The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Hall of Honor
- Induction:
- 2008
- Class:
- 1973
Becky Bludau Marshall was hired by former Women’s Athletics Director Donna Lopiano in 1976 as the department’s first full-time athletic trainer. She was the sole athletic trainer for the eight women’s teams at the time, and she began developing the nationally-recognized sports medicine program that Texas women’s athletics is known for today by hiring, training and mentoring student assistants and graduate assistants to provide the best possible injury prevention and treatment programs. As athletic trainer, Bludau Marshall traveled with the 1978 U.S. National women’s basketball team which toured Eastern Europe and was a staff member at the 1979 U.S. National Sports Festival. A native of Karnes City, Texas, Bludau Marshall attended Ranger (Texas) Junior College from 1969-71 and was a member of the Ranger 1971 national championship basketball team. She completed her undergraduate degree in physical education and biology at The University of Texas in 1973 and then served as the women’s athletic trainer at Southwest Texas State (now Texas State) from 1973-75 while earning a master’s degree in education. After leaving UT, Bludau Marshall was a collegiate women’s basketball official in six NCAA Division I conferences. She also officiated junior college and NAIA national tournaments, the Olympic Sports Festival and U.S. Basketball National Team Trial competitions. After a hip replacement surgery cut short her officiating career in 1996, Marshall went on to serve as the Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officials for six conferences, including the Big 12, Southland and Sun Belt. A resident of Buda, Texas, she is married to Bailey Marshall, Ph.D., former director/chief administrative officer of the University Interscholastic League (UIL) from 1977-95. Bludau Marshall is an accomplished amateur golfer who has played in several U.S. Golf Association (USGA) Senior Women’s Amateur Championships.