POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned Trustees and officers of Advisors Series Trust (the
"Trust") hereby appoint Robert H. Wadsworth, his attorney-in-fact and agent, in
all capacities, to execute and to file any documents relating to the
Registration Statements on Form N-14 under the Investment Act of 1940, as
amended, and under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under the laws of
all states and other domestic and foreign jurisdictions, including any and all
amendments thereto, covering the registration and the sale of shares by the
Trusts, including all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed
with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, including applications for
exemptive orders, rulings or filings of proxy materials. Each of the undersigned
grants to said attorney full authority to do every act necessary to be done in
order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he could
do if personally present, thereby ratifying all that said attorney-in-fact and
agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
The undersigned Trustees and officers hereby execute this Power of
Attorney as of this 17th day of December, 1997.
/s/ Eric M. Banhazl* President, Principal Financial and
--------------------------- Accounting Officer, and Trustee
Eric M. Banhazl
/s/ Walter E. Auch Sr.* Trustee
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Walter E. Auch, Sr.
/s/ Donald E. O'Connor* Trustee
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Donald E. O'Connor
/s/ George T. Wofford III* Trustee
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George T. Wofford III
