Will Furniss

Ole Miss Baseball during a game against Arkansas State at Swayze Field in Oxford, MS on February 18th, 2025.

Class:
Senior
Position:
IF
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 240
Experience:
3L
Hometown:
Nacogdoches, Texas
High School:
Nacogdoches
Major:
Finance

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2026 All-SEC Second Team
• 2025 Oxford Regional All-Tournament Team

2026 (Senior): One of four Rebels to play and start in all 64 games (starting all at first base) … Second on the team in batting average (.306), RBI (57) and hits (71) … Hit nine home runs and 12 doubles, while scoring 45 runs … Finished his career with 221 total games played in an Ole Miss jersey, tied for the eighth-most by any Rebel in program history … Named to the All-SEC Second Team … Went 4-for-8 with two runs, three RBI and four walks in the opening series versus Nevada (2/13-15) … Went 2-for-2 with three runs scored and three walks against Missouri State (2/20) … Hit a walk off home run to end the game in seven innings against Southeast Missouri (2/24), finishing 2-for-4 with a double, four RBI and three runs … Went 2-for-4 with a double and a walk against Baylor (2/27) at the BRUCE BOLT Classic … Earned two hits, two RBI and a run versus North Alabama (3/4) … Went a combined 5-for-9 with three RBI during the doubleheader versus Evansville (3/6) … Hit a solo bomb in game one versus Kentucky (3/19), then went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI and two runs in game three (3/21) … Went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI versus Little Rock (3/31) … Went a combined 6-for-10 with five RBI, three runs, a double and two walks in the series against LSU (4/10-12) … That series also marked the beginning of a 10-game hitting streak … Had four RBI going 2-for-4 against Southern Miss (4/14) … Went 5-for-8 with three homers, four runs, five RBI and two walks in the doubleheader against Georgia (4/25) … Went 2-for-5 at Arkansas (5/2), scoring twice with a two-run homer … Went on another 10-game hitting streak from 4/28 to 5/15 … Drove home a career-high five RBI twice in three games, once against UT Martin (5/12) and again at Alabama (5/15) … Against the Crimson Tide featured a three-run homer and against Skyhawks saw a base-clearing double … Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double against Arizona State (5/29) in the Lincoln Regional … Followed that performance with a 3-for-5 outing at Nebraska (5/30) to help Ole Miss advance to the regional finale … Hit a home run versus Auburn (6/6) in game two of the Super Regional … In his final collegiate at-bat, hit a home run in the eighth inning versus Troy (6/14) in the Men’s College World Series

2025 (Junior): Appeared in 58 games, starting in 51 of them (all at first base) ... Finished second on the team in on base percentage (.424) and walks (43) ... Finished third on the team in batting average (.305) ... Hit .305 with 12 home runs, 47 RBI, 43 walks, and 105 total bases ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and a walk against Eastern Kentucky (2/21) ... Went 2-for-4 with two RBI against Jacksonville State (3/8) ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, and two runs scored against Arkansas (3/16) ... Hit .500 (5-for-10) with five RBI, five runs scored, and a home run in series at Missouri (3/21-23) ... Hit .500 (5-for-10) with three doubles, a home run, eight RBI, and six runs scored in series against Florida (3/27-28) ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and two runs scored at South Carolina (4/19) ... Went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs scored against Mississippi State (4/22) ... Drew a program record five walks in a game against Mississippi State (5/10) ... Hit .533 (8-for-15) with a home run, six runs scored, and two RBI in series against Auburn (5/15-17) ... Hit a solo home run against LSU in semifinal of SEC Tournament (5/24) ... Hit .455 (10-for-22) with two home runs, two doubles, seven RBI, and six runs scored at Oxford Regional (5/30-6/2) ... Went 4-for-6 with two home runs, four RBI, and two runs scored against Murray State at Oxford Regional (6/1)

2024 (Sophomore): Appeared in 51 games, starting 43 of them... Hit .236 with nine home runs (fourth on team), eight doubles, 27 runs scored, and 35 RBI... Slugged .473 (fourth highest on team) and had a .350 on-base percentage... Collected 35 hits, tallied 70 total bases, and drew 27 walks... Had two hits and drove in seven runs in the series against High Point... Had three straight games with a home run against High Point (2/24-2/25) and Little Rock (2/27)... Had three base hits and collected four RBI on 4/14 against Mississippi State... Had a season-high four hits to cap off a four game hit streak on 4/26 against Alabama... Had six multi-hit games this season and seven games with multiple RBI

2023 (Freshman): Appeared in 48 games, starting in 38 of them (32 at DH, six at first base)... Hit .298 with three home runs, four doubles, 18 runs scored, and 15 RBI... Hit a pinch-hit solo home run in his first-career at-bat against Delaware (2/17)... Went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI against Arkansas State (2/21)... Went 2-for-3 with a double against Maryland (2/26)... Went 2-for-4 with two RBI against Purdue (3/10)... Went 2-for-3 against Texas A&M (3/31)... Drew a walk and scored two runs against Texas A&M (4/1)... Went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI against LSU (4/21)... Went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI against Georgia (4/28)... Had hits in seven of his last nine games to end the season... Went 6-for-13 with four runs scored in series against Missouri (5/4-6)... Hit 3-for-5 with three runs scored in the series finale against the Tigers (5/6)... Went 2-for-4 with a double against Auburn (5/12)... Went 1-for-1 with two walks and a run scored against Alabama (5/18)

High School: Two-time letterwinner at Nacogdoches High School under head coach David Greer… Hit .488 with an on-base percentage of .648 and OPS of 1.439 his senior season… Named a First Team High School All-American and Rawlings High School Gold Glove winner in 2022

Personal: Full name is Wilburn Edward Furniss IV… Son of Eddy and Crystal Furniss… Has two siblings, Ella and Owen… Father Eddy played baseball at LSU (1995-98) and was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010. He currently holds the SEC career home run record with 80 in four seasons at LSU… Born on August 15, 2003