Con Marshall Day set for Oct. 25

Dr. Randy Rhine, president of Chadron State College, will present Marshall the award at a brunch Saturday, Oct. 25, at 9:30 a.m. in the Student Center Ballroom. Tickets for the brunch can be reserved and purchased by contacting the Chadron State alumni office at 308-432-6366. The cost is $12.50.

If people are unable to attend, the alumni office is encouraging well-wishers to mail written greetings or create informal videos.

“Con has been a fixture at Chadron State College for many years and we know he has many fans who are unable to make the trip to Chadron,” said Karen Pope, director of development and alumni. “So, we are asking for people to send in short, informal videos to congratulate Con. We think it will be a fun way for those people who have had their lives touched by Con to share their favorite memories.”

All videos can be sent to Pope at kpope@csc.edu.

Marshall has produced volumes of news stories and photographs, in addition to frequently serving as a resource for anyone looking for information about Chadron State, its athletic programs and the history of the surrounding region. In the late 1990s, the press box at Elliott Field was named for Marshall.

Marshall has been recognized numerous times by the College Sports Information Directors of America throughout his career for his writing and publications efforts. In recent years, Marshall has received distinguished service awards from the Nebraska Athletic Directors, Nebraska Coaches Association, the Chadron Chamber of Commerce and the Chadron Youth Baseball Program. In 2004, he was presented the first Chadron Basketball Tradition Award. He also has received a 25-year award from the CoSIDA.

Perhaps one of Marshall's biggest honors came in 2008 when he was inducted into the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame as a contributor. Later that year he was also inducted into the Chadron State College Athletic Hall of Fame.

In 1986, Marshall authored and compiled “The History of Chadron State College,” a 232-page publication to commemorate the college's 75th anniversary. He followed that with a book to mark the college's centennial in 2011, “Chadron State College: A Century of Service.”
 
Marshall's knowledge of northwest Nebraska goes far beyond sports. After earning a bachelor's degree from Chadron State in 1963 he worked three years each as a sports and news reporter at the Chadron Record and farm and feature reporter for the Scottsbluff Star-Herald. He returned to Chadron in 1969 to become Chadron State's first full-time director of information. He left Chadron State in the 1970s to become editor of the Sidney Telegraph for a year and was editor of the Chadron Record for 16 months before returning to his alma mater.
 
In addition to his journalistic endeavors, he is active in the Chadron Christian Church, Kiwanis, and helps in the preparation and reporting of a number of community events.

He and his wife, Peggy, have three adult children and eight grandchildren.