SAF Club Spotlight: BCCC Youth Bass Team – SC

Club name:  BCCC Youth Bass Team

SAF Club Created: 2-9-10

School Name & Mascot: Barnwell County Career Center/no mascot yet

City/State: Barnwell, SC

*Club Email Address: jeasterling@bccc.k12.sc.us

Club Advisor: Jimmy Easterling, coach

Club President: Trey Knopf

Number of members: 7

How often does your club meet? 1st Monday of each month

How did your club get started? SCDNR contacted our Agriculture teacher

Club’s favorite lake and why? Lake Murray, SC because it is the only one we have fished so far

Describe TBF tournaments, community service and/or conservation projects your club has or plans to have?  We fish a club tournament every month and would like to fish tournaments against other SC teams.

Has your club done any fundraising? We are 100% fundraiser funded, so yes.

Any local sponsors that help support your club? We are trying to get 10 area businesses as sponsors to pay for our tournament shirts

Where do you get your volunteer boaters from? We have two parents with bass boats, I have one, and we have two regular bass fisherman who help when they are not tournament fishing.

Tell us something unique about your club! We are a county Career Center that receives our students from the three high schools in the county; we have members from each school.