000 in prizes and contingencies, as well as double points to count towards the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia.  In addition to those payouts and bonuses, the Top 15 teams in the final tournament standings earned automatic qualification into the 2025 Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops.

Here are the 15 teams that earned automatic qualification to compete in the 20^th edition of college fishing’s longest-running National Championship next month:

1. Chandler Howell & Clayton Ellis – Blue Mountain Christian University
2. Paxton Giem & Jerry Brumbaugh – Adrian College
3. Zion Dunaway & Brady Metzger – Purdue University
4. Blake Bullock & John Berry – Blue Mountain Christian University
5. Derek Rodriguez & Owen Januszewski – Adrian College
6. Bryce DiMauro & Tripp Berlinsky – University of North Alabama
7. Coleman Stewart & Keenan Stewart – Campbellsville University
8. Miller Dowling & Mason Kornegay – University of Montevallo
9. Clayton Easter – Tarleton State University
10. Carty Shoen & Jake Peck – Auburn University
11. Jake Krauth & Jack McIlwain – University of North Alabama
12. Nick Dellaporta & Drew Pitts – Carson-Newman University
13. Briggs Alavezos & Brooks Parker – University of Montevallo
14. Elijah McDonald & Zane Roberts – University of North Alabama
15. Hunter Sandschafer & Connor Becker – Wabash Valley College

A total of 10 schools earned automatic qualifications via Top 15 finishes at Pickwick Lake.  Four of those schools earned multiple qualifications: University of North Alabama (3), Blue Mountain Christian University (2), Adrian College (2), University of Montevallo (2).

14 of the 15 boats that finished in the Top 15 at the Pickwick Slam are from a school ranked in the Top 20 for the 2024-25 Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia.

1^st ranked Montevallo had two teams finish in the Top 15 at the Pickwick Slam.  Combined with multiple other top finishes at ACA events this season, the four-time defending title winner currently qualifies to send a total of 11 boats to the 2025 Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops via top finishes.

3^rd ranked UNA also qualifies to currently send 11 teams to the ACA’s historic 20^th National Championship at Lake Hartwell.  The team from Florence, AL has earned six additional qualifications via top finishes, and receives a spot for being a recent winner of the Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops.  UNA’s three Top 15 finishes at the Pickwick Slam were the most of any school last weekend.

View the complete Championship Qualification Criteria.