Okay, so I found myself trying to figure out Gabbie Marshall’s background the other day. The question popped up, you know, “is Gabbie Marshall Black?”. It happens sometimes, you see a player, you get curious about their story.
So, the first thing I did was just jump online. Typed the usual stuff into the search bar, things like “Gabbie Marshall ethnicity”, “Gabbie Marshall parents”, “Gabbie Marshall race”. Just casting a wide net to see what came back.
Pulled up a load of pictures first, mostly action shots from her games with Iowa. Great player, obviously. Then I started looking for more personal stuff, maybe interviews or profile pieces. Sometimes those mention family background directly.
Didn’t find an article right away that just spelled it out in big letters. So, I focused on finding info about her parents. That usually clears things up. Searched for “Gabbie Marshall family” and similar terms.
Eventually, I landed on some articles and maybe saw some pictures that included her family. Saw mentions of her parents, Ernest and Marquette Marshall. From what I could gather visually and from descriptions I ran across, it seems pretty clear.
- Found info indicating her father, Ernest Marshall, is Black.
- Found info indicating her mother, Marquette Marshall, is White.
So, putting that together, the answer became obvious. Gabbie Marshall is biracial. She has a Black father and a White mother.
It wasn’t too hard to find, just took a few minutes of looking through search results and connecting the dots from different pieces of info. Sometimes you don’t get a direct statement, you just piece it together from family details. That was my process for figuring that one out.
