Denese Freeman of Lawton, Oklahoma will is one of forty female anglers qualifying for the 2008 Women’s Bassmaster Championship (WBT) to be held on Hot Springs, Arkansas' Lake Hamilton, October 23-25.
Championship qualifiers were announced September 20th following weigh in of the fourth and final event of the 2008 season held in Appling, Georgia on Clark's Hill Reservoir.
The top twenty pro anglers and top twenty co anglers accumulating the most points, after fishing all four qualifying events, made the final cut.
Freeman was stunned when her name was announced. She started the year right by winning first place in the co-angler division on Lake Lewisville (Texas,)receiving a 2008 Skeeter boat package valued at $25,000. But Freeman struggled at the remaining three events and worried that her goal to qualify for the Championship might be unattainable.
But her one fish catch at the September Georgia event gave her the points needed to place 17th in the final standings, going into the Championship. First and second place Pro Division finishers at the Championship will receive two fully rigged Triton boat packages valued at $50,000 each. In the Co-Angler Division, first and second place finishers will each receive a boat package valued at $25,000.
Also, for the first time in history, the Pro division Angler of the Year (determined at the championship) will earn an automatic berth into the Bassmaster Classic - considered by most to be the "Super Bowl of Bass Fishing." This prestigious event will be held on the Red River in Shreveport, Louisiana in February 2009.
Championship qualifiers were announced September 20th following weigh in of the fourth and final event of the 2008 season held in Appling, Georgia on Clark's Hill Reservoir.
The top twenty pro anglers and top twenty co anglers accumulating the most points, after fishing all four qualifying events, made the final cut.
Freeman was stunned when her name was announced. She started the year right by winning first place in the co-angler division on Lake Lewisville (Texas,)receiving a 2008 Skeeter boat package valued at $25,000. But Freeman struggled at the remaining three events and worried that her goal to qualify for the Championship might be unattainable.
But her one fish catch at the September Georgia event gave her the points needed to place 17th in the final standings, going into the Championship. First and second place Pro Division finishers at the Championship will receive two fully rigged Triton boat packages valued at $50,000 each. In the Co-Angler Division, first and second place finishers will each receive a boat package valued at $25,000.
Also, for the first time in history, the Pro division Angler of the Year (determined at the championship) will earn an automatic berth into the Bassmaster Classic - considered by most to be the "Super Bowl of Bass Fishing." This prestigious event will be held on the Red River in Shreveport, Louisiana in February 2009.
Freeman has fished every WBT event as a co-angler since the tour began in July 2005, including the inaugural October 2005 event in Texas.
You can learn more about Denese Freeman at www.denesefreeman.com.
And for more information on the Women’s Bassmaster Tour, please visit http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/tournaments/wbt/index
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