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Furman's All-SoCon Faculty-Staff winners recognized
Team members will be presented plaques at basketball games throughout the season
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Furman's 2022-23 All-Southern Conference Faculty-Staff Team members, Dr. John Harris and Hunter Reid, were presented plaques by SoCon Commissioner Jim Schaus at Wednesday evening's men's basketball game.
Dr. John Harris, Furman (faculty)
Dr. John Harris is a professor of mathematics and the director of the Cothran Center for Vocational Reflection at Furman. In the Mathematics Department, he enjoys teaching courses at all levels and appreciates the opportunities to get to know his students well. He has worked with dozens of students on undergraduate research projects, and he is always proud to see students do great things. His professional activity involves work in recreational mathematics (the study of games, puzzles, and magic) and in sports analytics, where along with colleagues he consults with ESPN, the NCAA, and The Athletic. In his work with Furman’s Center for Vocational Reflection, Harris participates in programs designed to help students (and others) think about and develop ideas and experiences that lead to lives of meaning and purpose. He loves getting to know and work with student-athletes, and he enjoys attending their matches, races and games. Harris can trace his support for athletic endeavors to his high school days when he supported his own basketball team from the very end of the bench.
Hunter Reid, Furman (staff)
Hunter Reid is now in his 38th year at Furman, having joined the department as assistant sports information director in 1985. The Southern Conference’s longest-tenured active SID, Reid works alongside a loyal and immensely talented Furman staff in overseeing publicity efforts for the school’s 18 intercollegiate sports, with direct responsibility for football and women’s basketball. In addition, he serves as liaison to Furman’s Athletic Hall of Fame. He was named SID in 1986 and added the titles of assistant athletics director in 1989 and associate athletics director in 2010. He served as media coordinator for both the 2017 and 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship first- and second-round games played at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, and will coordinate media operations for the 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship regional, slated for BSW Arena in March. Reid, who served as SID at his alma mater, Presbyterian, for four years, enjoys the broad spectrum of sports, as well as history, reading, gardening, music and classic Ford Mustangs. He is married to Jeanne Symmes and has a son, Alexander, a senior at Christ Church Episcopal School.
Dr. John Harris, Furman (faculty)
Dr. John Harris is a professor of mathematics and the director of the Cothran Center for Vocational Reflection at Furman. In the Mathematics Department, he enjoys teaching courses at all levels and appreciates the opportunities to get to know his students well. He has worked with dozens of students on undergraduate research projects, and he is always proud to see students do great things. His professional activity involves work in recreational mathematics (the study of games, puzzles, and magic) and in sports analytics, where along with colleagues he consults with ESPN, the NCAA, and The Athletic. In his work with Furman’s Center for Vocational Reflection, Harris participates in programs designed to help students (and others) think about and develop ideas and experiences that lead to lives of meaning and purpose. He loves getting to know and work with student-athletes, and he enjoys attending their matches, races and games. Harris can trace his support for athletic endeavors to his high school days when he supported his own basketball team from the very end of the bench.
Hunter Reid, Furman (staff)
Hunter Reid is now in his 38th year at Furman, having joined the department as assistant sports information director in 1985. The Southern Conference’s longest-tenured active SID, Reid works alongside a loyal and immensely talented Furman staff in overseeing publicity efforts for the school’s 18 intercollegiate sports, with direct responsibility for football and women’s basketball. In addition, he serves as liaison to Furman’s Athletic Hall of Fame. He was named SID in 1986 and added the titles of assistant athletics director in 1989 and associate athletics director in 2010. He served as media coordinator for both the 2017 and 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship first- and second-round games played at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, and will coordinate media operations for the 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship regional, slated for BSW Arena in March. Reid, who served as SID at his alma mater, Presbyterian, for four years, enjoys the broad spectrum of sports, as well as history, reading, gardening, music and classic Ford Mustangs. He is married to Jeanne Symmes and has a son, Alexander, a senior at Christ Church Episcopal School.