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Rookie tales, Text of friendship
By djkimmel on Jul 14, 2011 | In BASS Elites, BASS, Pro Anglers, KVD
B.A.S.S. News
B.A.S.S. Reporter’s Notebook: Rookie tales; Text of friendship; July 13 announcement; Elite pros back new company
Rookie tales: The two newest Bassmaster Classic rookies could hardly be more different from each other.
One, Andrew Upshaw, is 24 years old, just out of college and living in Hemphill, Texas, working an office job. The other, Kelly Pratt, is a 52-year-old veteran tournament angler and landscape professional from Williamsburg, Va.
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Hemphill, Texas' Upshaw earns Classic berth
By djkimmel on Jul 14, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS, Bassmaster Classic, College BASS
B.A.S.S. News
SFA teammates battle to a photo finish
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — If a college angler is going to be in the Bassmaster Classic, he should pass a grueling test to earn that right. The Mercury College B.A.S.S. National Championship proved to be all that.
Stephen F. Austin records emotional win
By djkimmel on Jul 9, 2011 | In Bass Tournaments, BASS, College BASS
B.A.S.S. News
On-the-water decisions make the difference for Upshaw, Watkins
CONWAY, Ark. — With 90 minutes left Saturday in the Mercury College B.A.S.S. National Championship, Stephen F. Austin’s Andrew Upshaw and Ryan Watkins had a five-bass limit weighing about 13 pounds in the boat. They didn’t think that would be enough to win the tournament.

