Longtime Upper Arlington Girls Tennis Coach

Ann Daniels Marks, Class of 1954, began playing tennis as a young girl at the Cleveland Skating Club, where she learned from the best players and coaches in Cleveland, including The Ohio State University’s men’s tennis coach who coached her in the summers.

At Laurel, she played a number of sports from tennis, to field hockey, to figure skating. At a time when most sports activity at Laurel involved Green vs White team competition, Ann was a catcher of the baseball team, played center on the varsity field hockey team, was a guard in basketball and was in the dance club. The 1954 yearbook noted that Ann Daniels “plays a fierce game of tennis and has a large collection of trophies to prove it.” At graduation she was honored with the All-Around Athlete award. In reflecting on her time at Laurel, she credits the school with having taught her to enjoy what you spend the most time doing and the value of being a well-rounded athlete.