Meet The Geuberts -- Eastview's Basketball Family
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- When parents meet playing basketball in college, you know there is a pretty good chance their kids may gravitate to the sport.
The Geuberts look like the all-American family, because, in many respects, they are. Dan and Melissa have three children, two of whom are twins and high school seniors -- Madison and Drew.
Melissa happens to be the girls' head coach at defending state champion Eastview High School in Apple Valley, where Madison is the team's top player.
"It's super special, it's been an honor for me to coach her," Melissa said. "When I decided to be the head coach, the only reason I did it was because I knew Madison would be able to handle it."
Drew earned a scholarship to the University of Sioux Falls because he can shoot a basketball.
"He's really tall, so he's really good at blocking shoots, and he can shoot it like from anywhere on the court," Madison said.
These siblings share a love for the game and a love for one another, like only twins can understand.
"We just talk about everything," Drew said. "I mean, basketball, school, really anything. She's like my best friend."
Dan can only watch, but he too was a basketball player. He and his wife played at Augustana College. He knew the first bus ride he took with her that she was the one.
"I don't think it clicked that quickly for her, I would say to be honest (laughs)," Dan said. "We sat on the bus together because we were at Auggie, and the men and woman traveled together."
Their twins became a basketball duo whose career is coming to an end.
"It's been fun. We've always been pretty competitive with each other, whether it's going against each other or not, but it's fun being at the same school and both of us having successes here," Drew said.
The siblings are driven by a game, and each other. Hours spent in gymnasiums, trying to get better and growing closer as a family because of it.
"I think like being twins and then just like that we're both so much into basketball it's like brought us super close," Madison said.
She's hoping to lead her team to another state title, with Mom on the sidelines.
"We feel good because we know they're ready," Melissa said. "Will it be easy? No. But we're both just proud of all the things that they've done, and we feel like they're at a point where they're ready for the next step, and we're really just happy for them."
And Dad will tell you none of it is by accident. Most of it is because of a family's golden rule; the kind that comes from parents who competed themselves in their day.
"The important thing that we talk about in our house is good things happen when you work hard," Dan said. "And they might not happen when you want them to happen, they might not be exactly what you thought would happen, but good things happen when you work hard."
Drew's season ended in the section quarterfinals, but both siblings have enjoyed quite a basketball journey.
