A four-year member of the interclass teams in eight sports, Marion Stallwood ranks among the University's finest student-athletes of her era.
Although all competition during this time period was confined to within the University, individuals gained recognition for their athletic excellence by earning a position on the class teams. Stallwood was selected to the interclass teams in volleyball, basketball, fistball, speedball, field hockey, lacrosse, softball and soccer.
At the same time, she was a member of the club team "The Antiques," which competed in basketball and lacrosse in the Boston Park League.
Due to her numerous accomplishments in athletics, combined with a similar degree of proficiency in the classroom, Stallwood was asked to serve on the College Athletic Association Advisory Board.
Following graduation, she remained actively involved in athletics in each the administrative and educational levels. As a physical education teacher at Hingham High School, Stallwood additionally served as the school's head coach of girl's field hockey, basketball, softball and tennis.
She later accepted a position at Russell Sage College in Troy, N.Y., where she eventually became the Chairman of the Physical Education Department. In this post, she initiated the school's first competitive intercollegiate sports program, and was later inducted into the Russell Sage Collefe Athletic Hall of Fame.
Throughout her career, she has served on a number of regional and national governing boards. She was the regional representative for the National Section of Women's Athletics, and was the Chairman of the Basketball Board of Officials in Rhode Island, Southeastern Massachusetts, and portions of New York.
