Alex Furbank

AT VIRGINIA
2016 – Appeared in two of UVA’s 12 games … made collegiate debut at UConn … on the very first play of football in his life he connected on a 23-yard field goal to put UVA up 3-0 in the first quarter against the Huskies … also made his lone PAT … also kicked on PAT attempts against Central Michigan.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Has never played football prior to coming to UVA … spent freshman season at Randolph-Macon playing soccer, an NCAA DIII school in Ashland, Va. … did not appear in any games during the 2015 soccer season … made the Dean’s List while at Randolph-Macon.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL
Was a four-year letterwinner in soccer at WT Woodson for head coaches John McAuley and Andrew Peck … played defender and center defense … was a first-team all-conference and all-area honoree in soccer … named the WT Woodson Cavalier of the Year … scholar-athlete … team captain as a senior … AP Scholar Award … member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society … earned the Sudler Flag of Honor for Band … volunteer work includes working with TOPSoccer, an outreach program for soccer working with children with special needs … son Derek Furbank and Betty Lynch … has one sister, Lani … hobbies include traveling, has visited 12 countries across Europe and Central America … lists Wales and Costa Rica as his favorites … enjoys hiking mountains … has hiked Pen y Fan, the highest peak in South Wales in Brecon Beacons National Park … has also hiked Old Rag in Shenandoah National Park and Mount Mitchell (N.C.), the highest peak east of the Mississippi … has also hiked Gros Morne Mountain in Canada.