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Marshall Lovett '76 was inducted into the Campbell University Athletics Hall of Fame during a special ceremony August 27, 2022 in conjunction with the Seventy-First High School 50th reunion.  Membership in the Hall of Fame, which began recognizing Campbell athletic greats in 1984, now numbers 81.
 
A native of Fayetteville, Lovett was a three-sport standout at Seventy-First High in football, basketball, and track & field.  He earned all-city & county honors on the hardwood for Coach Charles Babb’s team and placed third in the state 3-A track championships in the high jump.
 
Lovett entered Campbell in the fall of 1972 and immediately made an impact on the Fighting Camels’ basketball team.  He was named NAIA All-American as a senior after he led his team to back-to-back 20-win seasons in 1975 and 1976. A point guard, he led Coach Danny Roberts’ Camels to a school-record 25 wins (with just six losses) during his junior season and followed that with a 23-4 overall record in his senior year when he was named NAIA third-team All-American. 
 
He scored 1064 points just his career, averaged 13.9 points and five steals per game as a senior, and was named Campbell’s Outstanding Male Athlete in 1976.  He was the ninth player to reach 1,000 career points in Campbell’s senior college history and is still one of only 30 Camels to hit that mark since the 1961-62 season.
 
In addition, he set a school track & field record with a 6-foot, 6-inch, high jump.
 
Following graduation, Lovett had professional basketball tryouts with the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, and San Antonio Spurs.  When his playing career ended, he earned an additional degree in respiratory therapy from Wake Technical Community College.  His work in the medical field included stops at Duke Medical Center and Wake Medical Center.
 
After relocating from Raleigh to New York City, Lovett contracted a severe case of meningitis, which caused permanent blindness.  He now resides in Springfield, Mass.