*** 2018 Academic Honors Candidate ***

2019: Listed as a starter at safety on the preseason depth chart.

2018: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He started seven of the 10 games he played, and finished the year with 41 tackles and a sack. He had 24 of his tackles in the first five games of the season (all as a starter) before injuries limited him the rest of the year. He had a career-high nine tackles versus Cal Poly (9/22/18), and closed the year with five against North Dakota State (1/5/19) in the NCAA Division I Championship Game. His sack came in EWU’s second game of the season versus Northern Arizona (9/8/18) when he also had four tackles. He had six in EWU’s opener versus Central Washington (9/1/18).

2017: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Started four games as a safety and played in all 11 games. He ranked fifth on the team in tackles with 52, and also broke-up a pair of passes. The first start of his career came versus Montana State (10/14/17) when he had seven tackles in the 31-19 win. He had a career-high 13 tackles against Southern Utah (10/21/17) to earn team defensive player of the week honors, and nine two games later versus North Dakota (11/11/17). Prunty finished had pass break-ups against Weber State (11/4/17) and the Bobcats. He had 10 tackles in three spring scrimmages.

2016: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Played in 13 games as a redshirt freshman, finishing with 16 tackles and two fumble recoveries. He had five tackles He had five tackles against UC Davis (10/1/16) and four against Idaho State (11/12/16). He was EWU’s special teams player of the week against Cal Poly (11/5/16). He had a pair of passes broken up and four tackles in three spring scrimmages.

2015: Redshirted.

HS: Graduated from Tigard HS in 2015. As a senior in 2014, Prunty was an honorable mention All-Three Rivers League selection at safety. For the season, he had 107 total tackles, five interceptions and eight passes broken up in helping the Tigers to the State 6A championship game in Oregon. He played his best football late in the season. He had two interceptions -- one in the last minute of the game -- plus a fourth-quarter sack in Tigard’s 17-14 semifinal win in the State 6A Playoffs versus West Salem. Prunty also had two interceptions in a second-round playoff win over Sunset. He was the Oregon Sports Awards High School Athlete of the Month for November. He was also selected as his team’s most inspirational player and was a team captain. Prunty didn’t play football as a junior. He attended Valley Catholic High School in Beaverton, Ore., where he played basketball on the State 3A championship team and ran on the track and field team. He placed fourth in both the 110 and 300 meter hurdles in the State 3A Championships as a junior, and placed fifth in the long hurdles as a senior. He ran a leg on the winning 4x400 relay team in 2015, and had personal bests as a senior of 39.47 in the 300 hurdles, 15.39 in the 110 hurdles and a 51.70 400 relay split time. He also played extensively in AAU basketball. He was a 3.75 honors student in high school, and his community service includes volunteering with the Brian Grant Foundation assisting people stricken with Parkinson’s disease. His Eagle teammate Conner Crist (’16) also attended Tigard, as well as former Eagle Sam Inos (’15). Inos, who is now at Portland State, was injured and unable to play in the championship game of the State 6A Playoffs in 2014 because of a broken fibula suffered in the semifinals.

Personal: Communication studies major, and has a 3.78 grade point average thus far at EWU. Born 11/27/96 in Portland, Ore. Will turn 23 years old four days after Eastern ends the regular season versus Portland State. Parents are Craig and Carrie Prunty. Last name is pronounced “pruhn-tee.”
 

Year	GP	TT	Hi	S	TL-Yds	FF-FR	PBU	I-Yds
2016	13	16	5	0	0-0	0-2	0	0-0
2017	11	52	13	0	0-0	0-0	2	0-0
2018	10	41		1	1-6	0-0	0	0-0
Totals	34	109		1	1-6	0-2	2	0-0

 
TYSEN PRUNTY Top Tackling Performances (1 with 10+)
13 tackles – Southern Utah – 10/21/17