{"id":1510,"date":"2013-08-21T17:46:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T21:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2013\/08\/21\/furman-launches-season-to-welcome-first-recruiting-class\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T20:06:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T01:06:27","slug":"furman-launches-season-to-welcome-first-recruiting-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-launches-season-to-welcome-first-recruiting-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman launches season, to welcome first recruiting class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Furman officially launches the 2013-14 season 4 p.m., Monday with the club\u2019s first practice at Roberts Field. Practice is open to new and returning players.<\/p>\n<p>The Paladins will also welcome their first recruiting class:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miles Lerner<\/strong><br \/>\nA scrum-half and utility player, Lerner was captain of Edina High School (Minn) rugby team. The squad finished 9-2 and was crowned state champion. Lerner (6\u20190, 200) was also a standout on the football team where he played inside linebacker. Lerner has played rugby since 8<sup>th<\/sup> grade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jacob Milchuck<\/strong><br \/>\nA scrum-half\u00a0 and fly-half, Milchuck was the most valuable player for the Raleigh (NC) Rattlesnakes and past captain of the North Carolina U-17 all-star team. A coach\u2019s son, Milchuck (6-1, 200) has a booming kick and great game awareness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adam Miller<\/strong><br \/>\nMiller, a center and wing, has been the leading scorer for nationally ranked Greenville (SC) Red Raiders the last two years. An MVP for Greenville, Miller (5-10, 185) is durable and speedy. He has played prop, flanker and eight-man.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patrick Musau<\/strong><br \/>\nMusau led his Rift Valley Academy (Kjabe Kenya) to a 9-1 record this year. He captained the Buffaloes for two years and played eight-man. Musau (5\u201910, 210) was introduced to rugby as an eighth grader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furman officially launches the 2013-14 season 4 p.m., Monday with the  club\u2019s first practice at Roberts Field. Practice is open to new and  returning players.<\/p>\n<p>The Paladins will also welcome their first recruiting class:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miles Lerner<\/strong><br \/>\nA scru-half and utility player, Lerner was captain of Edina High School  rugby team. The squad finished 9-2 and was crowned state champion.  Lerner (6\u20190, 200) was also a standout on the football team where he  played inside linebacker. Lerner has played rugby since 8<sup>th<\/sup> grade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics","category-rugby"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}