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Finishes in 25th at recent Bassmaster Classic.
Cody Huff, a member of the Bethel University Bass Cats just completed his first Bassmaster Classic.
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In some sports, to be in the top twenty five might seem like a high finish and not the number that an athlete would set his or her sights on. In the sport of professional Bass fishing that top twenty five is a very coveted number.
Bethel University Standout Athlete Cody Huff found himself finishing at number twenty five in the world this past Sunday as he walked across the stage at the world's biggest Bass Fishing event. The Bassmasters Classic.
The Bassmasters Classic Championship which is known by most anglers in America and around the globe as the World Series of Professional Bass Fishing only takes twenty five anglers into the final day of the championship. To be in that top twenty five of the world's greatest professional Bass anglers is for most fishermen a dream come true.
Such is the story of Bethel University's own Cody Huff. After winning the College Classic Bracket Series on Watts Bar Lake near Spring City, Tennessee last August, Cody found himself headed to the 2020 Bassmasters Classes as the one and only college angler to be competing for the world's championship against the nation's top fifty two Bass anglers.
Thousands of college anglers and even more adult Bass fishing enthusiasts plus hundreds of pro anglers attempt to make it to the Classic for a chance to win the title "Bassmasters Champion" each year.
Cody's Journey to get to the Classic has been epic to say the least as he and his Bethel Fishing Team have won four national championships, school of the year, and team of the year, plus the Classic Bracket Series all in the past two years alone.
Known as one of America's top collegiate Anglers, Huff has helped to preserve the legacy at Bethel University. Bethel Bass Fishing Coach Garry Mason stated, " Watching Cody make the cut to the top twenty five and the final day of the Bassmasters Classic has been a dream come true for all of us here at Bethel." Mason added, "To finish as one of the top twenty five anglers in the Classic is very special but also life changing as many careers in the Bass fishing industry has been launched from just such a feat. Cody now finds himself in a position to live an even larger dream. That of becoming a full time Professional Bass Angler after graduation this spring from Bethel University. We will be watching as Cody continues on the path of living his dream. Congratulations and Good Luck Cody."
