Award Chairman Carson Cox presented the following awards from 2017 at the 2018 chapter business meeting:
Past President Award: Presented to Bryan Sowards
for his service as chapter president.
for his service as chapter president.
Best Professional Paper: Ben C. Neely.
“An Evaluation of Channel Catfish X Blue Catfish Hybrids
in Two Small Kansas Impoundments”
“An Evaluation of Channel Catfish X Blue Catfish Hybrids
in Two Small Kansas Impoundments”
Best Student Paper: Casey A. Pennock.
“Can Fishways Mitigate Fragmentation Effects
on Great Plains Fish Communities?”
Best Professional Poster: Jeff Koch.
“Exploitation of Walleye in Milford Reservoir, Kansas,
with an Emphasis on a Large Fishing Tournament”
Best Student Poster: Andrew T. Karlin.
“Drought-Related Declines of the Cylindrical Papershell
(Anodontoides ferussacianus) in the Saline and Smoky
Hill Rivers”
(not pictured)
Scholarship Chairman Sean Lynott presented this year's scholarship winners, each receiving a $300 scholarship and expenses paid to attend our annual meeting.
Otto Tiemeier-Frank Cross Student Scholarship: Garret Hopper
Klaassen Award: Tanna Fanshier
