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Quaker Valley's Furman South signs with Robert Morris

Posted by Jeff Mauro on Oct 23 2007 at 05:00PM PDT

     Western Pennsylvania's navigation to NCAA Division 1 Hockey has come full circle over the past dozen years or so as we have roughly 100 Pennsylvania Born players now playing in Division 1 and Junior A Hockey. Pa Hockey will produce a compilation know as Onward and Upward, which is our annual account of those players, who have climbed to an elite level, either collegiately or in Junior Hockey. Quaker Valley's Furman South, the leader of the 2006 Pennsylvania State Champion Quakers has been playing with the Bay State Breakers of the Eastern Junior Hockey League over the past few seasons and plans to attend college locally at Robert Morris University. Joining the Colonials and fellow Western Pa Hockey's Peters Twp's Eric Trax, Kiski's Sean Berketresser and Shadyside Academy product and Penn Hills native Karac Davis, South graduated in 2006 from Quaker Valley and moves on to Collegiate Hockey to play in the same arena where his Quakers captured the State Championship a little over a year ago. Congratulations to Furman South and good luck !

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HEADING SOUTH TO ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSTIY (CHA-Div. I)
                              Rockland, MA – Furman South, of Sewickley, PA, commits to Robert Morris University for the fall of 2008. Furman is a right shot forward who stands 6’2 and weighs in at 200lbs, this is Furman’s second year with the Breakers. Last season Furman scored 40 points and was named to the EJHL All-Star team. Prior to the Breakers Furman played for the Pittsburgh Hornets Midget AAA program, which participated in the USA Hockey National Championships two years in a row. Furman was also selected to represent the Mid-American District at the USA Hockey Select Festival on two occasions. “After weighing my college options I decided that Robert Morris has a perfect mix of   hockey and academics. Robert Morris is a growing program and I am excited to be apart of it as it continues to grow.” 

“When Coach McCauley recruited me to come to Bay State I had several other options of       where I could play. Choosing Bay State was the best decision I could have ever made. I feel that the coaching and exposure at Bay State are unmatched throughout the country. Anyone looking to move to the next level should consider playing for the Bay State Breakers and Coach McCauley.” stated South.

“Furman is a great student-athlete. Furman had several college options this year already, with his hockey ability and academic profile, 1280 SAT 4.2 GPA, he made the choice to head closer to home. Robert Morris has a great non-league schedule this year which helped with Furman’s decision. He should be a great addition to the Robert Morris program, as he will join former Breaker Chris Margott. Our staff is proud to have Furman as an alumni” stated Head Coach David McCauley.

 

 “This year Furman was named as a Captain of the team by his peers as he is a quality kid on and off the ice.” added McCauley. “As a staff here at Robert Morris University we are very excited about Furman’s decision.” stated Robert Morris Head Coach Derek Schooley.  Furman is the son of Beth and Furman South Sr. of Sewickley, PA.          

 

 

 

 

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