Scholarship established by Saban’s foundation to honor late friend Kerry Marbury

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Former Monongah High School and WVU football star Kerry Marbury has been remembered in many ways since passing away in June and now he will be through a scholarship fund.

The foundation established by legendary University of Alabama football coach and Marbury’s longtime friend Nick Saban and his wife, Terry, has funded a scholarship to honor him.

Alabama football coach Nick Saban

The Kerry Marbury Memorial Scholarship, established by the Nick’s Kids Foundation, will provide funds to Fairmont State University students from Marion County with financial need starting in fall 2020, according to a release.

“The older we get, the clearer it becomes that true friendships go beyond distance and time and circumstances,” said Nick Saban in a release. “If one has but a few true friends, then indeed, that is the richest treasure of all. Kerry Marbury was a friend from childhood who was like a member of my family.”

Marbury died on June 23 at his home in Fairmont after a battle with cancer. He and Saban graduated from Monongah, where they played football together. The team won back-to-back state football championships in Class A in 1968 and 1969 with both of them on the roster.

Marbury

Marbury finished with more than 6,000 rushing yards in his prep career, including 402 in a game against Kingwood, a release said.

At WVU, Marbury rushed for 1,665 yards and 22 touchdowns over the 1971 and 1972 seasons, the only two season on the team.

“Kerry will always be remembered not only for his talent as a football player, but also for his true grit and determination in overcoming adversity in his life to become a positive impact on others in his community,” Saban said in the release. “We hope that this scholarship will help other local young adults continue their education to positively impact their lives and that it will honor Kerry Marbury’s name.”

Marbury earned his bachelor’s at Fairmont State in 1990 before earning a master’s from WVU in 1991. He went on to become a professor of Humanities and Race, Class, and Gender at Fairmont State University, as well as a Fairmont State University Safety Director.





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