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2012: Chris Lane (Guntersville, Ala.)
2011: Kevin VanDam (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
2010: Kevin VanDam (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
2009: Skeet Reese (Auburn, Calif.)
2008: Alton Jones (Waco, Texas)
2007: Boyd Duckett (Demopolis, Ala.)
2006: Luke Clausen (Spokane Valley, Wash.)
2005: Kevin VanDam (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
2004: Takahiro Omori (Emory, Texas)
2003: Michael Iaconelli (Woodbury Heights, N.J.)
2002: Jay Yelas (Tyler, Texas)
2001: Kevin VanDam (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
2000: Woo Daves (Spring Grove, Va.)
1999: Davy Hite (Prosperity, S.C.)
1998: Denny Brauer (Camdenton, Mo.)
1997: Dion Hibdon (Stover, Mo.)
1996: George Cochran (Hot Springs, Ark.)
1995: Mark Davis (Mount Ida, Ark.)
1994: Bryan Kerchel (Newtown, Conn.)
1993: David Fritts (Lexington, N.C.)
1992: Robert Hamilton Jr. (Nashville, Tenn.)
1991: Ken Cook (Meeks)
1990: Rick Clunn (Montgomery, Texas)
1989: Hank Parker (Denver, N.C.)
1988: Guido Hibdon (Gravois Mills, Mo.)
1987: George Cochran (N. Little Rock, Ark.)
1986: Charlie Reed (Broken Bow)
1985: Jack Chancellor (Phenix City, Ala.)
1984: Rick Clunn (Montgomery, Texas)
1983: Larry Nixon (Hemphill, Texas)
1982: Paul Elias (Laurel, Miss.)
1981: Stanley Mitchell (Fitzgerald, Ga.)
1980: Bo Dowden (Natchitoches, La.)
1979: Hank Parker (Clover, S.C.)
1978: Bobby Murray (Hot Springs, Ark.)
1977: Rick Clunn (Montgomery, Texas)
1976: Rick Clunn (Montgomery, Texas)
1975: Jack Hains (Rayne, Louisiana)
1974: Tommy Martin (Decatur, Ala.)
1973: Rayo Breckenridge (Paragould, Ark.)
1972: Don Butler (Tulsa)
1971: Bobby Murray (Hot Springs, Ark.)
2013 QUALIFIERS BY THE NUMBERS
1 Defending Bassmaster Classic Champion
7 Elite Series Tournament Champions
7 Bassmaster Opens Series Champions
6 BASS Nation Champions
1 Bassmaster Weekend Series Champion
1 Bassmaster College Champion
30 Elite Series Angler of The Year Points qualifiers
53 Total anglers in this year’s Bassmaster Classic
Other - Outdoor
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Breeding in arctic tundra and wintering primarily along the coasts, sanderlings migrate through
Oklahoma in spring and fall.