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1-on-1 with Marcy Weston
Marcy Weston, Central Michigan (Administration)
Marcy Weston spent 42 years as a major influence on intercollegiate athletics, both at Central Michigan as a coach in field hockey, women’s basketball, volleyball and her leadership in athletics administration, and on a national level recognized as a top basketball official and pioneer in advancing women’s roles in collegiate athletic administration.
Weston’s career began at Central Michigan as head coach for field hockey (1972-73), women’s basketball (1974-76) and volleyball (1974-88) teams. She moved into administration in 1989, serving as Senior Associate Athletics Director from 1989-2011 and as Executive Associate Athletic Director from 2011-2015.
As a coach, Weston amassed a 419-143-15 record in 15 years at the helm of the volleyball program, winning four Michigan Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) titles while coaching three Mid-American Conference Players of the Year, 20 All-MAC student-athletes, and seven academic All-MAC honorees. Her volleyball teams hold the program’s single-season records for most wins (54 in 1981), best winning percentage (.864, 38-6 in 1982) and longest winning streak (13 matches in 1981).
Weston has been recognized as one of the top basketball officials, refereeing from 1964-84 and officiating two National Championship Games including the first ever NCAA women’s title game in 1982. She also served as the first NCAA Women’s Basketball Secretary-Rules Editor (1985-1997) and the first National Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating (1996-2005), where she evaluated and assigned officials to the NCAA Division I Tournament from 1985-2006.
Weston was the first woman ever to receive professional/collegiate officiating’s highest honor, the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO) Gold Whistle Award in 2008. She was also the first to receive both the Gold Whistle Award and the Mel Narol NASO Medallion, which is given for lifelong contributions to the betterment of the sports officiating profession. Weston was recognized by the NCAA in 1991 as one of nine major contributors to the first decade (1981-91) of NCAA women’s basketball. She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Central Michigan Athletics Hall of Fame, which is named in her honor, in 2004.
A native Wayne-Westland, Mich., Weston received the 2013 Naismith Women’s College Officials of the Year award and the 1994 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Jostens-Berenson Service Award. She was named to Referee Magazine’s list of “Twenty Who Made a Difference in Refereeing” and was honored with the 2012 Distinguished Woman in Higher Education Leadership Award from the Michigan American Council on Education Network for Women Leaders in Higher Education.
Weston received special recognition awards from the University of Dayton National Alumni Association (2000), the Michigan High School Athletic Association (2000), and the Central Michigan University Leadership Institute (2001). She was named the 1994 National Collegiate Women Administrators Region V Administrator of the Year and the NCAA Regional Gymnastics Administrator of the Year in 2003 and 2004. She served on a number of committees including the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, the NCAA Women’s Basketball Issues Committee, and the USA Basketball Officiating Committee.
