Hoop Standout Marshall Latest To Earn Rockville HS Hall Honors

VERNON, CT — Karen Marshall of the Class of 1996, a four-year starter at point guard and three-year all-conference selection on Rockville High School girls basketball teams that won 73 percent of their conference games, is the sixth announced 2021 inductee into the RHS Athletic Hall of Fame.

Committee chair Scott Smith Mae the announcement this weekend. The eighth RHS Athletic Hall of Fame Social and Induction Ceremonies are scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 19 at the high school. A 1 p.m. social will be followed by the 2 p.m. ceremonies. Tickets are priced at $20 and can be reserved by contacting Smith at smithsc33sbcglobal.net or at 860-604-6618.

Previously-announced members of the Class of 2021 are former girls badminton coach Robert B. Carlson (1979-88); former boys and girls cross-country and boys track & field coach David W. Smith; former left-handed baseball pitcher Jason M. Metzger (2000); former football interior lineman Brian J. Arnold (1991), and the late former head baseball coach Ronald A. Kozuch.

Marshall, who also played one season of varsity soccer as a freshman, appeared in all 88 possible basketball games for the Rams between 1992 and 1996, helping her teams to a combined overall record of 58-30, including 41-15 in CCC East games, and into the Class LL state tournament in each of her final three seasons. Her teams won one outright CCC East title in her junior season, finished second once and tied for second once, and tied for third place during her freshman season. The team had identical 12-2 CCC East records in her final two seasons.

Marshall scored 965 points (11.0 per game) in her career, improving her average steadily each season. She averaged 12.5 points as a junior and as a senior averaged 12.7 points, four steals, and more than four assists and four rebounds. Only 90 points of her career total came on three-point field goals.

Behind Marshall and 2018 RHS Hall of Fame inductee Amanda Deveny-McNamar in 1994-95, the Rams clinched their first CCC East title since 1989 when they unseated five-time defending champion Manchester. In the clinching win over South Windsor — which culminated in seven straight victories to end the regular season — Marshall had 17 points which matched her total from the conference opener several months earlier.

In addition to earning All-CCC East honors three times, Marshall was voted to the Class LL/L East team at the CHSCA Senior All-Star Basketball Festival in 1996.

Marshall holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Business Administration from Florida A&M and a master's degree in Social Work from Simmons College. Since 2014, she has been employed as Executive Director at Rethink New Orleans Schools and has been emersed in relief efforts recently in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. She resides in New Orleans.