Jackson Klein, Will Milewski are seizing new opportunities

Defender Jackson Klein (Marblehead, Mass.) of St. John's Prep will continue his lacrosse career at St. John's (N.Y.). (Courtesy)

It was getting late on a Monday afternoon last month when Will Milewski got the text that would change his future.

Milewski, a standout close defender/long-stick midfielder at Tabor Academy, was set to take his game to Furman University, a Division 1 program in Greenville, S.C.

“One of my buddies texted me and said, ‘I think there’s something bad happening at Furman,’” he said.

Jackson Klein, a senior defender at St. John’s Prep who was also committed to Furman, was playing Xbox when he received a text from a Furman assistant coach asking him to join a zoom call at 4 p.m.