The Legends of the Outdoors National Hall of Fame announced that it's changing the name of its trailblazer award, formerly named after frontiersman Davy Crockett, to honor B.A.S.S. founder Ray Scott, who will also be its first recipient.
“We felt Ray personified the spirit of Outdoor Legends in the modern era” said Legends founder Garry Mason. “Davy Crockett opened a new frontier on America’s western boundary and Ray Scott opened a new frontier in the outdoor world for anglers when he founded the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society and created the membership organization and national tournament trail that sparked the creation of the modern sport fishing industry.
“The Legends of the Outdoors Davy Crockett Trailblazer Award has been given to those truly unique individual or companies who blazed a trail in the outdoor industry – achieving where others have failed, all the while helping others to follow in their footsteps. The award will now be known as the Ray Scott American Trailblazer Award in honor of one of the greatest men that our industry has ever known. Ray is a giant of a man not only in stature and in legend but in heart.”
The award ceremony for Scott and the 2016 inductees into the Hall of Fame will take place on the General Jackson Riverboat at Opryland in Nashville, Tenn. on Aug. 27.
This year’s inductees are Colorado Buck, TV host and professional hunter; Lucy Mize, professional angler; W.R. Sauey, co-founder of Flambeau Outdoors; Terry and Mark Drury, founders of Drury Outdoors; George Thornton, CEO of the National Wild Turkey Federation; and Fred Bear (posthumously), known as the “father of modern bowhunting.”
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