UNA鈥檚 Fishing Team Takes Top Wins in National Tournaments
Mar. 20, 2026
Michelle R. Eubanks , UNA, at meubanks@una.edu, 256.765.4392
FLORENCE, AL – The University of 杏吧直播间 Alabama Fishing Team has achieved the pinnace of competitive bass fishing after a series of landmark achievements at the 2026 Bassmaster Classic that wrapped up recently in Knoxville, Tenn.
UNA senior Dylan Nutt captured the Bassmaster Classic professional series title, making a historic victory for both the athlete and the program as the youngest individual to achieve this feat. In his first Classic appearance, UNA junior Tripp Berlinsky delivered a strong performance and finished 17th against an elite professional field of anglers. Berlinsky was also awarded All American for his 2025-26 College performance.
At the collegiate level, UNA’s Carter Nutt, senior, and Bryce DiMauro, junior, secured the Bassmaster Classic College Series Championship, further demonstrating the program’s depth and dominance in a field of top-performing athletes. Additionally, UNA students Gage King and Banks Shaw earned a coveted berth in the College Classic, competing in weekend events alongside other top collegiate anglers.
“These students have worked hard to follow the strategy for winning – planning, work ethic, and embracing the processes of the grind – no matter the weather conditions,” said Dr. Brian Morgan, one of the team’s two coaches and a Lecturer in Management and Marketing in the Sanders College of Business and Technology. “These young men are fully committed, and it shows in these extraordinary results.”
UNA continues to emerge as a national powerhouse in collegiate and professional bass fishing, according the Jeremy Martin, the other team coach and Director of Disability Support Services.
“UNA Fishing prepares anglers for the next level by giving them unmatched time on the water, building real experience across diverse conditions,” he said. “With strong support from both the team and the University, there’s no better place to grow, compete, and succeed as an angler.”
About The University of 杏吧直播间 Alabama
The University of 杏吧直播间 Alabama is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs through the colleges of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; the Sanders College of Business and Technology; the Spencer College of Education and Human Sciences; and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions. Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia. UNA Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of NCAA Division I as part of the Atlantic Sun and United Athletic conferences. The University of 杏吧直播间 Alabama is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age, or national origin. For more: una.edu and una.edu/unaworks/.