Markel Starks (born February 21, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for ONVO Büyükçekmece of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).

Starks attended Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Maryland where he played for coach Dwayne Bryant and was teammates with future PGA golfer Denny McCarthy.

As a sophomore in 2007–08, he averaged 15 points, 10 assists and 5 rebounds per game as he led Prep to an 18-7 record and the IAC Tournament Championship for the second straight year.

[2] As a junior in 2008–09, he averaged 22 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds per game as he earned first-team All-Met, All-Montgomery County and All-IAC honors.

He subsequently earned first-team All-Met honors, was named to the All-Decade Team in Montgomery County (Md.

To Starks' credit, he improved once again, increasing his scoring average to 17.3 points per game despite his field goal percentage dropping from 45.7% as a junior to 41.2% as a senior.

[7] On September 28, he was named the joint MVP winner of the 2015 Pre-season Blitz tournament alongside Stephen Holt of Melbourne United.

Both players were awarded the Ray Borner MVP Medal for leading their clubs to clean sweeps in the NBL's annual pre-season tournament.

[8] On October 31, Starks had a season-best game with 27 points and a buzzer beating game-winning three-pointer to lift the Taipans over the line against the Adelaide 36ers, winning the contest 104–101.

[13] On February 25, 2016, Starks signed with Vanoli Cremona for the rest of the 2015–16 Lega Basket Serie A season, returning to Italy for a second stint.