Campbell University

After leading Osborne High School to the 5-A state championship, Marietta, Ga., native John Marshbanks arrived at Campbell in the fall of 1965. By the time the 6-foot-8 center's four-year career ended, he had scored more points in a career than any other Fighting Camel player. With 1,723 points in 105 games, Marshbanks still stands fourth on Campbell's all-time basketball scoring list as of 2025.
 
A four-year starter for Coaches Fred McCall and Danny Roberts, Marshbanks scored more than 400 points in each of his final three varsity seasons as the Camels became a power in the NAIA ranks.
 
During his junior year, Marshbanks set a senior college-era school record by scoring 46 points on Dec. 1, 1967 at Mars Hill, where he canned 17 field goals and added 12 free throws in the Camels' 107-96 victory. That mark until Mar. 2, 2017, when Chris Clemons scored 51 points in a Big South tournament win over UNC Asheville.  Clemons, however, made 8 three-point field goals.  The NCAA did not fully implement the 3-point line until the 1986-87 season.
 
As a senior in 1968-69, Marshbanks led Campbell to its first 20-win season on the senior-college level. He graduated from Campbell with a Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education, then earned his master's from East Carolina, and teacher's certification from North Carolina A&T.
 
While in graduate school at East Carolina, Marshbanks opened John's Bicycle Shops in Greenville, then expanded with stores in Raleigh and Wilson. In 1978, John and his wife Cheryl (also a 1969 Campbell graduate) started Marshbanks, Inc., a national and international gift and accessories manufacturer and distributing company. The Marshbanks added Liberty Light Company in 1984. Those products were sold to 25,000 stores and 40 mail-order catalogs throughout nine countries.
 
In 1990, the Marshbanks retired to their cabin in the woods of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Boone, N.C., and John returned to his love for teaching, first at South Caldwell High School, then at Granite Falls Middle School. In 2000, the nationally-recognized Caldwell County High School Career Center opened on the campus of Caldwell Community College with John teaching in the Furniture/Cabinet Making Technology program. He also taught at Hudson Middle School.
 
Marshbanks has served as a lay minister in the Methodist Church. He and his wife Cheryl are parents of two daughters and have one grandson.