Mark Pratt

Height:
6-3
Weight:
295
Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Tooele, Utah
High School:
Tooele
Prev School:
Snow JC
Position:
C

2011 | (Junior): Second-team All-MissouriValley Football Conference selection...started all 11 games atcenter in first year with the program…posted the highestoverall grade of 83 percent of all YSU offensivelinemen…name the program's Jim Zdelar Offensive Lineman ofthe Year...played 717 snaps for the season…leader of anoffensive line that averaged a school-record 36.2 points per gameand had a school-best 458.6 total offensive yards pergame…exceptional balance with 231.1 rushing and 227.5passing…YSU's offense scored 53 touchdowns for theseason…named team's Offensive Lineman of the Game againstMichigan State, Illinois State, Western Illinois andUNI…played every snap the final three games…co-YSUOffensive Player of the Game vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)...named MVFC'sOffensive Lineman of the Week for performance against the RedFlash...helped protect first-team all-conference quarterback KurtHess and pave the way for first-team All-MVFC running back JamaineCook...earned his first letter.

JUNIOR COLLEGE: First-Team All-Western StatesFootball League selection as an offensive lineman/center in2010...Snow finished 10-2, winning a conference championship...Snowdefeated Iowa Western 48-36 in the Zions Bank Top of the MountainsBowl to end campaign and finished ranked seventh in thecountry...was part of an offense that averaged 43 points per gameand scored at least 31 points on nine occasions...was a member ofthe squad in 2007 before going on a mission during 2008 and 2009seasons...coach was Steve Coburn.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played offensive and defensiveline...was a four-year starter and letterwinner...also a two-timecaptain...twice named all-state and was a four-time all-regionhonoree...Tooele won the 2007 Regional Championships...coach SamElliott...also played baseball...was a four-year letterwinner and atwo-time honorable-mention all-state.

PERSONAL: Parents are Anne and StevePratt...has five brothers...his brother Trent was a catcher in thePhiladelphia Phillies organization...birthday is Oct. 26...major isgeneral studies...recipient of the 2012-13 YSU Lineman LeadershipScholarship.