Hall of Fame
Marcus Maroney was ahead of the curve in a time of growth for the young Utica College football program. His statistics and accolades certainly tell the story of a Pioneer Hall of Fame worthy career, but he was also the one player on the field that the opposing team coaches would spend all week trying to warn their team about.
Despite being earmarked week-in and week-out as the top player on the field, he still managed to skirt the opposition's game plan and will go down as one of the top defensive players in the history of Utica College football.
Maroney played free safety for the Pioneers and totaled 290 career tackles, a mark that stands as the third highest tackle total in the history of the program. His 176 career unassisted tackles ranks second all-time at Utica and his 17 pass breakups rank third all-time.
He was a two-time Empire 8 All-Conference First Team selection and a two- time ECAC North West Football All-Star selection. Maroney was a D3football. com All-Region Third Team Defensive selection in 2006, marking the first time in program-history that a Pioneer had earned a spot on the coveted D3football.com All-Region list.
He finished his junior season ranked 11th in the country with a career-high 90 tackles and he also added six pass breakups, two sacks, two forced fumbles and one interception on his way to earning first team all-conference accolades.
He capped his career at Utica with 72 tackles as a senior, including a team-best 50 solo tackles, on his way to a second straight all-conference first team selection.
Marcus majored in management at Utica and is originally from Lockport, New York. He is currently the senior assistant director of admissions for Western New England University. In 2013 Marcus earned his M.B.A. from Anna Maria College.
Maroney is married to 2008 Pioneer Hall of Fame selection Shannon Rohacek, a former standout and All-American field hockey player at UC, and they currently reside in Worcester, MA.
