2008: Proved to be an excellent defensive catcher, posting a 1.000 fielding percentage and making 205 putouts and 21 assists...Threw out a team-leading five runners...Made a team-high 29 starts behind the plate...Team went 16-13 with him in the starting lineup...Made six appearances as a reserve...Totaled 16 hits in 87 at bats...Drove in seven runs and scored eight bases...Recorded four two-hit games...Went 2-for-3 with an RBI against Concordia St. Paul on Feb. 24...Totaled two hits and two RBIs against St. Bonaventure on Feb. 27 and went 2-for-5 with an RBI against C.W. Post on Feb. 29...Walked twice, and scored three runs on March 24 against Clarion.

Prior to Mercyhurst: Spent the 2005-06 seasons with the Cleveland State baseball program...Appeared in 36 games and made 23 starts as a sophomore in 2006...Recorded 15 hits in 91 at bats...Drove in eight runs...Stole one base...Posted a team-best .988 fielding percentage.

High School: Participated in baseball, basketbqall and football...Eearned All-PCL first team honors three times in baseball and football.

Personal: Was born on April 1, 1986...Is the son of George Furner and Patricia Noel...Father played baseball at the University of Akron...Majoring in accounting.