Lakeland University Athletics

2020-21: Started all three games in the Muskies’ abbreviated spring season… Caught five passes for 96 yards and two touchdowns, tying for team lead in touchdown catches and ranking third in catches and fourth in receiving yards… Caught two passes for 76 yards and a 45-yard touchdown against Wisconsin Lutheran April 3… Rushed once for 13 yards… Returned three kickoffs for 50 yards… Made one special teams tackle… Recipient of Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Scholar-Athlete Award.

2018: Started all 10 games as a sophomore at the team’s H-Back position… Caught 13 passes for 193 yards and five touchdowns, leading the team in touchdown receptions… Caught first collegiate touchdown pass Sept. 1 at Carroll… Caught three passes for 94 yards and two touchdowns against Eureka (Ill.) Nov. 3, including a career-long 70 yard touchdown reception… Also made nine tackles (eight solo, one assisted) on special teams… Recipient of NACC Scholar-Athlete Award.

2017: Played in all 11 games as a freshman, appearing as a reserve H-Back on offense and also on special teams… Caught one pass for nine yards, making his first collegiate reception Sept. 30 against Concordia Wisconsin… Also caught a two-point conversion pass for two points against Benedictine on Oct. 14… Made five solo tackles on special teams, with a high of two tackles against Benedictine… Blocked a punt against Concordia Chicago on Nov. 4… Recipient of NACC Scholar-Athlete Award.

High School: Three-year letter winner on football team and also lettered two years in baseball and one year in track & field… Captain on football team as a senior when he was the team’s defensive MVP and was named to the All-Fox River Classic Conference Second Team… Named baseball team’s most improved player as a junior… State qualifier in track & field in the 4 x 100 meter relay, where he was part of a school record time… Honor roll student and member of National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Born Nov. 11, 1998… Son of Michael & Tami Prunick and has one sister (Amber)… Majoring in business administration.
 

Career ambition/goal: Have my own financial advising firm
Favorite movies: Planet of the Apes trilogy
Favorite athlete: Mike Evans (NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Favorite sports teams: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Milwaukee Brewers, Michigan State
Greatest sports accomplishment: Going to state in track in my only year doing it as well as playing baseball at the same time
Why did you choose Lakeland? Close to home, culture of winning, great academic opportunities