To be considered a Rookie you must have three years or less experience on the Crappie Masters Tournament Trail, fishes in no more than three regular season qualifiers in any one year, nor may have won a Crappie Masters National Tournament. Your best two finishes plus the National Championship will be used. 1st – $1000.00
Rookie Team of the Year
| Angler | Partner | Lake Talquin | Lake D'Arbonne | Grenada Lake | Lake Eufaula | Rend Lake | Truman Lake | Lake Erling | Lake D'Arbonne NC | Rookie Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Minnix | Bill Hunt | 196 | 186 | 189 | 196 | 192 | 198 | 163 | 557 | |
| Dustin Shields | 197 | 186 | 173 | 556 | ||||||
| Jason Musgrave | Caleb Baker | 170 | 178 | 183 | 183 | 159 | 525 | |||
| Dan Mabery | Cody Smith | 155 | 175 | 167 | 182 | 524 | ||||
| Trey Davis | Robbie Hopper | 174 | 171 | 179 | 188 | 155 | 522 | |||
| Mike Kenner | Scott Keener | 183 | 170 | 168 | 521 | |||||
| Ryan Hanson | Junior Dye | 200 | 186 | 386 | ||||||
| Eric Miller | Mike Belcher | 193 | 175 | 368 | ||||||
| John Hudnall | 160 | 164 | 187 | 351 | ||||||
| Adam White | Rebekah White | 177 | 162 | 339 | ||||||
| Ethan/ Mike Nipper-Brayden Nipper | Brayden Nipper | 200 | 200 | |||||||
| Binh Nguyen | Joey Mullis | 199 | 199 | |||||||
| Dereck Kruger | 180 | 180 | ||||||||
| JR Aspey | Wyatt Aspey | 179 | 179 | |||||||
| Aryn Knipfel | Lyle Knipfel | 173 | 173 | |||||||
| Jonathon Impson | Bobby Jones | 172 | 172 | |||||||
| Jonathon Anderson | Cody Dennis | 166 | 166 | |||||||
| Jonathon Bounds | Michael Bounds | 154 | 154 |
