Two teams of Bethel University anglers have qualified for the 2023 Bassmasters national championship which will be held in August. Over 500 student anglers competed for the chance to extend their season. Sophomore Sawyer Williams and freshman Jackson Smith had a total two day weight of ten fish for 36 pounds, fourteen ounces to place the Bethel team in fifteenth place. Hunter Fillmore and Dylan Fogarty, with a ten fish limit weighing in at 35 pounds, 6 ounces, finished in nineteenth place, also qualifying for the Bassmasters Nationals.