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David Bryant

The DRFA has instituted an Angler of the Year award to honor the memory of Dave who passed away on March 10, 1999 at the age of 46. Dave Bryant was one of the founding members of the club and served as president and as an environmental reporter. He loved fishing for smallmouth bass in the Delaware River and the June smallmouth tournament has been named for him. Honoring his last wishes, his ashes were placed in the Delaware River.
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| 2002 Angler of the Year Standings | |||||||
| Position | Name | Points | Weight | Length | |||
| 1 | Curt Kirby | 605 | 14.52 | 117.75 | |||
| 2 | Bill Marshall | 550 | 15.70 | 109.75 | |||
| 3 | George Hoffman | 462 | 16.5 | 97.88 | |||
| 4 | Bill Etzl | 454 | 12.55 | 91.50 | |||
| 5 | Bob Bonczyk | 443 | 13.11 | 93.38 | |||
| 6 | Anthony Scholl Sr. | 439 | 12.58 | 94.00 | |||
| 7 | Scott Ferral | 377 | 18.74 | 85.75 | |||
| 8 | Ed Ott | 365 | 13.67 | 81.50 | |||
| 9 | Ed Evans | 364 | 11.94 | 77.75 | |||
| 10 | Pete Antoniewicz | 339 | 8.02 | 65.75 | |||
| 11 | Michael Zimba | 283 | 12.99 | 65.00 | |||
| 12 | Richard Callahan | 273 | 12.29 | 70.50 | |||
| 13 | Hollis Laing | 262 | 9.97 | 62.00 | |||
| 14 | Phil Bakanowsky | 261 | 7.02 | 52.50 | |||
| 15 | Mike Geppert | 250 | 5.31 | 51.00 | |||
| 16 | Steve Schumacher | 248 | 6.57 | 54.50 | |||
| 17 | Jim Wood | 238 | 7.72 | 57.25 | |||
| 18 | Russell Hall | 193 | 10.61 | 47.75 | |||
| 19 | John Turgyan | 193 | 8.84 | 39.50 | |||
| 20 | William Cox | 191 | 2.98 | 28.25 | |||
| 21 | Ron Soto | 189 | 8.36 | 40.63 | |||
| 22 | Joseph Newton | 184 | 7.39 | 43.75 | |||
| 23 | Joel Foster | 183 | 8.75 | 47.25 | |||
| 24 | Dale Cooley | 178 | 7.25 | 42.00 | |||
| 25 | Todd Hall | 176 | 7.38 | 44.88 | |||
| 26 | Harry Bareuther | 175 | 3.98 | 34.00 | |||
| 27 | Laura Newton | 173 | 6.15 | 39.50 | |||
| 28 | Anthony Scholl Jr. | 169 | 3.74 | 34.75 | |||
| 29 | Jose Rodriquez | 166 | 3.54 | 32.00 | |||
| 30 | Rich Hoffman | 165 | 6.50 | 42.63 | |||
| 31 | Rick Mawson | 165 | 5.57 | 37.75 | |||
| 32 | Joe Pocetti | 164 | 5.57 | 39.00 | |||
| 33 | Bob Napoli | 162 | 6.54 | 41.00 | |||
| 34 | J.R. Ferral | 152 | 4.92 | 36.50 | |||
| 35 | Thomas Zerumski | 150 | 5.25 | 37.50 | |||
| 36 | Ken Reitz | 143 | 3.85 | 35.25 | |||
| 37 | Michael Havens | 100 | 2.44 | 17.25 | |||
| 38 | Dave Milburn | 99 | 3.09 | 18.75 | |||
| 39 | Bruce Galinat | 99 | 2.13 | 16.25 | |||
| 40 | Scott Morgan | 97 | 2.12 | 15.25 | |||
| 41 | Chris Hoffman | 95 | 1.56 | 15.50 | |||
| 42 | Marty Marshall | 95 | 0.90 | 12.75 | |||
| 43 | Patrick Merrill | 93 | 3.26 | 20.50 | |||
| 44 | Steve Stackhouse | 91 | 3.16 | 19.75 | |||
| 45 | David Wermuth | 89 | 3.43 | 22.00 | |||
| 46 | Paul Bary Jr. | 89 | 3.03 | 18.25 | |||
| 47 | Paul Bary | 88 | 3.01 | 17.00 | |||
| 48 | Ronald Kall | 85 | 3.20 | 21.25 | |||
| 49 | Richard Schroeder | 84 | 2.61 | 19.50 | |||
| 50 | Matt Ott | 83 | 3.14 | 20.38 | |||
| 51 | Dave Bingel | 83 | 2.59 | 18.50 | |||
| 52 | Nicole Feldman | 81 | 2.72 | 20.50 | |||
| 53 | Luke Stackhouse | 81 | 2.44 | 17.75 | |||
| 54 | Matt Siems | 78 | 2.35 | 18.25 | |||
| 55 | Jim Pocetti | 77 | 2.40 | 18.75 | |||
| 56 | Linda Ott | 74 | 2.63 | 19.75 | |||
| 57 | Mike Brakoniecki | 74 | 2.24 | 18.00 | |||
| 58 | Frank Beck | 73 | 2.62 | 20.75 | |||
| 59 | Neil Skolnik | 73 | 1.76 | 16.75 | |||
| 60 | Aaron Skolnik | 70 | 1.51 | 15.75 | |||
| 61 | Joe Farry | 69 | 1.87 | 17.50 | |||
| 62 | Dan Watkins | 68 | 1.84 | 17.50 | |||
| 63 | Sonny Pappalardo | 67 | 1.80 | 17.75 | |||
| 64 | Mark Fittery | 66 | 1.76 | 17.75 | |||
| 65 | Raymond Kitson | 65 | 1.73 | 16.75 | |||
| 66 | Jeremy Pasternak | 63 | 1.72 | 17.75 | |||
| 67 | ????? | 62 | 1.70 | 16.50 | |||
| 68 | Dan Schroeder | 61 | 1.66 | 16.50 | |||
| 69 | Mark Schroeder | 60 | 1.54 | 17.00 | |||
| 70 | Linda Siems | 59 | 1.54 | 15.75 | |||
| 71 | Michael Hall | 57 | 1.42 | 15.25 | |||
| 72 | Mark Bower | 56 | 1.38 | 15.25 | |||
| 73 | Dave Schroeder | 55 | 1.26 | 15.00 | |||