Thursday, November 18, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas – After capping off his Western Oregon career with a First Team All-GNAC selection, Western Oregon senior offensive lineman Jakob Pruitt is the conference’s lone selection to the College Sports Information Directors of America’s (CoSIDA) Division II Academic All-Super Region 4 Football Team.

One of 28 total selections to the team and one of six offensive linemen, Pruitt has a 3.85 GPA as a criminal justice major. A four-time GNAC All-Academic Team selection, Pruitt is one of 14 honorees with a 3.85 GPA or greater.

Pruitt earned First Team All-GNAC honors this season after being named to the second team in 2018 and 2019. A starter in all nine games this season, Pruitt anchored an offense that allowed the Wolves to amass an average of 351.1 yards of total offense per game and allowed just 2.1 sacks per contest. Pruitt was also a starter in all nine games in 2019 at center.

Pruitt is the first GNAC football player to earn Academic All-District since 2018. That year, Western Oregon’s Caleb Tingstad and Azusa Pacific’s Jonah Wataru were named to the squad.

With his to the Academic All-District Team, Pruitt is eligible for consideration for the CoSIDA Division II Academic All-America Team, which will be announced on Friday, December 17.

The CoSIDA Division II Academic All-Super District 4 Team is comprised of players from the GNAC, Lone Star Conference, Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

The Academic All-District teams are nominated and voted upon by members of CoSIDA and recognize student-athletes of sophomore standing or higher who are starters or significant reserves for their teams with a minimum GPA of 3.30 or better.