RedStorm fishing earns Top 5 ranking

Rio Grande Sports Information
SANDUSKY, Ohio - The University of Rio Grande fishing team made its final stop of the 2022 MLF Abu Garcia College Fishing Northern Conference Season, last Friday, on Lake Erie.

The Redstorm went into the tournament in eighth place in the Northern Conference and finished off the 2022 Season with a Top 5 ranking out of 31 colleges and universities.
Rio had a pair of teams participating in the event and the freshman team of Austin Shields (Albany, OH) and Adam Kinnear (Mount Vernon, OH) led the way for the Redstorm with a limit of fish for 10.04lbs. The team of junior Cody Brumfield (Patriot, OH) and senior Josh Faro (Gallipolis, OH) had 7.13lbs.
Adrian College won the team title, with Western Michigan and Virginia Tech completing the top three. Penn State finished in front of Rio Grande in fourth place.
"We would like to thank the University of Rio Grande for this opportunity, as well all of our supporters and each of our sponsors that we simply can't thank enough," said head coach Tom Sutton.
The Redstorm will be back in action this weekend as they travel to Paris, Tenn. for the ACA Collegiate Bass Fishing Series Big Bass Bash event.