President’s Outdoor Scholars Program
2024 Donor Impact Report
Highlights
William Crawford, Program Director
- Outdoor Scholars had 115 students representing 22 different states
- 22 alumni working in the outdoor industry
- 2024 Graduates (18 undergrad, 2 MBA)
- 2024 Overall GPA 3.1
Bass Fishing Team
- Won fourth consecutive Bass Pro Shops School of the Year title (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024)
- Easton Fothergill won the Bassmaster College Bracket
- 4 of the 8 top college anglers that competed in the Bassmaster College Bracket were from UM.
- Easton Fothergill fished the Bassmaster Classic (Finished 16th)
- Dalton Head became the first college angler to fish the MLF Redcrest Championship (Finished 12th)
- Former UM angler Wesley Gore made is professional fishing debut
- Former UM anglers Easton Fothergill and Beau Browning are on the verge of qualifying to fish professionally
Outdoor Scholars TV
- Outdoor Scholars TV aired on the Pursuit Channel in July 2024. The 12-episode series highlights our students hunting and fishing across the country.
- 1 million views for the month of July (third most watched show on the Pursuit Channel)
UM Fishing on TV/Social Media
- Bassmaster College Bracket Coverage
- FS1’s two-day coverage was 913,000 viewers
- Livestream was 57,333
- Social Media (Impressions 2,888,438) (Video Views 967,028)
- 3rd Party Media Audience of 6.7 million
- 2024 – ACA Collegiate Bass Fishing Series Broadcast Viewership
- Airing on 5 networks
- Approximately 390+ episode airings
- 5.81+ million viewers
- UM Fishing Instagram averages 130,000 views a month.
