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SKIPPER, TYSON ARE FIRST WOMEN’S DUO TO qUALIFY FOR COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP
aci Skipper and Ryleigh Tyson of the Savannah College
of Art and Design (SCAD) made FLW history in March
with a 14th-place finish at the YETI FLW College Fishing
Southeastern Division tournament at Lake Hartwell to
become the first two-woman team to qualify for the
National Championship.
Skipper, of Dothan, Ala., and Tyson, of Saint Cloud,
Fla., both freshmen, are members of SCAD’s varsity
women’s fishing team. The school also fields a varsity
men’s team and a club-level fishing team. Skipper and
Tyson will fish the 2018 championship tournament.
Chico State angler Allison Shaw, fishing with partner
Thomas White, was the first woman to fish the YETI FLW
College Fishing National Championship in 2011.
FLW reaCHeS 500k LIkeS ON FaCebOOk
Sometime in March, FLW reached 500,000 likes on its Facebook
page. To all who follow along via social media, FLWFishing.com
and FLW Bass Fishing magazine, we say thank you.
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