2025-2026 Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented

by Abu Garcia

The Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented Abu Garcia Qualifying Events list will be updated periodically as 2025/2026 schedules are released and additional student-run events are approved for SOY sanctioning.  (Last updated: July 31, 2025)

Qualifying EventLeagueLake/LocationDate(s)
College Bass Tour School-Run/Other Event MuskegonJune 15, 2025
Bassmaster College Series – National ChampionshipB.A.S.S.Cherokee LakeJuly 10-12, 2025
College Bass Tour School-Run/Other Event Lake St. ClairJuly 13, 2025
College Bass Tour School-Run/Other Event St. Mary’s RiverAugust 2-3, 2025
Carson-Newman Collegiate SeriesSchool-Run/Other Event Cherokee LakeAugust 30, 2025
Clemson Fall Tournament TrailSchool-Run/Other Event Lake HartwellSeptember 7, 2025
Carson-Newman Collegiate SeriesSchool-Run/Other Event Norris LakeSeptember 13, 2025
MLF Abu Garcia College FishingMLFPotomac RiverSeptember 14, 2025
Wabash Valley College InvitationalSchool-Run/Other Event Kentucky LakeSeptember 18, 2025
SC BASS Nation College Series School-Run/Other Event Lake HartwellSeptember 20, 2025
Bass Pro Shops Big Bass Bash presented by BerkleyACAKentucky Lake – Paris, TN September 20-21, 2025
McKendree University – Fall InvitationalSchool-Run/Other Event Vandalia Lake – Vandalia, ILSeptember 27, 2025
McKendree University – Fall InvitationalSchool-Run/Other Event Springfield Lake – Springfield, ILSeptember 28, 2025
Montevallo Collegiate SeriesSchool-Run/Other Event Lake GuntersvilleSeptember 28, 2025
MLF Abu Garcia College FishingMLFPickwick LakeOctober 3, 2025
SC BASS Nation College Series School-Run/Other Event Santee CooperOctober 11, 2025
AFTCO Collegiate Bass Open ACALake Dardanelle – Russellville, AR October 11-12, 2025
Clemson Fall Tournament TrailSchool-Run/Other Event Lake KeoweeOctober 19, 2025
MLF Abu Garcia College FishingMLFLake HartwellOctober 24, 2025
Montevallo Collegiate SeriesSchool-Run/Other Event Lay LakeNovember 2, 2025
SC BASS Nation College Series School-Run/Other Event Clark’s HillNovember 8, 2025
Carson-Newman Collegiate SeriesSchool-Run/Other Event Watts Bar LakeNovember 8, 2025
Southern Collegiate Bass – Open SeriesSchool-Run/Other Event Lake EufaulaNovember 9, 2025
Logan Parks NSANE TournamentBonus PointsLake MartinNovember 14-16, 2025
Clemson Fall Tournament TrailSchool-Run/Other Event Lake JocasseeNovember 16, 2025
Southern Collegiate Bass – Open SeriesSchool-Run/Other Event Lake Logan MartinFebruary 8, 2026
Southern Collegiate Bass – Open SeriesSchool-Run/Other Event Lake MartinMarch 15, 2026
Hartwell SlamACALake Hartwell – Anderson, SC March 28-29, 2026
Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops ACAPickwick Lake – Florence, AL May 21-22, 2026