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 careeredit
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 collegeedit
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 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]
Misophoniaedit
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.
TEDxedit
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]
Referencesedit
^"Daniel Bocanegra: Seeking Social Change Through "Selfless Tee" - University at Albany-SUNY".
^"Josh Furnas - 2006 - Football - University at Albany Great Danes".
joshua, furnas, born, december, 1984, former, american, football, player, social, advocate, founder, selfless, albany, great, danes, 2positionwide, receiverclassgraduated, 2007majorbusinesspersonal, informationborn, 1984, december, 1984, elmira, nyheight6, wei. Joshua Furnas born December 16 1984 is a former American football player social advocate and co founder of Selfless Tee 1 Joshua FurnasAlbany Great Danes No 2PositionWide receiverClassGraduated 2007MajorBusinessPersonal informationBorn 1984 12 16 December 16 1984 age 39 Elmira NYHeight6 ft 1 in 1 85 m Weight200 lb 91 kg Career historyCollegeAlbany 2003 2006 Contents 1 Early years 2 College career 3 After college 4 Misophonia 5 TEDx 6 ReferencesEarly years editFurnas 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 editFurnas 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 editIn 2007 Furnas graduated from Albany with a degree in business Furnas spent the next few years as general manager of the Big Moose Deli amp 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 editFurnas 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 editIn 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 edit Daniel Bocanegra Seeking Social Change Through Selfless Tee University at Albany SUNY Josh Furnas 2006 Football University at Albany Great Danes Josh Furnas Stats News Bio ESPN Rivals com Reference at sportsillustrated cnn com Archived from the original on 2011 06 28 Retrieved 2011 02 10 BIG MOOSE DELI amp COUNTRY STORE 137 Photos amp 78 Reviews Delis 4956 State Rte 7 Hoosick Falls NY Restaurant Reviews Phone Number Daniel Bocanegra Interview stories podcast quotes and video with Daniel Bocanegra from 33voices com Archived from the original on 2011 05 22 Retrieved 2011 02 10 SelflessTee com Launch apparel co To create continuous social IMPACT in ur community Pepsi Refresh Everything Archived from the original on 2011 01 22 Retrieved 2011 01 11 Startup dreams meet pop up rentals 27 January 2013 YouTube YouTube Safer for Misophonics 20 20 s Misophonia Coverage ABC News ABC News TEDxChemungRiver TED Reference at www tedxchemungriver com YouTube YouTube nbsp American football portal nbsp Biography portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joshua Furnas amp oldid 1161113432, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
