Ouachita Baptist University senior wide receiver Julius Pruitt will be honored Saturday, Jan. 10 at the Little Rock Touchdown Club as the team’s MVP. Pruitt, a native of Newport, Ark., set a school record and career record in his final collegiate game against Henderson State with 250 receiving yards on 10 catches in a 43-36 victory. The senior who will play in the Valero Cactus Bowl with teammate Bob Ruffing on Jan. 9 in Kingsville, Texas, finished this season with 77 catches for 1,116 yards and 11 touchdowns. He averaged 111.6 yards per a game. He ranks just second all-time in receiving yards in a career with 2,406. Only Doug Freeze’s mark of 2,453 is better. Pruitt, who was an All-Gulf South Conference second team player last season, set a school records this past season in receptions with 171 and holds the single-season mark with 77. He is also second in all-time career touchdowns among receivers at OBU. Freeze holds the mark with 26, while Pruitt finished his four-year career with 24. Pruitt, who was tabbed First-Team All-Gulf South Conference, was named to the Daktronics First-Team All-Super Region 2 Team. Joining Pruitt as MVP’s of Arkansas Colleges was DJ Williams (Arkansas), Alex Carrington (Arkansas State), Cole Barthel (Arkansas Tech), Sevohn Greer (Harding), Garrett Manning (Henderson State), Steven Dauenhauer (Southern Arkansas), Scott Buisson (Arkansas-Monticello), John Keith (Arkansas-Pine Bluff), Nathan Brown (Central Arkansas) and Nate Sims (Arkansas Baptist). Pruitt joins former Ouachita Most Valuable Player’s Willie Hopson (2007), Bruce Steele (2006), Slade Camp (2005) and Justin Laird (2004). The banquet, which will honor 27 college and high school players and coaches, will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel. Each winner will have a video presentation, receive a large club plaque and be given the opportunity to speak.