In Reply to: Gabriela Jaquez Named Big Ten Player of the Week. posted by mh on December 02, 2025 at 12:16:11
the youngest sibling.
“I learned work ethic from my brother,” Marcos said. “I grew up seeing him go to the park every day to work out and go shoot.”
"“You have to say, ‘I’m going to drop 30 today or a double-double, anything along those lines,’” Gabriella tells Marcos.
Gabriela knows she’s a great basketball player, and she carries herself that way.
“Just her specifically out of anybody in our family, she’s always confident,” Marcos said. “If there’s a last shot, she’s the one who wants to take it and she believes in herself. When she talks to me she says, ‘What are you going to do? You got to be confident.’”
The ultra competitive Gabriela has learned to enjoy the moment and have fun.
“Marcos has taught me to have fun and smile more,” Gabriela says. “Watching Marcos play games growing up, he was always smiling because he was having a good time.”
Doesn't look like Marcos will be playing hoops at UCLA, but it's a great article about the family.