UWEC Athletics Hall of Fame
Lisa Marshall competed just two years at UWEC after transferring in from Colorado State but made the most of her limited competition. She was a two-time conference champion and two-time NCAA Division III national champion in the discus. She broke the school record in the 1994 nationals and then bettered that mark the following year at the conference meet. She broke the record a final time at the 1995 nationals with a throw of 161 feet, 11 inches, a standard that still stood at the time of her induction. A corporate fitness major at Eau Claire, Marshall went on to get her K-12 Teaching License in Health and Phy Ed from Augsburg College and her Masters of Arts Education from St. Mary’s University. At the time of her induction, she had been a seventh grade health and physical education teacher in the Mahtomedi School District since 2001.
From 1996-2002, she coached shot and discus at North St. Paul High School. She was the head track coach at Mahtomedi High School, her alma mater, from 2003-05 and assistant coach for throws at Mahtomedi in 2006-07. She had been the assistant cross country coach at Mahtomedi since 2004.
Among her honors, Irsfeld was the St. Paul Suburban Conference Track & Field Assistant Coach of the Year in 2001. At the time of her induction, she and her husband Pete were parents of two children.
