Where Are They Now?
Julie Marashio,
2001-2004
Women's Ice Hockey
 As one of the first members of UConn women’s ice hockey
team in 2000-01, Julie Marashio became an instant leader her freshman year.
Assisting the hockey staff with recruits, she juggled the team and school work
helping her learn the key to her success today: time management.
As a native of Wayland, Mass., Marashio played field
hockey, ice hockey and lacrosse all four years at Acton-Boxborough High School.
Because both her parents and her two brothers played ice hockey, her real
passion laid within that sport.
After visiting UConn a few times to see her brother, she
instantly fell in love with the school and its campus.
“I loved what the school offered,” said Marashio also
referring to its academics and athletics.
With both her parents being alumni and her older brother
being a current student, choosing the university was not so difficult for
Marashio.
Originally, Marashio had intentions of playing lacrosse for
the Huskies. However, when she discovered that the ice hockey team had just
turned into Division I that summer, she decided to help head coach Heather
Linstad build the team.
At the time, Marashio was recovering from the surgery of
her ACL torn in a lacrosse game in the spring season of her senior year. So
while in rehab, she also helped her coach with recruits every weekend.
“I wasn’t rushed with getting back on the ice,” said
Marashio. “So I was more than ready when I began to play again.
During her freshman year, she worked out with the field
hockey team and did off-ice work outs with her team to prepare for her sophomore
year.
In her three seasons playing for UConn, Marashio was a
three-time letter winner, was named ECAC rookie of the week her first week on
the ice, was named team’s Unsung Hero in 2004 and still ties for first with most
goals in one game in the UConn records.
Off the ice, Marashio was a Hockey East Academic all-star
twice and was a CPIA/Director of Athletics honor roll student at UConn.
After receiving a degree in human development and family
studies and a minor in psychology, she went to Boston College to receive a
master’s in educational psychology.
Currently, Marashio is a guidance counselor for Billerica
Memorial High School. She works with about 320 students in the high school with
career development, academics and admissions and recommendations to colleges.
She also gives individual counseling if needed.
“I was always the ‘team mother’ for hockey. That is why I
chose guidance counseling,” said Marashio.
Marashio resides in south Boston with a former teammate
Lisa Beck.
--Naomi Smith |
