Chris Gasser - 9/11/2005

FOND DU LAC, WI -­ With all their finishes in the top ten including one win, the team of Brian Stroven and Dean Evans won the World Walleye Association Michigan Team Challenge Team Of The Year title.

Earning a point total of 1772 out of a possible 1800 that included winning the Houghton Lake event, Stroven and Evans won a close points race by four points or two places in finish over the second place team of Troy Stachler and Terry Mackillop.

Bill and Bernadine Ayres were named Husband and Wife Team Of The Year in the WWA Michigan Team Challenge and also placed third overall in the point standings. Key to the Ayres finishing third and winning the Husband and Wife Team Of The Year title was their fishing in the Lake Erie Open Event, which they won. The 400 points earned for the win replaced a tournament in which they only got 100 show points, significantly moving them up in the standings.

The next event for the WWA Anglers that have qualified is the East Regional Championship to be held on the Illinois River out of Henry.

For information on fishing any of the Team Challenge events of the World Walleye Association, a "Tournament Circuit For Fisherman, Run By Fisherman", visit the WWA website at www.worldwalleye.com which is hosted by the leaders in multi media technology, OutdoorsFirst Media or call 920-651-1066. The World Walleye Association is proudly sponsored by Yarcraft Boats.