SAN ANTONIO — More than a decade ago, Amber Ramirez burst onto the basketball scene in San Antonio as one of the top high school players. She helped Wagner High School reach back-to-back state tournaments in 2014 and 2015.

“She was amazing for us, one of our best offensive players,” said Christina Camacho, Amber’s coach at Wagner. “Probably our best shooter the four years she was there.”

While Amber was enjoying her success on the court, her little sisters, Amie and Ashley, were following her every move.

“It’s great to have her as a role model because you get to look up to her and learn from her,” Ashley said.

“I was always there at every practice, every game,” Amie said. “Just being there, watching in the stands.”

Amber went off to have a great college career at Texas Christian University and at Arkansas. She’s now an assistant coach at Sotomayor High School in San Antonio, but the family connection to basketball hasn’t stopped. It is now Ashley who is starting as a freshman at Antonian College Preparatory High School and being coached by Camacho.

“People ask who is better, they’re both good in their different ways,” Camacho said. “You can totally tell both are very good shooters.”

The family connections don’t stop there, because on that Antonian staff as an assistant coach is Amie Ramirez.

“Amie, I mean the brains,” said Camacho. “For being so young, she has a very high IQ for the game.”

She brings knowledge of the game and she brings that unique connection to Ashley, who’s one of the team’s top players.

“I call myself a mom to her,” Amie said. “Finding that good balance that she can come to me with any basketball questions or can come to me if she needs big sis.”

“On the court, I know that’s coach and no playtime,” Ashley said. “At first, it was hard for me because I had to look at her as a coach and not a sister. Eventually, as I mature, I’ve learned this is my coach, this is my sister.”

The Ramirez family and their connection to Camacho has lasted over a decade and has many more years to come with Ashley only in her freshman season.

“Just so amazing to have this full-circle moment,” Amie said. “To get to watch her grow under coach Camacho, it’s been a blessing.”