NITRO Pro Team: Kevin VanDam
Kevin VanDam
Home: Kalamazoo, MichiganFamily: Wife Sherry and twin sons, Jackson and Nicholas
Hobbies: Deer hunting
Career Highlights:
- Four-time B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year (1992, 1996, 1999 & 2008)
- 2008 Elite Series Bluegrass Brawl & Citrus Slam Pro tournaments winner, setting a record as the only five-time Bassmaster Elite champion
- Winner of two 2007 Bassmaster® Elite Championships (Lake Guntersville at Guntersville, AL & Grand Lake at Grove, OK), making him the B.A.S.S. all-time money leader with $2.5 million
- 2002 ESPN Outdoor Sportsman of the Year
- 2002 ESPN ESPY Trophy recipient
- 2001 & 2005 Bassmaster Classic World Champion
- First angler to finish in the Bassmaster Classic Top 5 five years in a row
- 19-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier
- 14 Bassmaster event wins
- 2004 & 2005 Elite 50 champion
- 2001 FLW Angler of the Year