The April 19 event at Barren River Lake generated a $3,000 donation for The Dream Factory, an organization granting dreams to children with critical and chronic illnesses from the 10-county Barren River Area Development District. Another $1,000 was donated to the Mark “The Shark” Williams Scholarship Fund, which benefits a recreation major at Western Kentucky University.

Students from James D. Smith’s Recreation 306 – Program Planning Course and Recreation 420 - Commercial Recreation Course at WKU hosted the bass fishing tournament, sponsored by the Bowling Green Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Doug Akin of Magnolia won the $500 Big Fish of the Day prize. WKU student Charlie Orr won for the WKU Men’s Hilltopper autographed basketball and Brenda Lane of Scottsville won the Pyrographed bass on Walnut Plate. A list of other winners is available online at http://www.wku.edu/hilltopperclassic/2008HBBC_Press_Release.htm
Sponsors for this year’s event were Advance Auto Parts, Applebees, Aramark, B & B Tire, Bank of Edmonson County, Bar-B-Que Inn, Bowling Green Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, Bowling Green Municipal Utilities, Bowling Green RV, Buck Electric, Cheek Brothers, Cincinnati Reds, C-ME Fence, Farm Bureau of Scottsville, the Fishing Wildlife Center, Ford’s Furniture, Hayes Insurance, John G. Erksine Chiropractor, J.C. Kirby and Son Funeral Chapel, Mancinos, Matthews Archery, Muzzy Archery, Raymond James Associates, Sam’s Club, Smokey Bones Bar BQ, Southern Lanes, Total Fitness Connection, Tractor Supply Company, Trailer World of Bowling Green, Whah Bah’s, WKU Baseball, WKU Basketball, WKU Bookstore, WKU Football, WKU Intramural and Recreation Program and WKU Lady Basketball.