KINGSVILLE, Texas — Fort Lewis College wide receiver Justin Johnson has been selected to participate in the 17th Annual Cactus Bowl at 7 p.m. (CST) on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, in Kingsville, Texas.

Johnson, a 5-foot-11, 185-lb. senior from St. Augustine High School in San Diego, Calif., led all Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference players in receptions (89, 8.9 per game) and receiving yards (1,242, 124.2 per game) during 2010. As a senior, he was named to the Daktronics All-Super Region #3 second team, the All-RMAC first team and the Preseason All-RMAC team.

He led the entire NCAA Division II in receptions per game (11.8) in 2009, a season that saw him earn second team All-RMAC honors.

“He's an outstanding football player who deserves all the recognition he gets,” said first-year Skyhawk head coach Cesar Rivas-Sandoval.

Fort Lewis finished the season with records of 3-7 overall, 3-6 in the RMAC, good for a sixth-place tie. The Skyhawks lose just 10 seniors to graduation.

The last Skyhawk to appear in the Cactus Bowl was linebacker Mark Meng in January 2009. Meng is now the linebackers coach and film coordinator for Fort Lewis.

The Cactus Bowl is an all-star game featuring NCAA Division II senior football players and the proceeds from the game will once again go to the Shiners Hospital for Children. The Cactus Bowl has been played in Kingsville, Texas, since 2001. It previously was called the Snow Bowl and played in Fargo, N.D. Since the game's inception in 1994, there have been over 100 players that have been signed by NFL teams after playing in the Cactus Bowl. Among this year's 88 selections include seven Harlon Hill Trophy regional finalists and three national finalists, including quarterbacks Blake Bolles (Northwest Missouri State), Zach Amedro (West Liberty) and Eric Czerniewski (Central Missouri).

For more information on the Cactus Bowl, visit the internet at http://www.cactusbowl.org.