Mick Marquez '18 Recruiting Profile

A few years ago, as I was looking through my family’s old computer, I came across a file labeled  “Mick Pics.”  Without hesitation, I opened up the folder to be bombarded with at least a thousand pictures of me from my early years. But as I was scrolling, one particular picture caught my eye right away. It was of me, shooting a miniature basketball into a five-foot plastic basketball hoop in my backyard. By toddler standards, the follow through and finish were solid and the picture was a cool mid-air action shot. But something struck me as I was examining this old photograph. I asked myself, if I had loved basketball this much a decade ago, what could stop me from continuing this passion a decade from now? From this realization, I figured out that I wanted to play high school and one day college basketball.

I have been playing Anthem Prep basketball for six years, and each one of those seasons has brought me new and rewarding memories. From winning Anthem Prep’s first ever middle school basketball game in seventh grade to exceeding 1000 career high school points and competing for the state championship in my senior year, it has been such an amazing journey. Ever since I was elected captain of the high school varsity team as a sophomore, I have taken extreme pride in the progress and improvement my teammates and I have made over the years. I earned All-Region Honorable Mention and Second Team in my sophomore and junior year, respectively. Most recently, I earned First Team All-Region as well as Regional Offensive Player of the Year.

Balancing sports while maintaining a high GPA can be difficult, but after playing fifteen varsity seasons in six different varsity sports as well as participating in numerous volunteer and extracurricular activities, I have successfully adapted to my hectic schedule. I am very proud to have been able to maintain a high academic standard with a 3.97 GPA.

I have been working on my game for over 10 years and am ready for the challenge of competing at the next level.