According to the NCAA, only about 7% of high school athletes go on to play sports in college.

But don’t tell the Smiley family that.

In August, Windsor High School junior Avery Smiley verbally committed to play for the University of Northern Colorado’s highly success women’s volleyball program.

A month later, her older brother, Windsor senior Madden Smiley, committed to play men’s basketball for the University of Wyoming in Laramie.

Oh, yeah. Madden’s and Avery’s parents — Steve and Nikki — are also former collegiate athletes, and Steve is the current men’s basketball coach at the University of Northern Colorado.

It’s safe to say, the Smiley offspring are building upon quite the family tradition, even though sports were never really something that Steve and Nikki pushed upon their tal

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