Young Collegiate Angler Looking for his first Cat!

Hey Guys, My name is Ben Dziwulski and I am an 17 year old (18 soon) bass angler from Maryland. As a senior in high school I have already done some great things thus far in my short but sweet fishing career. In the past two years of competitive fishing I was both the FLW and BASS Junior Bassmaster Champion for the State of Maryland. I fished in both Junior World Championships and did very well. Aside from the junior bassmaster events, I have also competed in many local adult tournaments and won a few out of my small Aluminum rig. For school, my mentor is FLW Tour Pro Frank Ippoliti, and he has taught me many ins and outs of the professional fishing arena. Sure enough, he is on BassCats prostaff and always has a AWESOME rig for us to fish out of. For this tournament season, he is running a Cougar FTD with a 250xs on the back. Needless to say, after fishing out of MANY other boats during tournaments…..BassCat has always been my preferred boat brand. Frank has certainly convinced me. With that said, I am looking to continue my competitive fishing career as I move onto the next level. I am graduating High school this year with a 3.9 GPA and will be attending North Carolina State University to fish for their highly competitive bass fishing team. As of now, I do not have a rig that would enable me to prefish/fish their qualifying tournaments very effectively. If I am not able to do well in their tournaments, then I will never have a chance at making it to nationals. I have always dreamed of making it a professional fisherman; making it to college nationals is another big step along the way. I am now searching for a boat that I will be taking down to college to fish the collegiate tour along with BFL and Bassmaster Weekend Series events. I know BassCat has the finest boats on the water, and want my first true bass boat to have the BCB name. As many of you know, college is expensive…..especially out-of-state tuition. I am still scraping together some money from work and tournament winning to help fund the purchase of a BassCat to take down to college. If anyone has a boat, or knows of anyone that is are willing to part with for a good price, please let me know. My price range will be between 5,000 and 7,500$ I would prefer something at or below 5,000$ so that I can use the extra cash for tuition. Please let me know if you guys have anything in mind or have any ideas. You can respond here, but the best way to reach me is through email at b23ball23fisher@hotmail.com. Like I said, I am in MD, but will travel or meet people to work things out. If you want to learn any more about me and my mentorship with Basscats Frank Ippoliti- check out http://www.bassfeed.com and listen to one of their latest podcasts about the future of fishing- I am the first person interviewed. Thanks for your time and God bless, Ben Dziwulski e21 Fishing Tru-Tungsten/ Picasso Hi-Seas Black Dog Bait Company Jkruz Eyewear Secret Weapon Lures