High School: Three-year letterwinner on the offensive line for Culver Academy, a private school in northwestern Indiana...team captain and major contributor up front for the Eagles as a senior...played on Culver's 2023 squad that made the 4A sectional finals in the IHSAA state playoffs...two-sport athlete who excelled in wrestling, captaining the Culver Academy squad as a junior and senior and winning four letters...solid student who graduated with honors this past spring from Culver Academy, served as a platoon leader at his school, and led bible study for the past two years...related to former Hillsdale College assistant football coach Cary Marquell, and is a cousin of current linebacker on the Chargers football team, Leo Marquell...parents are Phillip and Kristin Marquell.