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Show LIFE VOLUME LII ISSUE 26 MARCH 12, 2012 WWW.UVUREVIEW.COM Bass fishing team takes Havasu •CsIAIIS • R,E1.0ADII.4 tr,5 1 EfifWEKR PHOTO COURTESY OF CLINT MARTINEZ Russell Behlings and Aaron Warner hold up the fish that helped win their team $5,000. In only their second tournament as an official team, the UVU Bass Fishing Team won the National Guard FLW College Fishing Western Conference event on Lake Havasu By KELLY CANNON Life Editor Catching five bass that weighed a total of 13 pounds, 11 ounces, Russell Behlings and Aaron Warner secured the win for the UVU Bass Fishing Team on Saturday, Feb. 25. The National Guard FLW College Fishing Western Conference event that took place on Lake Havasu, Ariz. was the second bass fishing tournament the team competed in, and the first win for the UVU team. The Bass Fishing Team, which became an official club on campus at the beginning of 2012, took six competitor totals in three teams of two anglers each. As winners, Behlings and Warner will be advancing as one of 25 teams that go to the regional championship in September. The top five winners of the regional event will then go on to the national championship in April 2013. The win was huge for the fledgling team. "We won $5,000, which allows us to fish all of the events next year," said Clint Martinez, the club's advisor. "It also means the whole bass fishing world nationwide know about us [at] UVU and we do bass fishing." The win has also garnered local attention from administration on campus. "The president sent us [congratulations] and other colleagues around campus [have] as well," Martinez said. The largest fish caught between Behlings and Warner was about four pounds. "For that body of water, [it] was a trophy," Martinez said. Second place went to Northern Arizona University's Nicole Albright and Brent Perkins, who caught five bass weigh- Ai [Winning] means the whole bass fishing world nationwide know about us [at] UVU and we do bass fishing. V -Clint Martinez ing 11 pounds, 10 ounces. The NAU team took home a prize of $1,500. Third place went to California State University-Monterey Bay's Matthew Diaz and David Hamblin with five bass weighing 11 pounds, 2 ounces. CSUMB took home a prize of $1,000. The next competition for the Bass Fishing Team is on March 31 on the California Delta in Oakley, Calif. Since Behlings and Warner already qualified for regionals, two teams will be competing with the chance of taking both alternates. Popular author returns for 71st commencement Erin Gruwell to speak at UVU's main graduation ceremony By DEVEN LEIGH ELLIS Asst. Life Editor GILBERT CISNEROS/UMIREVIEW Erin Gruwell of 'Freedom Writers' fame will address students and the community on April 26. CONTACT: Erin Gruwell will once again grace the UCCU Center to speak at UVU's 71st Commencement Ceremony on April 26 at 6:30 p.m. Graduates and members of the community will recognize Gruwell as the author of "The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them," the book that spawned the movie "Freedom Writers," starring Hilary Swank and Patrick Dempsey. An Honorary Degree recipient of UVU, the 42-year-old LIFE EDITOR ASST. LIFE EDITOR LIFE DESIGNER lifesectionuvu@gmail.com devenleighe@gmail.com drewmilton@gmail.com KELLY CANNON DEVEN LEIGH ELLIS DREW MILTON Gruwell is a teacher known for her eccentric teaching methods used to inspire lowperforming students in California high schools. Gruwell is particularly known for encouraging her students to keep journals, which she eventually used as the basis for her "Freedom Writers Diary" nonfiction book. Commencement speakers are historically chosen by UVU's Board of Trustees, comprised of local community leaders as well as the current president and student body president of UVU. Current Student Body President Christopher Loumeau was out of town late last year when the Board decided to meet, so Vice President of Academics David Millet represented the student body in Loumeau's absence. COMMENCEMENT B6 TWITTER UVU LIFE SECTION @UVULife |