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"Marcy Weston has been a cornerstone of CMU athletics for over 40 years, and her legacy will guide this program as we go forward," CMU Director of Athletics Dave Heeke says. "She is recognized nationally as one of the outstanding leaders in college athletics and has been instrumental in the expansion of opportunities for student- athletes across the board. "Marcy has done so many incredible things here at CMU, but what will be missed most is her unwavering commitment and dedication to the success of student- athletes, coaches and staff. She truly makes all those around her better." It was that day-to-day contact with student- athletes that was most enjoyable, Weston says. "I don't coach kids anymore, but I kind of look at it like I coach coaches. … I mentor them a little bit. That's really what I like best." That's the way it has always been with Weston, who possesses a visceral feel for people that has served her, and others, well. "The glass is always half-full," says June Courteau, the NCAA coordinator of officials for women's basketball and a longtime colleague. "In fact, with Marcy, it was three-quarters. "I think she looked at challenges, or life itself, as, 'How can we make it better?' She's an outstanding listener. That's a lost art, and I believe that's what makes her so good. She's great at managing situations and great at bringing a group together where they all feel that they have input. "She creates an environment, an aura, a feeling," Courteau says. "It's intangible, and there's no pretense." Because of that, Weston's influence is unrivaled. "Think of the scores of student-athletes whose lives Marcy has influenced," the MAC's Steinbrecher says. "And the coaches, not only at Central, but across the league and the country. What a spectacular career, and she did it all, quite frankly, with a quiet grace and integrity that really belied her passion and intensity." Her next game plan Weston, who speaks with an energy and an enthusiasm of a woman half her 70 years, says she's not quite sure what's next for her, but there will be some travel involved. "I'm not going to do anything calculated for six months. I don't even know what's out there." Write a book? Maybe. She was an English major at Dayton before switching to physical education. Draw? Art has always been in her blood. One thing is sure: Weston's suitcase has logged tens of thousands of miles in her career as a coach, administrator and basketball official. Now, she can go at her own pace. "I'm excited about what I don't know is out there," she says. "You know the people you meet and they say, 'You gotta come and visit me sometime'? "I'm going to put a map of the United States up and I'm going to dot it where all my friends that I've met over the years live. I'd like to go on about a six-week driving tour of the U.S. I've always wanted to just look at the countryside a little bit." Weston's heart will always be in Michigan, at CMU and with women's sports. She will always be involved in something important – no matter the venue, arena or endeavor. She's hardly a sit-still person. "There'll be something," she says. "I just don't know what it is." Among Marcy Weston's most prestigious honors: > The NCAA recognized Weston in 1991 as one of the nine major contributors to the first decade of NCAA women's basketball. > She was named National Collegiate Women Administrators Region V Administrator of the Year in 1994. > In 2000, she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee. > In 2008, she was honored by the National Association of Sport Officials as the first woman to earn the organization's Gold Whistle Award. > In 2012, she earned the Michigan Distinguished Woman in Higher Education Leadership Award. > She has received special recognition awards from the University of Dayton National Alumni Association, the Michigan High School Athletic Association and the CMU Leadership Institute. > She was twice named the NCAA Regional Gymnastics Administrator of the Year. 10 centralight spring '14 Volleyball, 1988

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