Recovering from knee injury spurred Stone Ridge athlete’s interest in helping others do the same
When Katie Marks tore the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) in her knee as a freshman lacrosse player at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, she learned the importance of resiliency in coming back to play her sport after being out for 14 months.
But that experience also sparked her interest in majoring in kinesiology – the study of human body movement – when the member of Stone Ridge’s class of 2025 begins studying at the University of Maryland in College Park this fall.
The 18-year-old senior is the daughter of Jill and Jim Marks, and she has a younger sister, Aly, who is a freshman at Stone Ridge. After graduating from St. Mary’s School in Rockville at her home parish, Katie Marks was drawn to attend Stone Ridge, and one of the key reasons was its Social Action Program.