Board of Directors
Joel McDearmon – Chairman
Wisconsin
jpmcdearmon@usangling.org
John Ford – President
Pennsylvania
jford@usangling.org
Kathy Fennel – Vice President
Kentucky
kfennel@usangling.org
Ben Blegen – Secretary
Minnesota
bblegen@usangling.org
Mike McNett – Treasurer
Illinois
mdmcnett@usangling.org
Tony Forte
North Carolina
tforte@usangling.org
Sean Warner
Minnesota
swarner@usangling.org
Bret Bishop
Idaho
bbishop@usangling.org
Tucker Horne
North Carolina
thorne@usangling.org
Michael Brand
Missouri
mbrand@usangling.org
Ben Jelsema
Florida
ben@jelsema.cc
PJ Perea
South Carolina
pjperea@usangling.org
Brett Erickson
Illinois
brettrootericksen@gmail.com
Brian Gaber
Wisconsin
bgaber@usangling.org
Medal History
U.S.A. National Fishing Teams
World Championship Medals History
Year Event Team/Individual Medal
2019 Fly-Youth Team Silver
2019 Fly – Masters Team Silver
2018 Bass Team Gold
2018 Bass Pair Gold
Scott Martin & Scott Canterbury
2018 Fly – Youth Team Bronze
2017 Bass Team Silver
2017 Fly-Masters Team Bronze
2016 Fly – Adult Individual Bronze
Lance Egan
2016 Fly – Adult Team Bronze
2016 Fly – Youth Team Silver
2015 Fly – Youth Team Gold
2015 Fly – Youth Individual Gold
Hunter Hoffler
2015 Fly – Youth Individual Silver
Mason Sims
2015 Fly – Adult Team Silver
2015 Fly – Adult Individual Bronze
Devin Olsen
2014 Fly – Youth Team Gold
2014 Fly – Youth Individual Gold
Gabriel Wittosch
2014 Fly – Youth Individual Silver
Cam Chioffi
2013 Ice Fishing Individual Bronze
Chad Schaub
2013 Fly – Youth Team Gold
2013 Fly – Youth Individual Gold
Cam Chioffi
2012 Fly – Youth Team Silver
2012 Fly – Youth Individual Bronze
Austen Randecker
2011 Fly – Youth Team Gold
2011 Fly – Youth Individual Silver
Dan Marino
2010 Ice Fishing Team Gold
2010 Ice Fishing Individual Gold
Mike Boedeker
2009 Bass Team Gold
2009 Bass Pair Gold
Tom Mann, Jr. & Todd Faircloth
2006 Bass Team Bronze
2003 Fly – Adult Individual Bronze
Jeff Currier
1992 Match Individual Bronze
Mick Thill
1992 Ice Fishing Team Silver
1992 Ice Fishing Individual Gold
Pat Burmeister
1982 Match Individual Silver
Mick Thill
Non-Profit Status
U.S. Angling is a 501c3 charitable organization that provides leadership for our U.S.A. National Fishing Teams as they compete worldwide, shares our love of Competitive Angling by engaging America’s youth, supports Conservation actions, and empowers local Community angling groups.
Memorandum of Understanding
U.S. Angling Confederation Memorandum of Understanding agreements:
U.S. Angling is proud to be America’s home for World Championship angling. We are recognized as the sole U.S. representative to the Confederation International de la Peche Sportive (CIPS), the world sport fishing governing body as recognized by SportAccord. CIPS is currently made up of 115 member nations representing over 50 Million competitive anglers. It is made up of three divisions: Freshwater, Fly, and Saltwater Fishing. These divisions are further broken down into various teams. USAngling, has the privilege of representing all of these United States fishing teams. At present there are a total of 13 Freshwater sports, 3 Fly Fishing sports, 17 Saltwater sports, and 1 Casting sport.