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If so, send you story
to alumni@marshall.edu and
we will include them Stories must include being spotted by someone else with a Marshall connection!
Janet Hatfield McVey (BA'75, MA'80). Life is
strange with twists and turns but one thing you can count on is
being a Marshall fan. In July of '97, I moved to Newark, Del.,
home of the U. of Delaware Blue Hens. I flew my Marshall flag,
wore my Marshall gear and had my Marshall decal on the back of
my SUV. EVERYONE in Delaware knows about Marshall since we
kicked butt every time we played the UD. In '97 I had two UPS
carriers deliver packages and actually knock on the door and
wait to have a discussion about Marshall football... Chad
Pennington and Randy Moss. I would have to inform them of the
other players who have gone to Marshall and went on to play on
other professional teams... long snapper for the Eagles Mike
Bartrum and receiver Troy Brown for the Patriots. To this day,
I still have people ask if I really went to Marshall. However,
the most moving experience was when the We Are Marshall
movie began playing on Dec. 23. My husband, a native of
Delaware, my daughter Carrie, a former Marshall student, her
boyfriend and I went to the first showing. We were decked out from
head to toe in our We Are Marshall gear. Imagine my
surprise when across the entry way we saw 10 other people
wearing Marshall shirts. We met and talked about life in
Delaware as a Marshall graduate/fan. It warmed my heart to know
that Marshall Fans are everywhere, even in the small state of
Delaware. Go Herd!
Sandy Kitchen Moore ('51-'52). Several years ago, I attended a very rainy baseball game (in North Carolina) in which a young neighbor was pitching. I wore my Marshall poncho, and as I was leaving, I heard a deep voice ask, "Where'd you get that Marshall raincoat?" He attended many years after I did, and I didn't get his name, but I guess he was like, "I am surprised to find Marshall fans down here in 'Heel Country." Betsy Griffitts Painter Lyon. (BA'74, MA'79). I am the guidance coordinator at a large high school (Park Vista) of 3,200 students in Palm Beach County, Fla. As I helped one of our new counselors unpack and hang pictures in her office, I was about to help her hang her diploma and noticed the photo on the diploma was Old Main—what a coincidence, we are both MU grads and fans!!Her name is Angela Masterson Lester ('85).
Christopher G. Weaver ('05). I moved to West Palm
Beach, Fla., in March 2006, and met a lot of people affiliated
with Marshall. In January 2007 I went with some friends to the
beach. I happened to wear a lot of Marshall attire, from my hat
to my sandals. (Christmas was influenced greatly by the movie!)
It was hard to find a place to park, but I finally found one. I
was helping someone else put their dollar in the machine, when a
man in a white car pulled up behind me and said, "Hey,
Marshall... Did you go to Marshall?" I walked over with a small
laugh while looking at my shirt and grabbing my hat and said,
"Yes, I did." I was going to ask him the same, but he stopped me
and said that he was leaving and had plenty of time left on
his meter parking ticket. He said that I could have it. I told
him thanks, then he left. The ticket was enough time for 4 1/2
hours, which meant I didn't have to pay for my parking! One of
my friends told me that I should wear my Marshall gear all
the time, because I would get a lot of free stuff! I wasn't
worried about the price, but I took a second to realize that
there is something to be said about the family of good people
you become part of when you go to Marshall.
J. Philip Hysell ('65). My entire family,
including my wife, son and daughter; went to Detroit for the
Motor City Bowl game in which Marshall played against the
University of Louisville. In the hotel lobby, a Louisville
TV crew noticed me wearing my Marshall sweater and asked if
I was a MU graduate. I replied that, indeed, I was an MU
alumnus, but my daughter, Jennifer, was a University of
Louisville student and sports editor of their Cardinal
school newspaper. She would be watching and reporting on the
game from high up in the press box. The Louisville TV crew,
with camera rolling, said, "Then we suppose there will be a
sad person in the Hysell household after this game, eh?" I
replied, "Yes, indeed, one of us will be!" Of course,
Pennington and the Herd showed the Cardinals how the game
was played that night in the Silver Dome.
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