STANDISH — Medomak Valley High School graduate Hannah Marks and the Saint Joseph’s Monks are having a tremendous season on the hardwood. 

The Saint Joseph’s (24-1) women’s basketball team is riding a 23-game win streak into the Great Northeast Athletic Conference playoffs, where they open with Mount Ida in the conference quarterfinals Tuesday, Feb. 20. 

Thus far in the season, Marks has appeared in all 25 contests and has collected 625 minutes with 24 starts. Marks collected 274 points through the regular season. 

The five-foot-10 forward is the daughter of Aurel and Brian Marks and her father is the one who gave Marks her nudge to become a basketball player. 

Marks credited her first basketball coach with making the sport fun and she ultimately fell in love with the competitiveness of it. 

In high school, Marks played basketball for Medomak Valley High School and was a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference first team all-conference player during her junior and senior seasons. 

Additionally, Marks was a McDonald’s all-star player at the state-level event during her senior year of high school. 

While competing at the state-level competition, Marks was the three point shooting champion and placed third in the McDonald’s foul shooting contest, while also being Maine’s regional foul shooting champion. 

At Medomak Valley, Marks broke three records including most threes in a game, most threes in a quarter and most threes in a single season. 

Marks, a team captain for her final two seasons as a Panther, was a finalist for the Midcoast Hall of Fame’s Athlete of the Year award and was an honor roll student all four years of high school. 

Marks was also inducted into the National Honors Society while a Panther. 

Marks is majoring in accounting and human resources at Saint Joseph’s, where she is presently a junior. 

Marks noted that “the atmosphere and community” is what ultimately made her want to become a student-athlete at Saint Joseph’s, where she has set a personal goal of achieving a 4.0 grade point average in the classroom. 

On the court, Marks’ person goal is to “do the best I can to help my team every day.” 

In both her freshman and sophomore seasons with the Monks, Marks appeared in 29 contests. 

During her freshman season, Marks played a total of 394 minutes and collected 149 points throughout the season 

During her sophomore campaign, Marks played 596 minutes on the court and collected 197 points. 

When asked prior to the regular season concluding what her greatest accomplishment in life is, Marks responded by saying that winning the Great Northeast Athletic Conference women’s basketball championship her first two seasons of collegiate basketball was pretty special to her. 

When asked to give advice for any Midcoast Mainers looking to play collegiate sports, Marks stated it is important to work hard in everything one does and maintain a positive attitude.

Marks also noted it is key to “put yourself out there to college coaches” and say in touch with them while navigating the entire recruiting process. 

When she is not on the court, she is either going out to eat in the Midcoast or hanging out with her dogs. 

Marks looks up to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and hopes to travel somewhere tropical in the future. 

Her favorite quote is from Larry Bird: “Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.” 

Reach George Harvey and the sports department at: sports@penbaypilot.com.