Joshua Furnas

Joshua Furnas
Albany Great Danes No. 2
Position Wide Receiver
Class Graduated 2007
Major Business
Career history
College
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-12-16) December 16, 1984
Place of birth Elmira, NY
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg)

Joshua Furnas (born December 16, 1984) is a former American football player, social advocate, and co-founder of Selfless Tee.[1]

Early years

Furnas was born in Elmira, New York and attended high school at Elmira Free Academy. Furnas was a three-year starter on both the varsity football and baseball teams. In 2003, Furnas was also awarded "Twin Tiers Defensive Player of the year" by the Elmira Star-Gazette.[2] Furnas was also a co-recipient of EFA's Male Athlete of the Year award.

College career

Furnas played four seasons at University at Albany, SUNY.[3] He missed the entire 2003 and 2004 seasons due to injury; he was granted a medical red shirt his first year. In 2005, Josh hauled in seven catches for 101 yards.[4] In 2006, Josh's final season, he caught seven passes for 90 yards and one touchdown.[5] Josh's lone touchdown was against the then nationally ranked University of Delaware Blue Hens.

After college

In 2007, Furnas graduated from Albany with a degree in business. Furnas spent the next few years as general manager of the Big Moose Deli & Country Store in Hoosick, New York.[6] Furnas, along with former Albany teammate Danny Bocanegra, co-founded Selfless Tee.[7] Selfless Tee is a for-profit organization geared toward making "fashionable clothing with a social conscience."[8]

In March 2010, Selfless Tee was awarded a $50,000 Pepsi Refresh Project.[9]

In January 2013, Furnas was featured in a San Francisco Chronicle news article about young entrepreneurs living in pop-up rentals. Furnas pays to rent a living room closet in a Bayview house of an Ecuadorian family of 7.[10]

Misophonia

Furnas is a sufferer and well known awareness advocate of 'Hatred of Sound' Disorder, Misophonia.[11] On May 18, 2012 Furnas was featured on ABC's news magazine television show, 20/20,[12] openly speaking about his battle with misophonia.

TEDx

In 2012, Furnas began participating in independently organized TEDx events promoting his ideas for social innovation.[13]

On November 10, 2012, Furnas was featured at TEDx Chemung River in New York.[14] The topic which Furnas spoke of was "The Art of the Tee: Fashioning a Better World".[15]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.albany.edu/news/campus_news_9419.php
  2. ↑ http://www.ualbanysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15800&ATCLID=877415
  3. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=152411
  4. ↑ http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/boxscore?gid=200511190161
  5. ↑ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/players/8044/
  6. ↑ http://www.yelp.com/biz/big-moose-deli-and-country-store-hoosick-falls
  7. ↑ http://www.33voices.com/daniel-bocanegra
  8. ↑ http://www.selflesstee.com
  9. ↑ http://www.refresheverything.com/SelflessTee
  10. ↑ http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Startup-dreams-meet-pop-up-rentals-4226675.php
  11. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlWHLx9PTE4
  12. ↑ http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/05/18/safer-for-misophonics-2020s-misophonia-coverage/
  13. ↑ http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/3023
  14. ↑ http://www.tedxchemungriver.com
  15. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjDkF94BrPc
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