University of Rochester
Athletic Hall of Fame
Diane Marshall Ennist
'78
At Rochester:
- Participated in a variety of club and intercollegiate sports
- Her most important contribution may have been as founder of the women's soccer club, which blossomed into one of the nation's most successful college programs
- Played basketball for three years, tennis and field hockey for one year
- Also played club lacrosse
- As a freshman, she organized the Women's Athletic Caucus to unite female athletes on campus
- With the Women's Soccer Club, she was responsible for scheduling, arranging transportation and publicity, hiring the coach and officials, securing field space, raising money, and buying equipment and uniforms
- Received the Merle Spurrier Award in 1978 as the senior woman who has contributed the most to the women's intercollegiate athletic program
- Earned a B.A. in 1978 Magna Cum Laude psychology and political science
Post-Graduate:
- Earned a J.D. with honors in 1981 from the Ohio State University College at Law
- Associate with Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease in Columbus, OH (1981-84)
- Senior Trial Counsel, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, D.C. (1984-89)
- Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), McLean, VA - Senior Counsel, 1989-90, Associate General Counsel, Litigation Department, 1990-2000, Vice President Deputy General Counsel, Litigation, since 2000
- Member of American Bar Association, Bar member United States Supreme Court in addition to many bar memberships in U.S. Courts of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, and State Courts
