Chadron State College Athletics

Con Marshall, who served as Chadron State College’s director of information services and sports information for more than three decades, is inducted into the CSC Hall of Fame for meritorious service.
Although Marshall stepped down as a full-time employee at CSC, he has stayed highly involved with the activities on campus.
Marshall, a native of Chadron and a graduate of Chadron State, has completed 37 years as a CSC employee. During that time, he 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, Chadron State named a facility, the Elliott Field pressbox, in Marshall’s honor, making him one of only a few people to have that distinction while still employed at the college.
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 and serves on the selection committee for the Harlon Hill Award, presented annually to the outstanding player in NCAA Division II football.
Perhaps one of Marshall’s biggest honors came in late September 2008 when he was inducted into the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame as a contributor.
In 1986, Marshall authored and compiled “The History of Chadron State College,” a 232-page publication to commemorate the college’s 75th anniversary.
He also wrote the majority of this publication.
Marshall’s knowledge of the northwest Nebraska and the state’s Panhandle 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 the staff of 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.
Marshall’s wife Peggy helped prepare elementary education teachers at Chadron State before her retirement in 2011. They have three adult children -- Tyler, Sara and Perry – and seven grandchildren.