Michelle Cottrell Marston completed her career at Northern Kentucky as one of the most accomplished women’s basketball players in GLVC history. The 2002 graduate and four-year starting center led the Norse to an overall record of 113-17 and a GLVC mark of 73-9. She paced NKU to four conference championship titles and to a pair of conference tournament titles. The Norse advanced to the NCAA Division II tournament in all four years, made three Elite Eight appearances and captured the 2000 National Championship, the first national title in school history. Cottrell was twice named the Division II Bulletin National Player of the Year, was a three-time Kodak First-Team All-American and was named the NCAA Division II National Tournament Most Outstanding Player in 2000. Cottrell is the NKU all-time leading scorer having compiled 2,241 points in her four seasons and holds seven career school records in all. Cottrell was a three-time GLVC Player of the Year, a four-time All-GLVC selection, the GLVC Freshman of the Year in 1998-99, a two-time member of the GLVC All-Tournament Team, the GLVC Tournament Most Outstanding Player in 1998-99 and was named the GLVC Player of the Week eight times. In addition to several other regional and national accolades, Cottrell was selected as the GLVC Female Richard F. Scharf Paragon Award recipient in 2002 and was also selected for a prestigious NCAA postgraduate scholarship. She was also named as an NCAA Top VIII award winner in 2003. Cottrell is currently a middle school teacher and high school coach in Independence, Kentucky where she lives with her husband, Scott.